The always on-and-off rumors that Ellwood Thompson’s is looking for a space in the East End this time are pointing at the former Duke’s Auto at Broad and 21st. Scuttlebut has the grocery interested, but running into parking complications with the church next door.

Officially, owner Rick Hood says that “Ellwood’s would love to open a location in Church Hill or Shockoe Bottom [but] we do not have a specific location that we’re working on. But certainly open to hearing from anyone who’d like to work w/ us a location.”