Sam Miller’s Closed earlier this year. (Bizsense file photo)
It didn’t take long for the old sam miller’s space to get snapped up.
Elevation Sports Bar is prepaering to open in the space at 1212 E. Care St. In Shockoe Slip, Where Longtime Restaurant and Oyster Bar Sam Miller’s Ended a decades-long run Earlier this year.
Elevation is LED by Lorenzo Cheatham and Javontae Jones. Jones also owns the nearby eden restaurant & bar and previous ovened The riviere in the arts district and fan club Aura Bar & GrillThe venture is cheatham’s first as a restaurant owner.
Elevation’s menu is still being finalized but cheatham said it’ll include wings, lamb chops and other fried staples. He added that they’re considering Paying Homage to Sam Miller’s on the Menu.
(Courtesy Elevation)
“We’re Looking at Keeping Oysters, Considering that it was sam miller’s and they were known as an oyster bar, just to keep that legacy going and to help draw in that clietete Years, “Cheatham said.
Cheatham and jones recently signed a lease for the entry 6,100-square-foot space. Thalhimer’s Annie O’Connor and Katie Siegel repayed the landlord, Local Investor Alex GriffithAnd their colleague relay marchant represented elevation.
Cheatham said they felt there was room in the market for a sports bar in the slip, particularly after the buffalo wild wings a more blocks down Closed three years ago,
Elevation’s planned to have over 35 tvs, Along with a pool table and dart boards. Cheatham said they looking into having a “fanduel lounge,” An area sponsored by the sportsbook with devices on which people can place place bets on games.
The Sports Bar is planned to be open daily for lunch and dinner service, and stay open until midnight during the week and until 2 am on fridays and saturdays. Cheatham said they looking to open in October, and that they’re looking to brings elevation to other markets.
“The plan is to franchise this thing Eventually to different sites,” He said, offering charlotte and atlanta as options. “This is just the first.”