Your Weekend In Richmond
Food Scene
Vegan / vegetarian heaven! Govinda serves a different Indian Thali (“large plate with multiple sides”) every evening between 5pm and 8pm. Call ahead to see what they’re serving. Their business is designed to help feed those who cannot afford to eat. Beautiful mission paired with delicious food, it truly doesn’t get any better than this!
Govinda Restaurant
812 West Marshall StreetVegan / vegetarian heaven! Govinda serves a different Indian Thali (“large plate with multiple sides”) every evening between 5pm and 8pm. Call ahead to see what they’re serving. Their business is designed to help feed those who cannot afford to eat. Beautiful mission paired with delicious food, it truly doesn’t get any better than this!
Amazing selection of west African dishes. Sold by weight, buffet style. Only place in Richmond that you can find proper sourgum and Jamaica drinks!
Mamusa's African Restaurant
1102 West Main StreetAmazing selection of west African dishes. Sold by weight, buffet style. Only place in Richmond that you can find proper sourgum and Jamaica drinks!
With a slogan like “Good Eats, No Meats!” How can you go wrong? 90% of their menu is homemade! Our favorites include their seitan gyro (they make the seitan from SCRATCH!!!), the Popeye breakfast burrito, vegan peanut butter cups, vegan breakfast soysage biscuit, a side salad with their ginger miso dressing or an everything bagel with their jalapeño cream cheese.
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Harrison Street Cafe
402 N Harrison StWith a slogan like “Good Eats, No Meats!” How can you go wrong? 90% of their menu is homemade! Our favorites include their seitan gyro (they make the seitan from SCRATCH!!!), the Popeye breakfast burrito, vegan peanut butter cups, vegan breakfast soysage biscuit, a side salad with their ginger miso dressing or an everything bagel with their jalapeño cream cheese.
The small size is enough for one adult. Our go-to order is the small chicken or goat curry with cabbage only and a size of coco bread. Add a ting soda if you love grapefruit.
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Jamaica House Restaurant
416 W Broad StThe small size is enough for one adult. Our go-to order is the small chicken or goat curry with cabbage only and a size of coco bread. Add a ting soda if you love grapefruit.
Healthy customizable bowls and salads that utilize local produce. Local franchise worth revisiting over and over.
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Roots Natural Kitchen
939 W Grace StHealthy customizable bowls and salads that utilize local produce. Local franchise worth revisiting over and over.
Highly recommend the two piece dark meal with macNcheese and corn. Comes with a biscuit. Ask for honey and honey mustard sauce with your order. Classic.
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
2200 W Broad StHighly recommend the two piece dark meal with macNcheese and corn. Comes with a biscuit. Ask for honey and honey mustard sauce with your order. Classic.
Gigi Tea Time
1355 W Broad StBest Boba in Richmond ☻ authentic Taiwanese style teas and snacks.
Addis Restaurant
9 N 17th StBest donuts in town, and cold brewed coffee that will have you going at 120mph all day.
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Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee
1001 N Lombardy StBest donuts in town, and cold brewed coffee that will have you going at 120mph all day.
Poke Sushi Bowl VCU
927 W Broad StIf you don't have a car to take you to the West End this is the best spot for Asian cuisine on campus.
Thai Top Ten
911 1/2 W Grace StIf you don't have a car to take you to the West End this is the best spot for Asian cuisine on campus.
Assante's Pizza
1845 W Broad StPizza delivery. Try the Hawaiian.
Edo's Squid
411 N Harrison StDelicious upscale Italian food
Ramen Spot
948 West Grace StreetJ KOGI
325 N 2nd StBig Herm's Kitchen
207 N 2nd StBeauvine Burger Concept
1501 West Main StreetBest burgers in town, hands down.
Our favorite tacos in town. Try their specials of the day, or our favorite: 3 shrimp tacos on flour tortilla & traditional style.
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Don't Look Back - Triple
3306 W Broad StOur favorite tacos in town. Try their specials of the day, or our favorite: 3 shrimp tacos on flour tortilla & traditional style.
Try the Pepe Le Peu if you’re a garlic lover like us. Also can highly recommend their wings.
Hot For Pizza
1301 W Leigh StTry the Pepe Le Peu if you’re a garlic lover like us. Also can highly recommend their wings.
The Lab by Alchemy Coffee
814 W Broad StAfterglow Coffee Cooperative
Riverbend Coffee Co.
2623 E Broad StLift Coffee Shop & Cafe
218 W Broad StGigi Tea Time
1355 W Broad StOur absolute favorite place to eat in all of richmond. Run by a family who supplies most of the restaurant from their own farm! Try the Vietnamese bowl with chicken and add a side of their Mac and Cheese. You’ll be in heaven.
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Goatocado
1823 W Main StOur absolute favorite place to eat in all of richmond. Run by a family who supplies most of the restaurant from their own farm! Try the Vietnamese bowl with chicken and add a side of their Mac and Cheese. You’ll be in heaven.
My Noodle & Bar
1600 Monument AveMetzger Bar and Butchery
801 N 23rd StLa Grotta Ristorante
529 E Broad StEdo's Squid
411 N Harrison StBlack owned juicer that also serves healthy food! Less than a five minute walk from your apartment!
Good Life Juices
Black owned juicer that also serves healthy food! Less than a five minute walk from your apartment!
