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RVA On Tap: Love Your Beer this Valentine’s Day

What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire.  If you missed the last column, you can check that...

RVA On Tap: Dogs & Brewing, Festivals, and Fresh Releases

What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out...

Redefining Milk

Dairy farmers want to prevent non-dairy products from being labeled as milk in the Commonwealth, and they have the backing of state legislators. But where do almond milk lovers stand in all this? “I think it’s just false advertising,” said Hugh Jones, co-owner at...

Celebrate! RVA Believes Every Kid Deserves A Birthday Party

Celebrate! RVA works to ensure that every child in Richmond can enjoy a birthday party every year, regardless of their family's financial situation. Celebrate! RVA is a non-profit organization with a simple mission: to give children who otherwise wouldn’t have the...

Roja: Hopewell’s New Red Hot Taco Spot

Meredith Dean's latest culinary venture, Roja, is bringing some spice to the Hopewell dining scene. A fifties diner turned taco joint, the recently opened Roja is bringing an eclectic and vibrant air to Hopewell. Roja’s owner, Meredith Dean, is serving up nachos...

RVA On Tap: Pine Brews & Apple Brandy Hot Toddy Collabs

What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire.  If you missed the last column, you can check that...

Richmond Restaurants Surge in Numbers, Struggle to Hire Employees

Twice the usual number of restaurants opened in Richmond last year, and owners are now finding that the city might not have enough cooks, servers, and bartenders to go around. Significantly more food establishments opened in the greater Richmond area this year than...

RVA ON TAP: Hallobeer, Booz Crawls, & Punk’in Carver Parties

What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out here. Our kegs are overflowing this week with beer releases and festivals,...

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The Richmonder Has Big Plans For RVA

The long-running and much-beloved jazz club in the Fan gets a new name, new management, and a new concept. As August turned to September, the city of Richmond learned that one of Richmond's longest-standing jazz clubs, Emilio's, had become the Richmonder Public House. The process of transition had actually begun over a month earlier, as Emilio's...

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Unicorns & Steampunk: Bryant’s Cider Crafts Their Own Path

Ahead of their move to Shockoe Bottom, Jerry Thornton of Bryant’s Cider talks new recipes and future plans for the family-owned cidery. “We’re the new beer,” says cidermaker Jerry Thornton, owner of Bryant’s Cider. It’s a bold statement, but it fits the vibe of their Jackson Ward tasting room. On its graffiti-covered walls, “Change the rules” is...

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Healthy Forests Make Better Beer

Teaming up with The Nature Conservancy for its OktoberForest initiative, Richmond breweries like Hardywood and Lickinghole Creek promote awareness about the connection between healthy forests and brewing beer. Starting last week, breweries across the country and around the globe began participating in The Nature Conservancy’s OktoberForest...

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Game Of Drones

Whether you care deeply about preserving our environment or just love honey, Culpeper shop and bee sanctuary La Bee Da Loca is an essential destination. Tucked away in the quiet mountain town that is Culpeper, Virginia, you'll find their very own version of Main Street. It looks every bit the postcard scene trapped in time, filled with local...

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RVA ON TAP: Jägerbeers & Big Lebowski Brews

What’s happening, craft beer lovers of RVA?! Welcome to this week’s RVA On Tap, RVA Magazine’s weekly column for all your craft beer-related events, releases, festivals, and all the booze news your hearts desire. If you missed the last column, you can check that out here. Our kegs are overflowing this week with beer releases and festivals,...

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