Richmond Famous

Fall is just around the corner and we are getting into that brown liquor with Mary Allison of Reservoir Distillery!

Next up on the beverage parade, Virginia's OG historical quaff, CIDER! Courtney Mailey, founder and original cider maker at Blue Bee, talks apple to us.

We go deep on all things coffee with Noelle Forest, one of the founders of Richmond's Lamplighter Coffee Roasters.

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. We visited with him at the beautiful space and talked shop. (Get it?)

You asked, we answered: For our 20th episode, we’re interviewing each other. Tune in to learn how our podcast duo ended up in Richmond, what drew them to food, their thoughts on #rvadine, and their favorite Van Halen songs.

We chat with Evrim and Evin of Sub Rosa Bakery, the Church Hill spot that's known around the country for its incomparable bread and pastry work.

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, who are partners both in life and in love, opened a spot centered around Mexican home cooking and hospitality that is truly their own.

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 petite food shop on a mission to feed its neighbors. Michelle Parrish talks with us about Soul N’ Vinegar, her oasis in a food desert, which serves "diverse foods for diverse peoples."

Abi Huntington, General Manager at beloved Italian-Jewish spot Dinamo, cut her industry teeth at old-school Richmond haunts like Joe’s Inn and Avalon. The self-described "half-ass oenophile" chatted with us about wine, Richmond restaurant culture, leaving the city, and confronting sexism in the wine industry.

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 Frayser Micou have had quite a journey to their current oasis in the city, Pomona Plants and Coffee. We stopped into the soda fountain turned plant shop and café to hear all about it.