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Outdoor patio coming to Dots

From Richmond.com: According to the [special-use permit] application, Dot’s Back Inn has been in business for more than 20 years and currently can serve about 50 patrons. The restaurant is contained within a one-story 1,100-square-foot building and wants to add 855 square feet of additional space in the rear of the restaurant, with an additional [...]

What’s up with Sugar’s Crab Shack?

Anyone got any details on Sugar’s Crab Shack? It’s going in at the old Bullet’s on Chamberlayne?

Vegetarian Festival celebrates its 10th year this weekend

Holy cow/tomato! The Richmond Vegetarian Festival will celebrate its tenth year this weekend in Bryan Park. You may know the Veggie Fest for its delicious food, awesome venue, and (maybe most importantly?) free admission. So pack your bags, kids, and stomachs and head over to Azalea Gardens at Bryan Park this Saturday (June 23rd) from [...]

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Enoteca Sogno is delicious

Enoteca Sogno has been part of the the Bellevue neighborhood for just about a year now. River City Food and Wine has a super positive review of the place, and some mouth-watering pictures. Check it out!   Photo by: River City Food and Wine

Introducing: Food Not Bombs, Southern Barton Heights

The Wingnut is starting a second Food Not Bombs program to compliment the existing feeding program in Monroe Park–which has been in operation for 18 years! While the Monroe Park program includes both a prepared meal and grocery distribution, the Southern Barton Heights program will feature only grocery distribution. We will put out produce on [...]

Twiggy’s Panamanian Caribbean American Cuisine

Here’s a quick review from RVA Lunch Special of Twiggy’s on Brookland Park Boulevard (anyone know the actual address?): The only dish available at the time was the $5 chicken curry lunch special. We ate chicken curry. It included chicken, rice and beans and cabbage…Twiggy won me as a repeat customer. She’s a Jamaican grandmother [...]

Get involved in the Southern Barton Heights mobile food pantry

Every second Saturday the Wingnut Anarchist Collective, in partnership with the Central Virginia Food Bank, holds the Southern Barton Heights mobile food pantry. According to their website, in March they distributed food to 225 adults, 156 children, and 43 children. That’s a lot of people! They are always looking for volunteers, so if it sounds [...]

Where’s the best Chinese food that delivers to the Northside?

From Reddit: The only Chinese food I can get delivered is Evergreen which is kind of lousy. Every other restaurant I called just laughed at me and said it was too scary for their drivers. It really isn’t, but whatever…but does anyone living off of the Brookland Parkway, like between Chamberlayne and North Ave found [...]

Enoteca Sogna nominated for an Elby

Somehow I missed that recent(ish) Northside addition, Enoteca Sogna, has also been nominated for an Elby. Enoteca Sogno joins Amour Wine Bistro, Can Can Brasserie, and Secco Wine Bar as a nominee for the “Wine Program” category. Described as: “Has clarity and quality in its wine program, which also best suits the restaurant’s style and [...]

Great write up of the chef competition at the Vegetarian Festival

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