Anyone have the scoop on what is going in to the space across from Whole Foods where Cornerstone is/was? Prior to Cornerstone it was Pig and Pearl, one of my favorite Richmond bars.

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bettygreatwhite t1_j2181x7 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:39 PM

I have no idea but I loved to drink there when it was the Republic and you could do a whole Star Wars themed bar hop between there and Empire.

PimmentoChode OP t1_j2187x5 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:40 PM

I couldn’t remember the name, but it was only Republic for a short time when I moved here. Thanks for the reminder!

Canard427 t1_j228sqy wrote on December 29, 2022 at 3:05 AM

I remember that was one of the last places you could still smoke in.

BobbyFuckingB t1_j21i55a wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:50 PM

It’s gonna be a seafood place, the Something Crab

PimmentoChode OP t1_j21iwgi wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:55 PM

Oh god, please don’t mean another bag boil seafood place

Hedgecore138 t1_j258083 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Why are those always so relentlessly mediocre? Like, how can so many different establishments take a seemingly winning concept and make every incarnation suck so hard?

BobbyFuckingB t1_j21ohux wrote on December 29, 2022 at 12:35 AM

I can’t say for sure but I wouldn’t be shocked

GaimanitePkat t1_j2568j3 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 7:08 PM

It's going to be called The Boiling Crab.

So yes. It's another bag boil seafood place.

PimmentoChode OP t1_j258038 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Well, I appreciate your knowledge, and I am not directing this as you, but GAWD DAMB IT

BobbyFuckingB t1_j25vje2 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 9:53 PM

Also the massive bar has been turned into a maybe six foot section.

swanbearpig t1_j22bt1z wrote on December 29, 2022 at 3:29 AM

I liked pig and pearl a lot, too. I moved to town and it closed like 6 months later though 😭

TheCheeseDevil t1_j243lxl wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM

management was a mess is probably the kindest way to put it lol

MrPlowThatsTheName t1_j24otsd wrote on December 29, 2022 at 5:17 PM

I went there once and the whole place smelled like a wet ashtray.

ratchmond t1_j22jyoc wrote on December 29, 2022 at 4:36 AM

I miss the rocket tots at Pig & Pearl 🥲

SqueezeMyCharmin t1_j22n7gq wrote on December 29, 2022 at 5:05 AM

Rocket tots came from Republic, pig and pearl ended up serving them because of their popularity.

LiddyDolesHole t1_j241uwk wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:41 PM

Pig and Pearl's salt and vinegar wings, served with French Onion dip, were the truth.