When the Lark on Main building opened in 2016, one of the first tenants was Hardywood Craft Brewery of Richmond. They set up shop in a 4,254 square foot space highly visible to passerby on West Main Street.
However, the brewery closed within two and a half years and the space was soon filled by a similar company, Skipping Rock Beer Company. That business lasted less than a year and the closure was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The space remained vacant for nearly three years until Devil’s Backbone opened in the space in October 2023. In the summer of 2025, the company suddenly announced the space would be converted for private events only…