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Can Richmond Have Bars? New Virginia Law Eases Food-to-Alcohol Rules
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (346+ words) by RVA Staff | Apr 14, 2026 | EAT DRINK, VIRGINIA POLITICS Virginia lawmakers have approved changes to the state's long-standing food-to-alcohol sales requirement for restaurants, easing restrictions that many operators have said no longer reflect how the industry works. The change does not…...
New Menu, Who Dis? Get Tight Gets Tighter.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1330+ words) by Christian Detres | Apr 2, 2026 | COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, SMALL BUSINESS Randy O'Dell has a posse. The co-owner of Get Tight Lounge, and owner of En Su Boca, and beloved bars and restaurants of RVA legend, has always known how to attract…...
Opinion | Virginia's Liquor Laws Were Always Weird. Change Is Coming
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (850+ words) by R. Anthony Harris | Jan 21, 2026 | EAT DRINK, OPINION, VIRGINIA POLITICS Editor's Note: This column is informed by recent reporting from Brad Kutner at Radio IQ and WVTF on proposed changes to Virginia's food-to-alcohol sales ratio, as well as conversations with people…...
Chris Newman on 2025: What This Year Really Looked Like for Virginia Farmers
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1795+ words) by R. Anthony Harris | Dec 28, 2025 | COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK Editor's note: We wanted to check back with Chris. You can read our previous interview with him HERE. By any surface metric, 2025 has been a strong year for Chris Newman, a Virginia-based farmer,…...
You Voted. Here Are The Results of "Support Local, Vote Local" Reader Poll 2025
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1798+ words) by RVA Staff | Dec 1, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, EAT DRINK Thousands of you weighed in for our 2025 Readers" Poll, chiming in on everything from the city"s smokiest BBQ to the boutiques you swear by and the spots you insist your visiting…...
Baltik's Bagel Earns People's Choice in the Heart of NYC
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (271+ words) by RVA Staff | Nov 20, 2025 | COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, SMALL BUSINESS Every so often Richmond grabs a win that feels almost improbable, and this weekend we got one: Baltik's Bagel came back from New York Bagel Fest with the People's Choice Award....
Richmond Starbucks Baristas Join National Strike, Shutting Down Fan Store
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (740+ words) by R. Anthony Harris | Nov 20, 2025 | COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, QUEER RVA When you talk to the workers on strike outside the Starbucks in the Fan, you don't hear anything abstract about "labor movements" or "corporate negotiations." You hear frustration, exhaustion, and a…...
What the F@ck is Orange Wine? ! (and Where to Find It in Richmond)
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (212+ words) by Tara Dighe | Aug 3, 2025 | BREWS, SPIRITS & WINE, CULTURE, EAT DRINK, SMALL BUSINESS And no, it's not made from oranges. . The first time I encountered orange wine (or skin contact white wine), I was wowed by the color and it's presentation....
Lowest U. S. Drinking Rate in 90 Years, Richmond Still Going Out
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (625+ words) by RVA Staff | Aug 14, 2025 | BREWS, SPIRITS & WINE, COMMUNITY, NEWS Pour one out, or maybe just crack open a seltzer, for America's drinking habit. According to Gallup's 2025 Consumption Habits survey, only 54% of U. S. adults now say they drink alcohol. That's the lowest…...
Canned Heat! A Richmond Guide to Summer Wines in a Can
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (1385+ words) by Gomez & Morticia | Aug 17, 2025 | BREWS, SPIRITS & WINE, COMMUNITY, CULTURE We had never tried canned wine before this week. Up until recently, we hadn't really given them much thought. We would see new canned wines emblazoned with eye-grabbing artwork on shelves…...