Kinda annoyed at how many chains are moving into that shopping center - it's going to be harder for small businesses in the area to compete.

You haven't grapsed this free market thing have you?

"Sport coats and slacks". I'll pass.

Well if it's from Boston its probably not that good. 😜

on the food front, that's actually pretty fair I'm sad to say

Agreed that it sounds boring. I see their reasoning though. “Exchange was seen as a great fit for the restaurant because it sits at the confluence of several different neighborhoods – Tuckahoe, Windsor Farms, the University of Richmond and River Road.”

Wait til that crowd meets the Segway glitter panhandler

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Did you read the article? That's not at all what it said

Carytown being a local thing is on its way out unfortunately. It's a slow decline (on the order of a decade or two) but it's pretty clear. The rising real estate values surrounding it apply upward pressure on rents that local shops will have trouble with.

I've half a mind to bus all the barflies from town hall, HSH and city beach over there for happy hour.

I don't think that's clear. It can be both local and national, which I see continuing. Most of the parcels don't suit national tenants.

I'll give you an upvote. We had a Burton's in Boca Raton and the food was good. More overpriced than I would pay for myself, but one of our bosses loved going to lunch there.

oh, I've no idea about Burton's, I'm just speaking of one of the real weaknesses of my previous home, as an ex Bostonian. City bats under it's weight class on the food front

u/Asterion7 is poisoned with all sorts of NYC biases, but some of them happen to be sadly correct. He's right about Pizza too. He is wrong about all NYC sports teams of course, that is definitional

You can keep my upvote.

This sounds like a terrible idea for Carytown. Keep that fake upscale chain garbage out in Brandermill and Short Pump.

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Gentle reminder that Brandermill is more "working class" and family based than Carytown, the fan, or Museum District these days but yeah I agree it belongs in Short Pump. Unfortunately, the income demographics of the city are changing drastically and this is the price we will be paying for that.

yup, exactly. That's why all the "chains are taking over" is very silly. We need both for health.

Yeah, didn't Jimmy John's close after less than a year or two?

I cant wait to make this guy so fucking rich

Wasn’t carytown empty and dead in 2002?

Before my time here so I have no clue. But I don't think the publix Center rebuild is hurting anything

If anything getting scared suburbanites down here is great, they will realize there's nothing to be scared of

Sheeeit, I wish we had shit like this near Brandermill. Lots of Chinese food here, mom and pop Italian joints for your mozzarella sticks and stromboli fix, and then the Outback, Red Lobster scene is strong.

I’ve been thinking the same.

Shockingly, it’s possible to both grasp something and be annoyed by it.

Been to the one in Charlottesville and the general Tso's cauliflower is delicious. Otherwise it's decent but pricey for what you get.

Retail is dying in general. Carytown will suffer to an extent but it is more "experiential" than an average mall.

Amen.

Interesting, we have this in Charlottesville, and I noticed they also just opened up a Torchys Tacos in carytown, which was a newer addition to Charlottesville last year I believe. I feel like both of those places aren’t the best honestly, overpriced for sure but definitely a - try it once or twice’ a year type of place.

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