Related to my Happy Hour and Specials RVA Food list, I've decided to start this list of Cheap Drinks in Town as well.

So often, you just want to get a cheap drink somewhere. It's hard to know where when some bars charge $5 for a drink that costs $2.50 somewhere else. I want to find the $2.50 places, and sometimes, you want that $2.50 beer to NOT be ( Read more... )

I'd been wanting to make this list for awhile, and the folks over at rva_eats  got it started, so here we go:

Acacia (new location has a couple of tables located outside)

Amici
Baja Bean

Baker's Crust (Carytown)

Barcode (rear patio)

Beauregard's Thai Room (gorgeous patio) Cary & 1st

Betsy's @ Bin 22

Bogart's

Bottom's Up

Buddy's
Buzz & Ned's (maybe overpriced?)

Cafe ( Read more... )

Thanks Style

Amici Ristorante:  Special dinner deal in April: two entrees for the price of one, Monday-Thursday nights all month. Fine Northern Italian cuisine in renovated setting. 3343 W. Cary St. 353-4700. www.amiciristorante.net.
(I've never been)

Easy Street reopens, now non smoking including THE PATIO. THANK GOODNESS. Now all of us who actually ( Read more... )

I've updated my running list of RVA food and drink specials, and added a BRUNCH section (my favorite meal).

Please add your own tips and favorites in the comments (either here, or at the post) and I'll add them.

In addition to recently adding on to my must-eat Richmond restaurant list, here's a list of places that have happy hour or food specials. Please comment with any others you know, or links to others. I hope other people can get as much use out of this list as I do.

Brunch listing at the bottom.

See Also, Cheap Drinks in RVA
Anytime

• Avenue 805: M, T, W ( Read more... )

Found this at Bella Lately

Poinsettia Punch

Chill the Champagne and juice in the refrigerator before the party; then mix the punch right before serving. I actually mixed everything except the champagne in separate gallon sized zip-top baggies. That way, when I needed to mix another pitcher, everthing was good to go!

1 (750-milliliter) bottle Champagne ( Read more... )

I realized I didn't have a master list of the restaurants I want to go to, so I'm going to keep this list going here for easy access

Places I've Been
Rowland-fancy, small,  pricey, and small, but their butterbean cakes (also avail as entrée ) were some of the greatest food I’ve ever had. Non smoking. Takes reservations.
Sette--brick oven gourmet pizza ( Read more... )

My stomach is KILLING me today. Plus I have cramps. It is SO a Monday.

Also today I:
Put my underwear on inside out and didn't notice till midday
Wacked my head on the purse hook in the bathroom stall

And this weekend I got my first ever food poisoning, thanks to Sticky to Go Go. I'm hugely disappointed bc Sticky is the only place I go for sushi bc ( Read more... )

Okay, so this is a new, good program, but I can't help but snort at the cheesy name. Also, it makes me want chocolate SO BAD. I have been eating terribly lately and on one of my I-must-have-sugar-at-all-times binges. I ate the Reeses cups I brought in already (I limit myself to 4 a day at work) but of course I could polish off the whole bag when I ( Read more... )

It occurs to me today that Snickers' advertising campaign has worked on me.

I had not packed enough food for lunch and was still hungry, so I'm standing in front of the vending machine (the crazily overpriced vending machine--$.80 for a candy bar!) and I notice the Snickers. I'm not normally a huge fan of Snickers, but then a little voice in my head ( Read more... )