Pig & Brew Barbecue Opens on Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - December 9, 2018December 9, 201811 Manchester's newest restaurant is open for business. Pig & Brew offers tasty barbecue and a full bar. Stopping in last night I had a North Carolina Style Pork BBQ Sandwich with coleslaw, fries, and a side of cornbread. My wife Laura had the Brisket with a side of String Beans and
Hull Street’s Lighthouse Diner Changes Hands News by Michael C. Hild - October 13, 2018November 6, 201836 Closed since 1970, folks have been dreaming about reopening the beloved Lighthouse Diner in Manchester on Hull Street for 48 years now. But no one has been able to pull it off. The dilemma is a classic situation of "which came first: the chicken or the egg?" The argument goes like
Hull Street Is Open For Business: Rezoning will Enable Restaurants, Grocers, and Density News by Michael C. Hild - March 28, 2018March 28, 201837 We have spoken at length here at The Dogtown Dish about the parking challenges along Manchester's Hull Street business corridor. The parking rules with the Old Zoning (UB2-PE1) between Commerce Ave and Cowardin Ave enabled retail without off-street parking requirements. But those same rules did not allow restaurants, food service
Hull Street Rezoning Gains Momentum News by Michael C. Hild - November 18, 2017November 18, 201712 The proposal to change the zoning for Hull Street in order to attract more businesses and residents is gaining momentum. The open question is whether a change of the zoning for Hull Street between Commerce and Cowardin/Jeff Davis Highway from UB2-PE1 to B-5 should be approved. The reason for the proposed
Manchester Redevelopment Spreads to Swansboro News by Michael C. Hild - October 25, 2017November 9, 201752 Richmond BizSense has been busy detailing all the work being done along Manchester's Hull Street corridor. The coverage of Hot Diggity Donuts, the Butterbean, and a new brewpub at The Baldwin Building was featured in an in depth article: Brewpub, donut shop, market to anchor couple’s growing Manchester gamble. But now the
Style Weekly Does Hull Street Story on The Butterbean Market & Cafe News by Michael C. Hild - October 2, 2017October 2, 201720 Style Weekly's Food Editor Brandon Fox just published a story on The Butterbean Market & Cafe and the general revitalization effort along Hull Street. The title of the article is: The Butterbean Market & Cafe is Coming to Hull Street. It's time to revitalize Manchester's forgotten business corridor. Fox rightly points out in the
The Butterbean Market & Cafe Coming to Manchester’s Hull Street! News by Michael C. Hild - August 27, 2017August 27, 201756 We are happy to announce that Manchester's food desert on Hull Street will soon be a thing of the past! The Butterbean Market & Cafe is slated to open its doors in the first quarter of 2018 at 1204 Hull Street. The Butterbean will be a casual neighborhood hangout offering craft beer,
Did you know the first Ukrop’s Grocery Store was On Hull Street? History News by Michael C. Hild - August 26, 2017June 7, 201868 When I tell folks the first Ukrop's grocery store was on Hull Street, they look at me like I am crazy. But it's true. Located at 3111 Hull Street, the first Ukrop's was opened in 1937 and was the beginning of what became a Richmond success story. According to the Chesterfield Observer's
Hull Street: Then and Now History by Michael C. Hild - August 15, 2017August 15, 201738 Hull Street is experiencing a bit of a rebirth lately. It is fascinating to see how things have changed over the last 100 years. Some of the old buildings haven't survived. Many have. It will be interesting to see if some of the blank parcels and parking lots where buildings once
City Begins First Step of Dead Tree Cleanup On Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - July 26, 201720 I was happy to see City workers trimming the tree shoots sprouting from all the dead crepe myrtles on Hull Street this evening. As we reported in our prior article City Workers Hack & Kill Trees On Hull Street, city workers maimed and killed all the mature crepe myrtles on Hull
Downed Power Line & Pole Closes Eastbound Lanes of Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - July 24, 2017July 24, 20178 The Eastbound lanes of Hull Street between 6th and 7th are closed due to a downed power line and pole. Dominion Energy emergency crews are on-site. You should avoid Hull Street until this situation is resolved.
City Workers Hack & Kill Trees on Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - July 23, 2017July 23, 201736 For those of you that drive down Hull Street, this is going to be old news. Last year when the mature crepe myrtles were in full bloom, City of Richmond workers came on trucks with chainsaws and cut all the blooms off the trees. I was upset while I watched them
Richmond’s Antiquated Off-Street Parking Requirements Are Holding It Back Ankle Biter by Michael C. Hild - June 1, 2017June 2, 201772 Once upon a time, people used to walk, bike, and use streetcars to get where they needed to go in Richmond. Then the automobile changed everything. Folks fled the city for suburban living, while streetcar systems were scrapped. But most suburbanites still worked and shopped downtown, and they needed to
Red Dragon Tattoo Moves From the Fan to Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - March 18, 2017March 18, 201721 A month or so ago I spoke to Charlie Westbrook and he mentioned that a tattoo shop was moving into the commercial space for one of his newly renovated buildings on Hull Street. I didn't catch the name of the shop though. This Saturday however, I saw activity at 1315 Hull Street with
Calling all Artists and Community Participants: New Sculpture at Hull Street Library Dish by Design by Laura Dyer Hild - February 12, 201711 Coming right on the heels of Valentine's Day, it looks like Manchester just got a big kiss on the lips from the Percent-for-Art Program. A large sculpture will be installed in front of the Hull Street Library. The Public Art Commission will hold two public meetings to gather input from the community
Rediscovering What We Lost: Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - January 26, 2017January 26, 201740 I know its hard to envision now, but the Hull Street shopping district used to be one of the busiest areas in all of Richmond. While Hull Street still has considerable vehicle traffic as a commuter corridor, it has lost nearly all its pedestrians who once shopped its high density retail district. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch archives,
Austin Healy on Hull History by Michael C. Hild - September 18, 201624 This March 18th, 1959 photograph of an Austin Healy on Hull Street is pretty darn cool! The building shown in the 1959 photograph at 1200-1202 Hull Street no longer remains, but all of the other structures in the photograph have survived. The furniture store building at 1204-1206 Hull Street is unrecognizable given the
The Rebirth of Hull Street News by Michael C. Hild - September 3, 2016September 3, 201677 Casually driving down Hull Street you may not notice all the architects, contractors, and developers working in the neighborhood. Whether they are congregating on the sidewalk, standing on rooftops, or spelunking through boarded up buildings that haven't seen the light of day in 50 years...trust me, they are there. You really need to get out
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Dish by Design by Laura Dyer Hild - August 27, 2016August 27, 201617 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished .....the saying that everyone is familiar with but can't quite grasp. It makes no sense to me that doing good could mean being punished for such an act. It's not a secret that Michael and I are passionate about RVA and specifically Manchester. There is so
Construction Begins for Ronald McDonald’s New Hull St Home? News by Michael C. Hild - August 7, 2016August 7, 201621 As we reported earlier this year in our "Why Is The McChicken Crossing The Road?" story, the McDonald's at the corner of Hull and Commerce has had longstanding plans to build a new store across the street. Construction was to begin in 2015. And so far through 2016 no physical signs of
