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Honeymakers Turn to the Sweet Business of Mead

The city of Hopewell is abuzz with the sweet news of its first meadery coming this fall. Grown from a longtime family-run honey business, owners and beekeepers Tonya and Mike Haley plan to convert a historic building near the Beacon Theatre to open Haley’s Honey...

RVA Mag Guide to Whiskey

White Heat. Canyon Run. Screamin' Peter. Bushwack. Rotgut. Wildcat. Stump Water. Pop Skull. Tussock. Rambletown Moon. The list of nicknames and honorifics bestowed on the devil's water is almost as diverse as the spirit itself. Whiskey, or whisky as the Scots call it,...

A Taste of New Orleans Rolls Into Northside

If you frequent any of the breweries in town, it's likely you’ve seen a royal purple truck with a feisty chicken emblazoned on the side serving wings and other Cajun-inspired dishes. And this summer, that truck will settle in with a place of its own in Northside.  ...

A Look at Carytown’s RVA Draft Room

The founder of fro-yo chain Sweet Frog has decided to pour his efforts into a new business venture this go around with a new craft beer taproom and upscale food court in Carytown. From opening the first Sweet Frog in Richmond in 2009, growing the franchise to over 340 locations in 26 states, to moving into the restaurant business with his...

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Heated Over Proposed Meal Tax Hike, Restaurateurs Form Lobbying Group

Richmond restaurateurs are heated once again, as the city has served up a proposal for yet another hike to meal taxes. And this time, restaurant owners have united to form a lobbyist group to fight back. In his State of the City speech this week, Mayor Levar Stoney proposed raising Richmond’s meal tax to 7.5 percent to help renovate and repair...

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Tapped: Triple Crossing’s Waxing Poetic Berliner, Garden Grove’s Elixir of Life, & A Three Notch’d Collab

What’s happening craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s “Tapped,” RVA Magazine’s go to weekly craft beer column where you can find all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals and all the booze news your little hearts’ desire. If you missed last week’s beer news, you can check those out here. Our cup is overflowing with news...

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Preview: Hardywood West Creek

On a dreary, rainy Monday afternoon, with snow still blanketing the ground, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery’s crew and Gov. Terry McAuliffe held the official ribbon cutting for the brewery’s new location in Goochland. Hardywood West Creek, which is nestled on 24 acres overlooking Tuckahoe Creek just off of 288, held their groundbreaking on the...

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