Fire-damaged former Lakeside Burgers space revived by neighboring vintage store

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A vintage clothing shop in Lakeside has just doubled its footprint after taking over an adjacent storefront left empty by a controversial fire in 2024.

Dames RVA, which has operated at 5402 Lakeside Ave. since early 2023, recently expanded into the former Lakeside Burgers & Fries space next door.

The restaurant at 5404 Lakeside Avenue was set on fire in February 2024 in a convoluted scheme that sparked an arson investigation and entangled the restaurant’s owner and others.

Once that drama was resolved through multiple court cases, Dames RVA owner Damien Chew found an opening to grow his budding business.

This spring, he took over the around 1,500-square-foot former restaurant space and reopened it as a new streetwear-focused section of his shop, h