These things are delicious. From RVANews: Here is a clip from last night’s (Travel Channel) episode of Adam Richman’s Best Sandwich in America, which featured Black Sheep’s two-foot fried chicken liver sandwich, the CSS Virginia. The Black Sheep sandwich trumped others from Baltimore and D.C. to win the Mid Atlantic region competition. Black Sheep will go [...]
These local businesses were featured in this month’s issues of Southern Living. You can’t read it online, but you can get two free issues. If you want to read about these great places you have pick up a copy of the June issue. Lift Coffee Shop Candela Books The Maggie L. Walker House The Black [...]
This restaurant slipped under my radar. Just a few months ago, it looked like the whole project was on hold. Even a month ago, when progress was evident, opening day seemed months away. With the speed of “Restaurant Impossible“, 525 at the Berry Burke opened last with with a soft opening and this past Sunday with [...]
Greater Jackson Ward restaurants are a tough breed. Nothing like an SUV or a car coming through the front door is keeps them down for long. Valentino’s was back up and running one day after the accident. Assistant Manager Robbie Temple was in store when two cars crashed into the restaurant. Nobody was in the lobby [...]
From Living Social: With today’s deal, spend $15 for $30 worth of food and non-alcoholic drinks at this West Broad Street staple. Formerly an esteemed furniture shop, Popkin Tavern now offers great food, awesome burgers made with house-ground, 100% choice angus beef, and billiards in an atmosphere unlike any other on Richmond’s downtown drag. The [...]
There’s good and sad restaurant news today. First the sad. Ettamaes, one of Jackson Ward’s most creative and highly regarded restaurants will be closing its doors. From RVANews: In some surprising news, Ettamae’s Cafe, the adorable restaurant in Jackson Ward next to the Hippodrome, will be closing its doors on Monday, May 14th. The restaurant got [...]
You’ve heard about it, seen it, now you can try it. Living Social is offering a $40 certificate for $20. That should buy a decent meal for two if you leave off appetizers, drinks and dessert. They seem to be doing a pretty brisk business and getting mostly good reviews. Here’s the blurb and the [...]
via RVANews: Happy Hour Alert! Pasture is now offering a happy hour from 4pm to 7pm Monday–Friday with the following specials: •Half off all snacks •$2 off all drafts •Draft of the day is just $2 •$5 wine by the glass •$4 rail drinks
In the current edition of Style, Deveron Timberlake reports that Tarrant’s owner Ted Santerella will open a new restaurant, Tarrantino’s, at 305 Brook Road. Nicknamed “Tino’s”, the restaurant will feature “fresh seafood, buckets of rotisserie and fried chicken, barbecued meats and a big vegan selection will give him a chance to try out dishes that [...]
Unlike a previous review the RTD’s Dana Craig found it was all good in her review of Mansion five26.
It’s always nice to see the little guys win big awards, especially if they are local and the Black Sheep, a little place if there ever was one, won the award for Best Neighborhood Restaurant.
The headline says it all. This is all new to me, but here’s the blurb from Facebook: Proper Pie Co. Psst…we are popping up tonight at Steady Sounds. 7 pm. Limited quantities, first come first serve. See you there.
