Richmond Famous

Fall is just around the corner and we are getting into that brown liquor with Mary Allison, distiller at Richmond's own Reservoir Distillery. Reservoir has a small portfolio of whiskeys made with Vir…

Next up on the beverage parade, Virginia's OG historical quaff, CIDER! Courtney Mailey, founder and original cider maker, opened Blue Bee in 2012. It quickly became one of Richmond's most-loved bever…

Since 2009 Lamplighter Coffee Roasters has been at the forefront of the RVA coffee scene. Their original location on Addison street in the Fan has been called "Richmond's Living Room" and coffee love…

Richmond’s chefs, home cooks, and those with an eye for impeccable design already know Mr. Rob Bland, the proprietor and curator of specialty home and kitchen goods shop Accoutre in Scott’s Addition.…

To celebrate their 20th episode, Nicole and Laura asked each other some of the questions they always ask their guests: how’d you end up in Richmond? How did you start working on food? What is your mo…

Nominated as a James Beard Award semifinalist three times and known around the country for its incomparable bread and pastry work, Richmond’s own Sub Rosa Bakery hardly needs an introduction. Brother…

We know you’ve heard of Abuelita’s: #rvadine can’t stop talking about the delicious food coming out of Karina Benavides' and Everardo Fonseca’s temple to guisos Mexicanos. The two restaurant veterans…

017 Michelle Parrish Soul N’ Vinegar

Show Notes:

Nestled in the north end of Church Hill, in an area not far from some of the restaurants that helped put Richmond on the national dining map is a humb…

Richmond restaurant stalwart Abi Huntington, General Manager at beloved Italian-Jewish spot Dinamo, is our guest this week. Abbi cut her industry teeth at old-school Richmond haunts like Joe’s Inn an…

From working together in the restaurant scene—long before Richmond was even a blip on the national food radar—to learning the ins and outs of growing food from seed up at a Northern farm, Melissa and…

014 Justin Ayotte

We sat down with Justin Ayotte, beverage director of Jackson Ward’s Saison restaurant and next-door neighbor Saison Market. These two are regulars on lists of the best bars in Richm…

013 Vanessa Beller: A Secret Forest

This episode, we wander into A Secret Forest with candy maker/magical fairy Vanessa Beller. A native of Los Angeles, Vanessa moved to Richmond less than a year ago…

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It's the holidays and we are excited for treats! From holiday classics like panettone & buche de Noel to magical sugar spun lollys and electric pink pan dulces, Richmond has your holiday…

011 Kate Lee

After our wine episode, we figured it was time to give Richmond beer its due, and what better place to start than one of the breweries that put the Richmond beer scene on the map? Kate L…

010 Giustino Riccio
IT’S OUR TENTH EP! IT’S GIUSTINO’S PIZZA! We’re screaming!
Have you been to Galley Go-To in Southside to have what is one of the very best pies in Richmond, made by the charming a…

009 The Wine Jerks
This week we're joined by four Richmond-area wine experts: Booth Hardy of Barrel Thief, Nathan Conway of the Metzger/Brenner Pass family, Virginia Samsel of Native Selections, and …

008 Chef Lee Gregory
We sit down with Lee Gregory amidst the clamor and frenzy of the first few weeks into the opening of his third restaurant, Alewife. Gregory is chef/owner/partner at well-known Ri…

We know Richmond has a lotta good food—but if you had to make a top-five list, what dishes would make the cut? In this special mini-episode, we talk RVA's most iconic foods, from Sally Bell's cupcake…

Richmond has quite a few restaurant families, folks for whom hard work and culinary creativity is a family affair and whose legacies are deeply tied into the food community here. The story of the Tek…

It’s summer! A wet and rainy summer to be sure, but that's not stopping the ice cream lovers of Richmond from queuing up at Charm School Social Club. Meryl Hillerson and Alex Zavaleta joined us to ta…