The Boneyard Butcher & Seafood Shop Celebrates Grand Opening

The Boneyard Butcher & Seafood Shop, 12406 Southshore Pointe Drive, in the Shops at Southshore on Hull Street Road, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting on May 15, 2015. Food, refreshments and festivities followed the ribbon cutting event.

The Boneyard Butcher & Seafood Shop is an old-style butcher shop, reminiscent of an era before shoppers bought all of their groceries at mega-supermarkets. They will sell high-end cuts of meats and seafood, including live lobsters. The shop will also sell some prepared foods and steam items to order.

Chris Tavenner, the shop’s owner, plans to set himself apart by providing first-class, Ukrop’s-style customer service in a location where the nearest competition is Walmart and Food Lion. “Opening our first store, we wanted to find a niche,” Tavenner said. “We looked at Midlothian Turnpike and the West End, but those places already had specialty stores.”

“We are very pleased that The Boneyard Butcher & Seafood Shop has chosen Chesterfield County for their first location,” said Art Warren, Clover Hill District Supervisor and vice chairman of Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. “It’s rewarding to see our business community grow and their location decision is a testament to our strong business climate.”

“It’s rewarding to see entrepreneurship flourish here and we are excited to have this unique grocery experience here in the county,” said Steve Elswick, Matoaca District supervisor and chairman of Board of Supervisors.

Tavenner has plans to expand the brand across the region. “We have a five-year growth plan,” he said. “We can see five stores being built in the Richmond area in the next 10 years.”

Contact:
The Boneyard Butcher & Seafood Shop – Chris Tavenner Chris@boneyardbutcher.com
CED – Karen Aylward, (804) 318-8550, AylwardK@Chesterfield.gov