Halloween Throwdown at River City Roll
River City Roll, a boutique bowling alley experience in Scott’s Addition, will host Hyper Halloween Throwdown benefiting Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation on October 31st from 5pm to midnight. The event will feature DJ Neil Flick, a cause-driven corn hole tournament, costume contest with cash prizes, New Belgium beer, and Tito’s cocktails supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month. […]
Shell Raiser’s Event Benefits Bay Restoration
The 2018 Shell Raiser’s Shindig, benefiting the VA Oyster Shell Recycling Program (VOSRP), will take place on Oct 21 from 2-5pm at Libbie Mill. The annual Shell Raisers Shindig generates a significant portion of the funding to support VOSRP, a collaborative oyster restoration program of the VCU Rice Rivers Center that is active statewide. The growing initiative collects waste […]
Shell Raiser’s Shindig Helps Restore Wild Oyster Populations
The Shell Raiser’s Shindig, an annual event that generates a significant portion of the funding for VCU’s oyster restoration initiative by the VA Oyster Shell Recycling Program (VOSRP), will take place on October 21st at Libbie Mill. The VOSRP is a collaborative oyster restoration program of the VCU Rice Rivers Center and active statewide. The program […]
Hardywood Unveils 2019 Beer Club Offerings
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery has announced its 2019 Family Tree Beer Club offering which provides access to beer exclusive to the program and first access for members to purchase the coveted Gingerbread Stout ahead of the general public. Hardywood launched its Family Tree Beer Club in late 2016, with membership promptly selling out in less than […]
Väsen Vagabonds Inspire Richmond to Get Outside
PHOTOS BY NICK DAVIS AND VARIOUS VÄSEN VAGABONDS Joey Darragh and Tony Giordano see beer as a medium to express themselves, share a story, and inspireothers. As the owners of Väsen Brewing Company, Darragh and Giordano regularly produce some of the area’s best—and most unconventional—Belgian farmhouse and sour ales in their 17,000-square-foot facility in Scott’s […]
Climb Right RVA
On any given weekend, the Manchester Wall is packed with people scaling the remnants of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge. Peter Guyre, a rock and ice climbing guide with over a decade of experience leading outdoor excursions around the country, is often one of the many Richmonders climbing the old stone pilings. Guyre recently […]
Clothing & Supplies in Scott’s Addition
By Johnny Hugel As the city grows and revitalizes, few areas are seeing the transformation that Scott’s Addition realized in the past year. Outposts like Lamplighter, Ardent, and Lunch may have been the pioneers, but now weekly announcements of offce relocations, loft conversions, high-end restaurants, and a never-ending list of breweries continue to rapidly transform […]
Back in the Neighborhood
By Jessica Beck Jin “Fei” Zhao started cooking at the age of 15 in a poor district of the Guandong capital of Guangzhou. He learned the art of Cantonese cuisine from his uncle at an early age and eventually moved to the U.S., where he would share dishes from his native land with a new […]
Dogtown Rising
Hull Street is back. In recent months, Richmond has been treated to news of the soon-to-open Butterbean Market & Café, Hot Diggity Donuts, and Dogtown Brewing—all coming to the area affectionately known as Dogtown. In addition, residential development is continuing to rise, an upcoming sculpture by local artist Mickael Broth is in the works, and […]
Creating A Better Future Through Food
Real Local RVA is in the midst of their origin story. Three years in, and they’ve created a robust group of independent, like-minded businesses and advocates that are invested in creating a better local community through food. “It comes down to asking yourself: What kind of city do you want to live in?” says Real […]