RVA Foodie Spotlight: Wham Bam & Hot Pots

by | Nov 20, 2020 | EAT DRINK

If there’s any activity our RVA Magazine team loves unanimously, it’s eating. And of all the dishes in the world, nothing tastes quite as good as the ones made right here in the River City. 

So in the spirit of eating ourselves into food comas in Richmond, we’re spotlighting our favorite local restaurants each week with the best #RVAFoodie finds around town. We’ll be searching weekly for the best of delicious local food in our community, from amazing restaurants to chefs, food trucks, pop-ups and more. Here’s a few close-to-home favorites this week to follow on Instagram. 

If you’ve got an awesome restaurant to spotlight, reach out to john@rvamag.com! Support local, RVA! 

#RVAFoodie This Week

@chengdurestaurant

#HotPot! Cheng du with the absolute amazing hot pots and schezwan food. I can not get enough hot pot as the weather turns colder..

www.chengduva.com

@pepesva

#VeggieTacos Pepes with some of the best tacos and burritos around. In Midlothian and worth the trip,

www.pepesva.com

@edossquid

#RoastedRockFish One of my favorites in RVA. Been that many years since first hitting up Mama Zu (same owners). They always do Italian right.

edossquidrva.com/menu

@/lowcoeatery

#HotChick Lowcoeatery believes in food porn just like we do. Get your down country and Charleston type flavors. Good home cooking feels ya know.

www.lowcoeatery.com

@cheddarjacksonrva

#GrilledCheese Grilled cheese and super sangwiches, lots of belly pleasing choices with vegan options as well.

@hangspacerva

#BigWhatever Hangspace makes delicious 100% vegan food of all kinds, Wanting a Burger they got it, wanting a hot dog they got it. If you like food you can feel good about stop by for pickup Thursday -Sunday or use one of them delivery services.

hang-space-online-ordering.square.site/s/orde

@Perch RVA

#Bronzino Perch is not messing around with this beautiful Bronzino. Big fan of this Mediterranean Sea Bass – its like Rockfishes yummy cousin.

www.perchrva.com

@peterchang

#DriedCabbage Peter Chang makes the second appearance on this list of shezwan food. Feeling it on the need for some right now. Peter Chang has two locations – this one is from Short Pump. If you have not done Peter Chang’s you should. If you like spice, then move it up further on your list.

peterchangrestaurant.com

@tbtelgallo

#Streetfood Tbt has made this list twice. Check their insta and social media as they are a pop up – that hits quite a few spots in town.

https://store.jasperbarrva.com/

@thebeetboxrva

#Jucie Something new to this list with some fresh juices and healthy bites. Build your own juices and plates with the most fresh ingredients.

https://linktr.ee/beetboxrva

@firststopdonuts

#AppleCiderDonuts Richmond’s very own hot apple cider donut. They are made fresh, right inside the converted school bus named Flubert!! GET TO FLUBER get the donut, trust us.

That’s all for this week’s #RVAFoodie. See you next week, Richmond!

John Reinhold

John Reinhold

John Reinhold is currently CXO of Inkwell Ventures Inc. which owns and operates RVA Magazine and GayRVA. Also, he is a deejay with PLF, husband and father to a couple of great kids.




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