Scoop: Lucky AF opening on Forest Hill next year
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The future home of Lucky AF on Forest Hill Avenue. Photo: Karri Peifer/Axios
Eat Restaurant Partners will open a second location of their popular Lucky AF sushi restaurant on Forest Hill Avenue late next year.
Why it matters: South Richmond is getting a sushi joint.
State of play: EAT president and founder Chris Tsui inked a deal this week to open a Lucky AF in a corner unit of Dodson Development Group's under-construction building at 4701 Forest Hill Ave.
- That's across the street from Little Nickel on the site of a former Bank of America branch.
- It'll join Janet's Cafe & Bakery from two Charlottesville bakers, which is reportedly taking another of the retail spots for a spring 2025 opening.
Zoom in: The OG Lucky AF opened in 2020 in Scott's Addition, serving up Bento boxes, apps, poke, and dozens of traditional and specialty rolls (hey there, Boujie AF roll with tempura lobster, filet mignon and four styles of caviar).
- As with the group's other restaurants (like Fat Dragon, PBR and Wong's Tacos), the cocktails are fun and funky and the weekday happy hour deals stellar.
What's next: Tsui has a half-dozen other new restaurants in the works, including at least three new spots in Henrico and a Wong's Taco in Hanover, which BizSense reported should open in spring.
- Forest Hill's Lucky AF should open in second half of 2025.