Richmond BizSense reports on three new restaurants coming soon to the Fan District.

Strange Matter is coming to 929 Grace St. The location has been the focal point of the city’s punk rock night scene for decades. In the past few years, it has had a run of tenants including Twisters, Nine Two Nine, Nanci Raygun and, most recently, Bagel Czar, which never quite got off the ground. The Bagel Czar logo was recently painted over, and plain brown paper was put up inside the window. An application for an ABC license was submitted July 20 and signed by John Patrick Downing.

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New restaurants going into old locations brings long-lost eateries to mind. Here are my five most-missed restaurants that were located within the borders of the Fan District, when they were open (Broad St. to the north, Belvidere the the east, Cary to the south and North Boulevard to the west):

• Grace Place at 826 W. Grace St. (the building is gone)
• John & Norman’s at 2525 Hanover Ave. (now Curbside)
• J.W. Rayle at Cary and Pine Sts. (the building is gone)
• Mad King Ludwig’s at 907 W. Grace St. (the building stands but it’s no longer a restaurant)
• The Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe at 1501 W. Main St. (now the Border Chop House)