Courtesy Perly's Restaurant and Delicatessen
The news was polarizing at best this week, with the McDonnells getting hit with multiple felony convictions, CVS putting the permanent nay-no on tobacco products, and an American doctor flying back from Liberia with Ebola. And on top of that, we lost the legendary Joan Rivers. To quote her, “We all mourn in our own way. I mourn with a great steak.” Luckily, reports on the Richmond food scene have not been cause to mourn:
Perly’s opened! Latkes! Schnitzel! Knishes! Babka! Pierogies! A million pickles! (Richmond.com)
The Answer Brewpub opened on Tuesday with an expectedly massive and creative tap list, so we can finally all stop talking about it and just go there. (Richmond magazine)
Lebanese restaurant Nora is officially open on West Broad, and Megan Marconyak's sampling of their offerings went quite well. Note: there’s belly dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. (Richmond magazine)
Rejoice, future food business owners! Biz resource team Stephanie Ganz and Barb Upchurch launched their coaching/marketing company, The Apple Cart, this week. (Richmond magazine)
A mélange of seasoned Richmond food and drink industry pros are cranking on their new neighborhood go-to, The Betty on Davis, in the old Avenue 805 spot. It might open as soon as next week. (Richmond.com)
Creative first date with that girl who loves to watch huge slabs of meat cook over an open fire: Belmont Butchery’s BEAST FEAST 2014. Tickets are on sale now, and they absolutely killed it (no pun intended) last year. (Facebook)
The Harvest Wine Festival happens Saturday at James River Cellars. Go have a picnic. (Style Weekly)
Oh, right … sandwiches! Brothers Mark and Matthew Moran fill a surprising gap in the food truck scene. The Sammich bus slings paninis, sides and homemade ice cream. (Richmond BizSense)
Mad scientist brew wizard Alchemy Coffee opens The Lab on VCU campus. A 47-percent increase in chatty good moods ensues. (Facebook)
In a stroke of genius, Colby Rogers reminds us how Joan Rivers interviewed GWAR. (Style Weekly)
A fast food workers strike to raise hourly wages to $15 raged in 150 cities, including this one. Follow the movement at #StrikeFastFood. (MSNBC)
Get yourselves to at least one of these new spots this weekend, and I'll have more for you next Friday.
