With Richbrau gone, the Shockoe area has been missing its own brew pub.
Come this summer, it looks like that will change.
The Haxall Brewing Company has launched a Facebook business page announcing it will open in Shockoe Bottom.
Additional details are scant, but according to Richmond beer blog Relentless Thirst, the owners also operate Fish Bowl Bistro & Bar.
Check back soon, because it won’t be long until RBS has the scoop on the new establishment.
While I wish them luck, I am saddened to see mistaken information continue. The “Haxall View” development, which is presumably near where this would be, are in fact nowhere near the actual namesake Haxall Canal (more properly, a large mill race that once fed Haxall’s flour mills). The Haxall Canal is the one up by Tredegar, the Fed, and the Riverside on the James Development, which then flows through the old hydro plant and into the river; the one these are near is the lower portion of the James River & Kanawha Canal, whose upper portion was lost during the downtown development of the 20th century (and then snaked its way up past Hollywood Cemetery and what is now Pumphouse Park).
Sounds cool, but the only problem is the tie to Fish Bowl. When you search them on the net they don’t even show up under Yelp (not a good start) and the reviews that are on the web have been posted by the owners or staff. Easy to tell because every review is the same on every page. It always says “beautiful colors” and “there is nothing else like it in Richmond.” The best phony post is this one. Hint, make sure your username is not the same as the restaurant, dead give away. Hint number 2, try not to insult your customers in the review.
http://www2.richmond.com/entertainment/2010/dec/02/fishbowl-bistro-and-bar-restaurant-review-ar-690351/
Wow Brett you’ve got it all figured out buddy, nice job! Thanks for all your positive insight into the mysteries behind internet presence and review tactics. Dear Brett, your option seems immensely valuable seeing as you’ve been to Fish Bowl right? Let me guess you are some huge player in the Richmond scene and your daily blog roll promotes supporting local businesses… you have a great deal of respect for the city’s positive attributes, wellbeing and overall progress… you feel the need to chime in with your two cents to let everyone know that Brett knows… this makes you feel most knowledgeable doesn’t it? Most likely you spend the majority of your day in front of your computer trying to figure out what to do next… wonder what everyone else is doing? Be reasonable, be useful, and be respectful… NOT JUST AN OPINION, they are like $#%^holes you know? I feel so much more educated on review ethics and internet moral now though, seriously thanks! Dear Brett, AKA Guru of internet searches, slander and reviews… get out from in front of your computer and go enjoy something… something LOCAL… and something RICHMOND!