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El Rodeo goes south of the border with second location

August 31, 2010

Fans of Mexican restaurant El Rodeo will soon have a new location to get their margarita and enchilada fix.

El Rodeo expands to second location in First & Main

June 23, 2010

Mexican restaurant El Rodeo, commonly referred to by patrons as "El Rods," expects to open its second restaurant in the First & Main Shopping Center by the end of this month.

Developers of First and Main face unhappy tenants

June 3, 2009

Frustration is building faster than business in the First & Main development, as numerous planned tenants reconsider opening up shop.

In shift, town OKs Sonic at 1st and Main

November 12, 2008

On Tuesday evening, the Blacksburg Town Council unanimously approved a Sonic Drive-In restaurant at the First & Main center on South Main Street in Blacksburg.

Town plans for increased big business growth

October 15, 2008

Driving on Blacksburg's South Main Street during the last year, one may have seen the large-scale construction efforts taking place across from Ardmore Street. The hard work of hundreds has finally started paying off with the launch of the "First and Main

Back to the big box battle: Wither a Sonic, round two

September 10, 2008

A recent development in the ongoing dispute between Blacksburg's town council and real estate developers over the First and Main project on South Main Street may result in a new Sonic drive-in restaurant on site after all.

BURG fights for smart growth

July 30, 2008

In a short while, attorneys for the town of Blacksburg and BURG — Blacksburg United for Responsible Growth — will petition the Virginia Supreme Court to hear their case: the idea that the town has the right to regulate its own growth and development, and