Right Around the River Blog

New Restaurant Mbargo Fills Former M Bistro Space at Rocketts Landing

Post Date: 05-08-2014

Great news, friends! We have a new restaurant coming to Rocketts Landing that will fill a perfect niche in our community: Mbargo.

The former M Bistro & Wine Bar restaurant will soon become Mbargo.

When M Bistro & Wine bar closed this past winter after a three-year run, we knew that just the right restaurant would come our way and bring new dining options to Rocketts Landing. Now, in addition to our Key West–themed restaurant Conch Republic and our seafood, wood-fired pizza–themed restaurant The Boathouse, Mbargo will serve our community as an eatery and a market.

Owned by Steve Goodwin (of restaurant investment group HDC Ventures) and Amy Roman (husband Mo Roman runs Pie), Mbargo will offer food for in-house dining, as well as to-go options for, say, having a boating picnic on the James River! The menu will feature cuts of meat, sandwiches, salads and more, and the Mbargo market within the eatery will also sell breakfast, lunch, beer and wine. Plus, they'll offer a spot for grabbing a good cup of Joe in the morning.

The owners currently are filing their ABC license for both an ON- and OFF permit (this also includes a keg license), and the Mbargo bar will apparently offer expansive options. The Mbargo team is currently working hard and fast at their new spot to possibly get up and running at Rocketts Landing by the end of the month. In the meantime, they're prepping to offer breakfast pastries and boxed lunches during this week's Cap2Cap bike ride.

As more details emerge on their opening, we'll be sure to keep you posted. Till then, we send a huge congratulations to Goodwin, Roman and the rest of their team for launching Mbargo at Rocketts Landing! We look forward to what's in store for our budding relationship right around the river.