Restaurants are risky business, and there is no industry Richmonders follow more closely.

Join BizSense at the historic Hippodrome Theater on Thursday, Oct. 11, as we bring together five of the city’s most prominent and successful restaurateurs for a lively panel discussion and a remarkable networking opportunity.

Doors open at 6:00. Panel starts at 7:00.

The ticket includes two drink tickets and heavy appetizers. 

Panelists include: 

Johnny Giavos

Giavos’s empire includes Kitchen 64, 3 Monkeys, Sidewalk Cafe, Stella’s, Kuba Kuba, and the Continental Westhampton.

Michelle Williams

Williams is a partner in the Richmond Restaurant Group, whose holdings include the Hill Cafe, the Hardshell, Europa, Water Grill, and the Fan restaurant formerly known as deLux. Williams’s group is also planning a restaurant at the former Glass & Powder Board Shop on Cary Street.

Chris Tsui

Tsui is the owner of Blue Goat, Osaka and Wild Ginger, and he’s opening Fat Dragon in the space formerly occupied by Stronghill Dining Co. 

Kevin Healy

The brains behind the Boathouse at Sunday Park and the Boathouse at Rocketts Landing, Healy is in the midst of building out his newest concept: Casa del Barco, a canal-front restaurant at the Locks development downtown. 

Buz Grossberg

Yes, the Buz from Buz and Ned’s Real Barbeque, one of Richmond’s best-known purveyors of smoked meat. Grossberg just opened his second location on West Broad Street.