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This Jazz-Era Soul Food Restaurant In Virginia Is An Absolute Hidden Gem
Sometimes the best meals come with a soundtrack you didn’t know you needed. Croaker’s Spot in Richmond serves up soul food that’ll make you want to snap your fingers between bites, and trust me, you’re going to need both hands free for what’s coming to your table.
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Richmond Food News: March: 5-11
Calling all thirsty folks who crave something crisp, bubbly and a little fun. “Dirty” sodas — the Utah-born custom soft drink movement — are making their way to Richmond. A local couple with Salt Lake City roots will open Sippa this spring, mixing everything from Diet Coke and raspberry with coconut cream to Sprite and passion fruit. The fizzy possibilities are endless. (Richmond magazine)
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Richmond's Branch Museum of Design has a fashion exhibition that's 'Undeniable'
Halle Berry’s mirror gown, made from 3,000 glass pieces, shimmers in the sunlight streaming through the large windows of The Branch Museum of Design in Richmond. It has a small rip from when the Oscar winner wore it to last year's Academy Awards, but the beauty and the damage are the realness the Branch wants to spotlight in its new exhibition of work by designer Christian Siriano.
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The Fish Fry At This Iconic Virginia Restaurant Is Absolutely Worth The Trip
When a restaurant’s fried fish makes people forget about their New Year’s resolutions in February, you know something magical is happening. Croaker’s Spot in Richmond has perfected the art of the fish fry, and once you taste it, you’ll understand why people plan their entire week around it.
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2nd Street and Richmond Folk Festival announce dates for 2026
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Two Richmond favorites are returning to downtown this fall. The 2nd Street Festival is set to return on Oct. 3-4. It’s in its 38th year of celebrating the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. Likewise, the Richmond Folk Festival returns the weekend after from Oct. 9-11. The...
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Meet the Irish Baker Behind Two and a Half Irishmen in Richmond
Everybody loves a plot twist. When Niall Duffy, owner of Richmond’s Two and a Half Irishmen bakery, moved his family from Ireland to Virginia, he had a choice to make. With a degree in chemistry, Duffy’s career back in his home country was overseeing sensitive explosives that removed rock without reverberating shockwaves. Upon arriving in Virginia, a red tape delay of Duffy’s work papers left him temporarily sidelined in his new home. And so, he baked.
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Save the Dates: 2nd Street Festival and Richmond Folk Festival
Two of Virginia’s largest and most beloved events return this fall to Downtown Richmond. The 2nd Street Festival, in partnership with the City of Richmond, will take place October 3-4. The festival is in its 38th year of celebrating the rich culture of Downtown Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood.
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Jazz flourishes in Jackson Ward and beyond
Trumpets blare throughout historic Jackson Ward, as Gallery5 hosts a free jazz night every fourth Friday to preserve the culture of the neighborhood that brought the genre to Richmond, through drum pounds and saxophone swirls. This month’s fourth Friday show was headlined by local musician and VCU alum Kelli Strawbridge,...
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Petersburg's two newest businesses include a tempting restaurant to try
Petersburg has a new restaurant. The owner was not looking for one, but when he noticed the space available, he gave it some thought. Rodney King Jr. opened Hotrod’s Kountry Kitchen Xpress on Jan. 12. It is his first brick-and-mortar restaurant. “After we returned from vacation, the space was still there, so I said, ‘It’s my turn,’” King shared. “We offer a friendly environment with good southern food. We like to say comfort food.” New restaurant in Petersburg serves southern, comfort food Items on the menu range in price from a $2 cornbread side to a $20 catfish and po boy sandwich served with fries. According to King, the catfish and shrimp or catfish platter are the best sellers. Other items diners may order from the menu include a variety of sandwiches, seafood platters, fish, shrimp, southern fried wings, hand-breaded tenders, southern fried pork chops, baked barbecue chicken, a variety of combination platters and more. The platters are served with two sides. Popular diner USA TODAY named its Restaurants of the Year. This Colonial Heights favorite on the list The sides include fries, potato salad, coleslaw, green beans, baked beans, mac and cheese, cabbage, yams and cornbread. Banana pudding and
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Cobra Cabana, Hot For Pizza, Brave Captain | Richmond Restaurants Talk on Eat It, Virginia
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Mayo Madness hits Richmond as Texas Inn dumps 50 pounds for charity
There are plenty of ways to raise money for a good cause. Dumping 50 pounds of mayonnaise on someone is one of the more creative ones. That’s exactly what’s happening today at The Texas Inn’s Richmond location in the Museum District, where the longtime Virginia diner is hosting “Mayo Madness” to benefit Special Olympics Virginia. From noon to 2 p.m. at 2901 Park Ave., guests can watch (or help) as Jeff Katz and Sheriff Karl Leonard get buried under a small mountain of mayo.
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The Bang Bang Shrimp At This Rural Virginia Spot Will Blow Your Mind
There’s a restaurant in Farmville, Virginia where the shrimp comes with a warning label, not literally, but maybe it should because once you try the Bang Bang Shrimp at The Fishin’ Pig, you’ll be ruined for all other shrimp forever. This isn’t some coastal seafood shack where...