Business On Williamson Road, 'Roanoke's First Bin Store' Attracts Weekly Lines of Bargain Hunters Customers scour through returned and overstocked goods from retailers like Amazon at a new Roanoke store, which replenishes inventory each week.
Business FarmBurguesa Among Roanoke Area Restaurants Targeted with Criminal Meals Tax Charges As part of the enforcement, authorities recently conducted a “till tap” by visiting a city eatery unannounced to seize register cash.
Business Former Local Roots Employees Await Payment After Roanoke Restaurant Closed Abruptly The Grandin Village restaurant is awaiting a federal tax credit in order to make employees whole, according to a former owner.
Business Local Roots, Pioneer in Roanoke's Farm-to-Table Restaurant Scene, Closes The restaurant, which first opened in 2007, made no public announcement about the sudden closure.
Business Feline Fine? Not One but Two Cat Cafés Compete for Cuddles and Adoptions in Roanoke Two different visions — both combining cats and cafés — are competing for the attention of Roanoke cat lovers.
Business Roanoke-Based Credit Union's New Checking Accounts Spark Concerns Over Fees Freedom First Federal Credit Union says new accounts will offer perks, including the potential to save on insurance.
Business Roanoke Artists Market Crafts Identity As 'Gathering Spot' in Trendy Retail Corridor Blue Ridge Indie Market opened its doors this month on an increasingly hipster stretch of Salem Avenue in Roanoke’s west downtown area.
Business Roanoke Leaders Herald Plan By Amazon To Build Warehouse on Former Deschutes Brewery Site Amazon intends to construct a roughly 123,000-square foot distribution center in the Roanoke Centre for Industry and Technology.
Business Hotel Roanoke Explores Expanding Conference Center, Including Possible Rooftop Bar The latest expansion exploration comes after several major renovations, and as the hotel is preparing for additional investments.
Business War on Retail? Radical Bookseller Opens Brick-and-Mortar in Roanoke The pop-up bookstore trading in radical literature has opened a permanent shop in Roanoke's trendy west downtown area.
Business Roanoke Furniture Showroom, Hotel and Restaurant Coming to Historic Downtown Fire Station Local furniture maker Txtur will open Friday, followed by a boutique hotel and Nordic-inspired restaurant.
Business From Snout to Tail, Roanoke's 'Only True Butcher Shop' Joins Crystal Spring Food Scene Yard Bull Meats opens beside Crystal Spring Grocery Co. and The River and Rail Restaurant with a variety of sausages, beef and seafood.
Business Carilion Clinic Projects Loss As Pandemic's Toll Totals $250 Million And Counting, Officials Say The hospital system avoided losses in recent years only thanks to pandemic relief funds, officials said.
Business You Don't Have To Pay For Lunch at Roanoke's Ursula's Café, And Its Owners Are OK With That The eatery and arts venue that opened in downtown Roanoke last week brings what may be the first donate-what-you-can cafe to the city.
Business This Roanoke Couple Has Launched A 'War on Books.' Don't Worry, It's Not What You Think. War on Books is a pop-up, mobile bookstore focused on just the kind of controversial literature being challenged across the country.
Business Black Dog Salvage Store, Tap House No Longer Coming to Roanoke Historic Fire Station Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has forced the developer to seek new tenants for the mixed-use property.
Business 'What You See Is Not Always What It Is': Empty Storefronts Belie Downtown Roanoke's Record-Low Retail Vacancy While stretches of unused space still remain, vacancy rates for downtown retail are now actually the lowest in more than a decade, according to real estate data.