Virginia ABC issues day spa license to Bodhi Wellness Spa LLC in Richmond

Overview

Updated 1 hour ago

Bodhi Wellness Spa LLC holds a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority day spa license for 214 N Robinson St, a residential block in Richmond's Fan District. The record is dated November 13, 2026, and is the only official filing tied to that address.

A day spa license is a state alcohol permit, listed by the agency separately from restaurant and club licenses. It shows one approval and nothing else: no document states that a spa at this address serves customers or holds its other permits. The record also does not say whether the licensed company is connected to a Virginia telehealth psychiatry practice that uses the Bodhi Wellness name.

Why it matters

A state alcohol license is the only public trace of this business so far, and it cannot tell you whether anyone works there.

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Key Indicators

Official license records

A single Virginia ABC entry, issued November 13, 2026, for 214 N Robinson St.

Day spa

License category

Virginia ABC lists day spa licenses apart from restaurant and club licenses.

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Organizations Involved

Bodhi Wellness Spa LLC

Licensed business

Holds a Virginia ABC day spa license for 214 N Robinson St in Richmond

A Virginia limited liability company named in one state alcohol licensing record, with no other public filings in the sources reviewed.

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority

State regulatory agency

Issued the day spa license recorded for this address

The state agency that licenses and regulates alcohol in Virginia and publishes a searchable register of license holders.

Timeline

1 event Latest: Yesterday

November 2026
Virginia ABC issues day spa license to Bodhi Wellness Spa LLC
Latest Licensing

The state register lists a day spa license at 214 N Robinson St in Richmond. No other permit or opening record accompanies it.
Yesterday

Scenarios

Spa opens to customers at 214 N Robinson St

Possible Resolves by End of 2027

Discussed by: No public analyst commentary; the scenario rests on the license category itself, which exists for spas that hold alcohol privileges.

The license would prove to be a step toward a working spa: the address gets fit out, staff are hired and the company advertises in-person services. A second state or city filing, such as a Richmond business license or a health inspection record, would surface first.

Telehealth stays the public face, license goes unused

Likely Resolves by End of 2027

Discussed by: No published analysis; this follows from the telehealth practice advertising online care statewide rather than a storefront.

The company keeps its Virginia-wide telehealth business as its visible product and never markets a spa at this address. The license would then be paperwork attached to an office or an unannounced service line, not a storefront.

License lapses and the record disappears

Unlikely Resolves by Q1 2028

Discussed by: No published analysis; state licenses require renewal, and a small company that never uses one often lets it go.

The license fails to renew, or the company surrenders it, and the entry drops out of the state lookup. The address would then have no active alcohol permit on record.

Historical Context

One moment from history that rhymes with this story — and how it unfolded.

License category listed in the current Virginia ABC register

Virginia's day spa license category

Virginia ABC maintains a day spa license as a category of its own, separate from restaurant, club and banquet licenses. Holders appear in the same public licensee lookup as bars and restaurants, with a name, address and license type.

Then

Spas that want alcohol privileges apply through a category built for them rather than a restaurant license.

Now

The category gives wellness businesses a state paper trail even when they do no food or beverage business the public can see.

Why this matters now

It explains why a spa company appears in Virginia's alcohol licensing register at all, and why that appearance says nothing about whether the doors are open.