Everything Else
Kroger
1601 Willow Lawn DrGrocery Store closest to the house. Also a gas station.
Cut And Run Vintage
Vintage clothing, media, decor and more. Happy shopping!
Vintage clothing and accessories. A black owned Richmond staple / small business that has survived three locations and more than two decades.
Rumors Boutique
723 W Broad StVintage clothing and accessories. A black owned Richmond staple / small business that has survived three locations and more than two decades.
Blue Bones Vintage
310 N Laurel StVintage clothing, records and more!
Drinks & Nightlife
The Camel
1621 W Broad StFrequently has free shows. Easy place to meet people.
Another RVA vegan favorite. Also our favorite bar. Our favorite place to eat dessert & Favorite spot for Karaoke (Wednesday nights).
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Ipanema Cafe
917 W Grace StAnother RVA vegan favorite. Also our favorite bar. Our favorite place to eat dessert & Favorite spot for Karaoke (Wednesday nights).
Local hang out spot with great burgers and sides. Try their street corn; you won’t regret it!
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Cobra Cabana
901 W Marshall StLocal hang out spot with great burgers and sides. Try their street corn; you won’t regret it!
GWARbar
217 W Clay StArts & Culture
An award-winning, community-motivated visual and performing art center located in historic district in the city's oldest police station/jail/firehouse.
Check their websites for events.
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Gallery5
200 W Marshall StAn award-winning, community-motivated visual and performing art center located in historic district in the city's oldest police station/jail/firehouse.
Check their websites for events.
Candela Books + Gallery
214 W Broad StVirginia Museum of Fine Arts
200 N Arthur Ashe Blvd1708 Gallery
319 W Broad StThe Elegba Folklore Society is a year-round, lively celebration of African and African American culture. Enjoy art and imports in our cultural center. Sway with our performance company in the warmth and feel of an African village. Awaken your spirit! Or, participate in a guided heritage tour along the trail of enslaved Africans and of other notable sites.
Elegba Folklore Society
101 E Broad StThe Elegba Folklore Society is a year-round, lively celebration of African and African American culture. Enjoy art and imports in our cultural center. Sway with our performance company in the warmth and feel of an African village. Awaken your spirit! Or, participate in a guided heritage tour along the trail of enslaved Africans and of other notable sites.
I-Museum ka-Edgar Allan Poe
1914 E Main StIziko Lomfundi LweziMfundo LweVirginia
2500 W Broad StVirginia Museum of History & Culture
428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd$2 movie tickets and a wurlitzer concert before many showings!
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Byrd Theater
2908 W Cary St$2 movie tickets and a wurlitzer concert before many showings!
Carver and neighboring Jackson ward were once connected as one large bustling and prosperous Black neighborhood. It was known as the Harlem of the south. The Richmond Black History museum teaches much about this and other facts integral to understanding why this city is an important key to understanding how this country has incubated and created systemic racism.
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Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
122 W Leigh StCarver and neighboring Jackson ward were once connected as one large bustling and prosperous Black neighborhood. It was known as the Harlem of the south. The Richmond Black History museum teaches much about this and other facts integral to understanding why this city is an important key to understanding how this country has incubated and created systemic racism.
Free admission and an excellent selection of programs and exhibitions.
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Institute for Contemporary Art
601 W Broad StFree admission and an excellent selection of programs and exhibitions.
Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
122 W Leigh StSightseeing
Isiqithi saseBrown
South 7th Street
Monument Avenue
Monument AvenueMonroe Park
620 W Main StHere lay the beautiful ancestors of todays Black Americans. Brought here by force, may they rest in peace.
Richmond African Burial Ground
1554 E Broad StHere lay the beautiful ancestors of todays Black Americans. Brought here by force, may they rest in peace.
Richmond Slave Trail
1200 Brander StreetThis Victorian High Gothic building, completed as Richmond's city hall in 1894, is as dramatic inside as it is outside. Free to go inside.
City Hall
900 E Broad StThis Victorian High Gothic building, completed as Richmond's city hall in 1894, is as dramatic inside as it is outside. Free to go inside.
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
2501 Monument AveSt John's United Church Christ, Richmond Virginia
503 Stuart CirCathedral of the Sacred Heart
823 Cathedral PlMonumental Church
1224 E Broad StTredegar Iron Works
470 Tredegar StGreat place for a stroll.
I-Museum yezokuthutha kwezwe yaseMelika - I-Historic Tredegar
480 Tredegar StWhat remains/was unearthed of the Lumpkin's Slave Jail (which was then converted into one of the first Black schools in Virginia, the precursor to Virginia Union University). This is Richmond history.
Lumpkin's Slave Jail
Richmond-Petersburg TurnpikeWhat remains/was unearthed of the Lumpkin's Slave Jail (which was then converted into one of the first Black schools in Virginia, the precursor to Virginia Union University). This is Richmond history.
Pipeline Overlook
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
600 N 2nd StMaggie Lena Walker Memorial Plaza
Nature
Belle Isle
1 Belle IsleTexas Beach
Byrd Park
600 Lakeview AveMaymont
1700 Hampton St