Richmond Food News: Week of Sept. 15-19

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Food News & Trends

I was going to compare this week’s massive pack of happy food stories to 101 Dalmatians until I realized that doing so would make me Cruella de Vil. Let’s just say that you might want to have a cup of coffee (see here) and a few snacks handy before you dive in.

Patrick and Megan Phelan’s wondrous Longoven pop-up returns on Sept. 28! At the last pop-up, there were 13 dishes, so come prepared to eat. This time, you can find the many-many-course meal at Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill. Tickets are $75; the event benefits Tricycle Gardens. (Richmond.com)

Get to know local farmers on a two-day organic farm tour extravaganza this weekend. Organized by the Virginia Association for Biological Farming and Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market, the 12-farm tour is entirely customizable and freeform — a country drive at your own pace, and an excellent excuse to play in the dirt. (VABF)

Accolades abound for Richmond chefs — and Richmond in general — in the October issue of The Local Palate. Eight pages of accolades, to be exact. And by the way, The Local Palate names Richmond the most impressive emerging food locale in the South. (Richmond magazine)

More national recognition from the week: The Roosevelt chef Lee Gregory’s spot on Plate Magazine’s "30 Chefs to Watch" list. He’s kind of a big deal. (Plate Magazine)

The food geniuses at Heritage dreamed up a collaborative beer dinner with Ardent Craft Ales and a bunch of greatly beloved Richmond chefs. You’ll need to call for reservations. Quickly. (Richmond.com)

Take one for the team and drink lots of alcohol in the name of musical brilliance. The Richmond Symphony Orchestra League's Designer House will be slinging Virginia wine and beer on a weekly basis; it should be your new Thursday night hangout. (Richmond Symphony)

Get yourself to the polls! The Food & Wine polls! Dutch & Co. is up for the "The People’s Best New Bar" title! (Food & Wine)

One of the coolest things about the Richmond food scene is that the industry pros here love to help each other out and collaborate. Sub Rosa Bakery will host a pizza pop-up on Sept. 21 benefiting Little House Green Grocery to ease the cost of fire repairs. (Facebook)

LAVASH ALERT: Traditional Armenian food, drink and entertainment can be enjoyed all weekend at St. James Church. (Facebook)

Soda pop! Candy shop! (Good luck competing with my chocolate stop.) Retro candy franchise Rocket Fizz will open in Carytown next month. (Richmond BizSense)

D.C. comes to Richmond! Graffiato’s industry takeover tradition is coming to Richmond on Oct. 13, when chefs Jonah Kim and Danny Lee will crank out culinary wonderment. (graffiatorva.com)

… But you’re going to want to go to D.C. anyway. Art, food, Michel Richard. Enough said. (nga.gov)

Buddy’s Place is closing, and Style Weekly has some (hilarious) deep thoughts about it. (Style Weekly)

Richmond bartenders go to great lengths to continue their education. Saison’s James Kohler went to WHISKEY CAMP. (Ledbury blog)

Of utmost importance: Ghostbusters doughnuts. Thanks, Krispy Kreme. You really get me. (Variety.com)

So basically, your plans this weekend are to eat feel-good-about-the-world pizza, home-style Armenian food and anticipate Slimer-adorned pastries. Enjoy.