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New restaurant set for East End Theater
Richmond BizSense has official word that the owners of Northside’s The Mill will be opening a restaurant in the space in the newly renovated East End Theater on 25th Street:
The trio has leased a 3,500-square-foot space on the ground floor of the three-story building and hopes to open in January.
Carlton, who with Zimmerman also owns Mojo’s Philadeli on West Cary Street, said the menu and atmosphere of the new Church Hill space will be similar to The Mill.
Down the block from where Blackbird Salon is set to open, the “new Mill” joins the next wave (previously) of anticipated restaurants coming to the area, including the Dutch & Co spinoff on Marshall Street, whatever comes into the old Sarafrans’s location, and the corner spot at Deanna Lewis’s O Street project. Rumor has it that the Dim Sum spot in Union Hill is off of the table. and the Dim Sum spot set for Union Hill.
No way! I feel very passionately that they *should* put a fried egg on everything. And that everyone should, always. But yeah, affordable is good too. 🙂
So great for the area! Of course this happens right as we are moving off the Hill, but gives us a reason to come back!
No Dim Sum? That sucks.
@rebecca that’s the spirit! Really needed that pessimism Love this crowd. Take a look at the website for the Mill (takes 2 seconds to look up) and see that it WILL be affordable, and then take 2 minutes to read the linked article and you’ll see that they focus on family-friendly restaurants. Sounds like it will be a great addition to the neighborhood. Spend 2 minutes and 2 seconds looking that stuff up next time before you disparage something you know nothing about.
@ Mary – I would hit the “like” button if there was one 🙂
Why couldn’t it be a diner?
@mary dim sum would be great..or Trader Joes. Jus no sandwiches or omelettes, food we can do at home for couple of bucks
Dim Sum is still a go, we just got tied up in planning. Building starts in October and we hope to be open by the new year! Thanks!
I just wish someone would get off their ass and let the old historic 401 N 27th building loose and something go into it. I have an artist rendering of how it looked originally and would gladly share if someone would strip it down to the bricks and fix it properly, including opening up the hidden original filled-in windows.
I think being stripped down to dirt floors and bare brick walls for nearly 12-years is long enough! The building turned 200-years old this year and would have been a fitting birthday.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/29921980/historic-richmond-restaurant-expands-into-church-hill-asks-for-communitys-help
I attended the East End and the Patrick Henry theaters when I was a kid living in Church Hill.
It looks fantastic
PS,
Does anyone have a photo of the theater from yesteryear?
@15 Harold Messler,
You may want to look at one of my older CHA Newsletter articles from Nov/Dec 2013 (starts on page 16) which covered both theater’s history. But no, other than a small tax record photo from when it was new, I haven’t seen an early photo of it. Not unusual since it sits North of Broad and history as well as photographic records are very scarce for this area.
(article link)
http://www.churchhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2013NOVDEC_Web.pdf
The marquee is delayed being installed back onto the building above the sidewalk because the architect’s plan design was incorrect and is being changed to how it looked originally. The verticle neon blade sign that use to say “East End”, will go back up at the same time…probably late this month or early next, from what I was told.
Eric
This post from 2013, shows a proposal of how the building where the old Sarafran’s Soulfood Restaurant, was to look like in 1933.
http://chpn.net/news/2013/09/17/what-may-have-been-on-25th-street_28986/
It was never built until 1938, when the theater opened and was called Hollywood Grill. You can see it looked inviting with large show windows and it was two businesses (2 doors). Too bad that it doesn’t look like that today! but, the Hollywood Grill opened simultaneously with the East End theater, and if you look at the roofline, has the same decorative brickwork.
If the menu is anything close to their Northside location, there really will be something for everyone. A great addition to our little slice of historic/urban heaven that should strengthen the CH restaurant business. Damn, we’re so cool.