North Richmond News’ crack reporting team will be away through the 4th of July holiday. While we’re away, feel free to: Email us at north.richmond.news@gmail.com with information, news and notices of interest to North Side residents. Comment away on previous posts. Think about buying an ad — only $5 for three months! Come back after July 6 and enjoy ...
Northside’s retail community recently expanded on the dining from with the openings of Kitchen 64 and the North Side Grille. From the looks of it, Nicola Flora — a floral shop on Bellevue Avenue — is now open and ready to take orders for your Fourth of July bouquets. Drop by and welcome Nicola Flora to ...
The latest edition of the Richmond Public Library’s Connections newsletter spotlights efforts to improve the Ginter Park branch on Westbrook Avenue: Richmond Public Library wants to improve its Ginter Park Branch! Located on Westbrook Avenue, the busy little branch hosts computer classes for adults, homework assistance for students, story time for families and checks out over ...
The Times-Dispatch has a brief spotlight on the latest art offering at Stir Crazy Café on MacArthur Avenue: Stir Crazy Café, in Richmond’s Bellevue area, is celebrating tea and friendship in a show featuring art made mostly from tea bags. Dale Keator, the artist, explains: “I’ve been enamored with tea bags since 9/11. They’re all about compassion ...
Style Weekly’s Patrick Getlein settles down for a few meals at Tastebuds on MacArthur Avenue and finds the mood to his liking. An excerpt: Running late from work on a recent Friday, I called up Tastebuds and ordered a pizza marguerite — a midsized pie of handmade dough, fresh tomatoes, basil, mozzarella and fontina cheese — ...
Style Weekly’s Deveron Timberlake is always on top of the local dining scene, and this week alerts her readers to a a recent change for a North Side favorite: Wise diners predicted weeks ago that Dot’s Back Inn would jump on the brunch bandwagon. And it’s happening every weekend, with quite a lot of egg quesadillas, ...
The 3rd District council liaison, Lisa Townes, sent a media advisory out today alerting residents of the Third Council District that Councilman Chris Hilbert will be holding a district meeting to discuss public safety, education, council decisions and city government this Wednesday, June 27. The meeting will begin at 6:00 in the second floor meeting ...
A question landed in our email box today that we can’t answer. When in doubt, my mother always said, encourage people to use the Comments section to provide answers. Provide away! Question: what is the deal with orange surveyors flags all along the 4200 block of Seminary? Seem to be on all the front line survey ...
Courtesy of Urban Richmond, a weblog with a greater attention to detail than I can muster this week, comes a more specific round-up of the development plans for the former Richmond Memorial Hospital property: The seven-story hospital building to be converted to: Approximately 60 units Largest to be 1800 sq. ft. Prices starting at $350,000 Parking will be in an ...
From this morning’s Street Beat column in the Times-Dispatch comes an update on a patchy street repair on Westbrook Avenue: Q. Many months ago, when the new area of Westminster Canterbury was being built, a portion of Westbrook Avenue in front of Glebe Close was dug up. I think they were doing some kind of utility ...
The comments feature at North Richmond News might be the most underlooked area of our site, but it is proving to be where the most interesting tidbits of information and news about our community can be found. Recent comments include some feedback for the folks at Lewis Ginter; a rave for North Side Grille; some balanced ...
While the neighborhoods in the northwest corner of North Richmond don’t have a huge problem with vacant or abandoned property, it is an issue in the City of Richmond. The website Vacant Richmond was launched a few months ago, and combines the power of Google Maps with the city’s own database of vacant housing to ...
Sunday’s Times-Dispatch has coverage of the 5th annual Richmond Vegetarian Festival, which was held yesterday at Bryan Park. The fifth annual Richmond Vegetarian Festival, held at Bryan Park, was the biggest so far with more than 100 vendors and nonprofit organizations, said festival coordinator Brenda Morris. In addition to food, thousands of attendees also enjoyed live music, ...
You’ve probably noticed Kitchen 64, the new restaurant in the former Zippy’s across from the Holiday Inn on North Boulevard. While there haven’t been any printed reviews in the local media, there has been a lot of weblog praise and critique of the neighborhood’s new joint. Here’s a sampling: Buttermilk & Molasses: A review of Kitchen ...
The North Side Grille opened this past Monday, and then closed to do some AC repairs on the hottest days of the year. The restaurant reopened last night with working AC, but no ABC license. Tonight, we strolled past and discovered good news: The North Side Grille was packed. ...
Brick Weekly has a nice feature/profile of Sam Marques, the baker behind and owner of one of Bellevue’s favorite new additions, Sammy’s Bakery. “We’re still working on our bakery’s persona,” says Sam Marques, between helping customers on a recent morning. “I have things I’d like to add to our repertoire. It’s a matter of customer appeal.” Marques, ...
After a series of fits and starts, it looks like work is underway again on the renovation of the old Richmond Memorial Hospital building on the eastern portion of the property on Westbrook Avenue, according to North of the James magazine (not available on the Internet). According to Norma Murdock-Kitt, of the Ginter Park Residents’ Association, ...
Bellevue attorney Joan Davis will offer a monthly legal clinic geared toward artists, according to North of the James magazine (not available on the Internet). Davis’ clinics will be held one Monday each month at Stir Crazy coffee shop on MacArthur Avenue — interested artists should contact Davis at 264-8832. Her free legal advice will ...
The Rev. Brian K. Blount of Princeton Theological Seminary has been named president of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, according to North of the James magazine (not available on the Internet, but widely distributed in front yards and stores across North Richmond). Blount takes on his new role on July 1 ...
Neighborhood School of the Arts is a ten-year-old secret, providing singing and choir camps, on-site after-school art and performance classes, private music lessons and other arts-oriented instruction at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church on Seminary Avenue. Check out the Neighborhood School of the Arts website for details on its programs, staff and registration. ...