| Friday, August 27, 2010 |  | | Switch-up at LuLu's in Shockoe Bottom. | | Millie's Diner owner Paul Keevil has taken over operations at the Shockoe Bottom spin-off LuLu's; former partner Steve Jurina is no longer involved at the restaurant.
Tweaks to the menu, cocktail and wine lists and service team are taking effect over the next few days, says new general manager Kirsten Hansen, who returns to Richmond after stints as a wine rep and at Greens in San Francisco. Here, she's bringing wines "with the best bang for the buck, as little mark-up as... |
| posted by Deveron Timberlake at 12:45:59 PM |  0 comments | | | Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | | | Positive Vibe Express now open downtown. | | Chef Frits Huntjens is overseeing the new counter-service business Positive Vibe Express, now open in the lobby of the Library of Virginia at 800 E. Broad St. He's making sure breakfast and lunch dishes are something special, from fresh herbs and local ingredients to enticing new recipes for salad and sandwich basics.
The chicken salad has a touch of curry, apricots, raisins and pineapple. The crab and corn cakes with remoulade are topped with local microgreens. Hot breakfast... |
| | posted by Deveron Timberlake at 12:16:34 PM | 0 comments | | | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | | | New downtown cafe, Ettamae's, bucks the trendy-food thing. | | Now serving in Jackson Ward, a new breakfast and lunch spot -- Ettamae's Cafe -- goes back to basics and avoids the crazy food trendiness that some find hard to stomach.
Owners Laura Morand Bailey (former manager of Byrd House Market) and her brother, chef Matthew Morand (2300 Club, Du Jour, NYC stints) have opened a "morning joint" in the Brooklyn tradition, serving house-made corned beef, vegetarian eggs Benedict, blueberry French toast, and assorted pastries and Blanchard's... |
| | posted by Deveron Timberlake at 11:57:22 AM | 4 comments | | | Monday, July 12, 2010 | | | Friend or Pho coming to former White Dog spot. | | | An Asian gastropub called Friend or Pho is coming to the former White Dog location at 2329 W. Main St. New owner Robert Kaplan of Lucky Buddha hopes to open the business soon, serving Vietnamese, Korean and Thai-influenced food, with 20 beers on tap, several specialty bottled beers and an extensive wine list. It will operate daily from 11 a.m until 2 a.m. Watch Style Weekly for details.
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| | posted by Deveron Timberlake at 2:45:51 PM | 3 comments | | | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | | | Travel Channel viewing party tonight at Caliente. | | All the TVs at Caliente in the museum district will be tuned to the Travel Channel tonight, as Adam Richman's popular show Man v. Food does the local food circuit. Richman took Caliente's Stupid Wings Challenge (and reportedly disappeared for the rest of the evening), and also ate a battleship sandwich at The Black Sheep in Carver and ribs at Buz & Ned's Real BBQ on the Boulevard, in a recent taping. The show airs tonight at 9, again putting Richmond on the national food map and... |
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