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Eat It, Virginia!

Eat It, Virginia! is a deep dive into the food, restaurants, and dining trends of Richmond, Virginia and spots around the Commonwealth.

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42:26

Elizabeth Redford: Tablespoons Bakery

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2022/05/09

Elizabeth Redford co-founded Tablespoons Bakery as a way to provide jobs and on-the-job training to adults living with disabilities. "We are a part of a larger nonprofit, the Next Move Program, and what we seek to do each day is to combat the 70% unemployment rate for young adults with developmental disabilities here in Virginia," Redford said. "Young adults come here, they do training with us on-site, and then we also have them work in different departments within the bakery, everything from

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44:57

Annie Holland and Joya Carlton: Hatch Local

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2022/04/11

Some of your favorite Richmond restaurants have teamed up and opened in the same spot. Hatch Local, Richmond's first food hall, is now open on Hull Street in Manchester. Hatch Local consists of seven restaurants: Buttermilk + Honey Sincero The Beet Box Odyssey Fish Fat Kid Sandwiches Royal Pig Bully Burger Hatch Local general manager Annie Holland said the new food hall can help you and your friends answer an age-old question. "You can really come in with a group of people that don't know what

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Tanya Cauthen: Belmont Butchery

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2022/03/28

Tanya Cauthen went to school at the University of Virginia to become a rocket scientist. When she left, her focus was on food. It was a path that would eventually lead Cauthen to open Belmont Butchery in Richmond, Virginia, a national television appearance on the Food Network's Chopped, and the East Coast's Meat Queen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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46:59

Steve DeRaffele: Pinky's

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2022/03/14

While Pinky's might be one of the newest restaurants in Richmond, Virginia, co-owner Steve DeRaffele is no stranger to the Richmond restaurant scene. The New York native, who comes from a family that literally helped define the look of Northeast diners, cut his teeth at restaurants like LUNCH:SUPPER and Brunch (remember the waffle flight, kids?). But when it came to opening a place of his own, Steve leaned on his family -- that includes not only the food he serves but the person he honored when it

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49:59

David Avery: Starbucks

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2022/02/28

For 10 years, David Avery's smiling face has greeted coffee drinkers at the Starbucks on Gaskins Road in Henrico County, Virginia. In this episode of Eat It, Virginia, David shares some Starbucks secrets, provides coffee-making tips to help you up your home coffee game, and discusses how TikTok has changed the way Starbucks baristas do their jobs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Courtney Mailey: Blue Bee Cider

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2022/02/14

Courtney Mailey is the queen bee at Blue Bee Cider. She founded the cidery in downtown Richmond, Virginia a decade ago and has become a champion of Virginia apples. The podcast also features Kel Ward, a member of the Blue Bee Cider production team.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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55:52

Justin Hershey: Chicano Boy Taco

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2022/01/31

In this first Eat It, Virginia episode of 2022, Justin Hershey takes us back to California to discuss his life and journey toward opening Chicano Boy Taco in Stauton and Midlothian, Virginia. Scott and Robey also talk about some of the best wing spots and this week's CiderCon 2020 in Richmond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Eat It, Virginia! Christmas Spectacular

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/12/24

Thank you for another awesome year. We appreciate your support and feedback. Please go back and listen to one of the 72 interviews we've uploaded since the podcast started in 2019. We look forward to launching a new season in 2022. Send us a message on Instagram if there's someone you'd like us to interview.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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47:05

Jay Bayer: Saison and Bingo

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2021/11/22

When Jay Bayer entered the Richmond dining scene as a bartender in the mid-2000s, he started to get very excited about beer, but at that time, the options in Richmond were limited. "I was actually working at Galaxy Diner, fresh out of college. And then left there went to Capitol Ale House," Bayer said about his entrance into Richmond dine. "Beer was my first true love. The thing that I knew in an epicurean zone that I really wanted to explore." So he packed up and moved to Chicago in 2008 to attend

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59:02

Daniel Harthausen: Young Mother

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/11/08

Daniel Harthausen: Young MotherSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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65:43

Daquan and Nicole Woodberry: LoCo

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/10/25

To say Daquan and Nicole Woodberry have a lot of irons in the fire would be an understatement. The chef and entrepreneur power couple hopes to transform the way Richmond orders food with both the LoCo food delivery app and virtual restaurants. "A virtual restaurant is essentially a restaurant within a restaurant. It thrives and operates solely off of delivery platforms," Dequan, who goes by Chef DQ, explained. "So if you go on any of the delivery apps such as [his app] LoCo, Uber Eats, GrubHub and

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53:44

Sub Rosa: Eat It, Virginia LIVE!

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2021/10/11

Evrim and Evin Dogu are the brother and sister team behind some of the country's best bread. Their Richmond bakery, Sub Rosa, has become a favorite of locals and a tourist destination for traveling foodies. Five years after opening Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill, Evrim and Evin were named James Beard Award Semi-Finalists outstanding bakers in the country. A feat the duo repeated in 2018, 2019, and 2020. What's the secret to their success? Quality ingredients, a nice brother-sister balance, and

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63:01

Bobo Catoe: Alewife

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/09/28

Bobo Catoe is a self-described nerd on topics such as beer, vinyl, and superheroes. But what Bo knows best is food. The past Elby's nominee for the best rising chef in Richmond, Catoe can be found creating award-winning dishes in the open kitchen at Alewife in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood. Listen to the podcast to get some pointers on what to talk with Bobo about before striking up a conversation at Alewife. Click here for tickets to the VisArts Chili Throwdown on October 1. Click here to

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47:44

Libby Lewis: Lewis Cattle Company

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2021/08/30

Richmond native Libby Lewis left the familiar confines of office and city life for the family's Shenandoah Valley farm. But don't call her a cow farmer. "Maybe a steward of the land," Lewis said when asked about her new job title. "Someone dedicating their life now to bringing healthy meat to families in Virginia." As the CEO of Lewis Cattle Company, her mission is to get high-quality beef onto kitchen tables across Virginia. "I decided about a year and a half ago that I was super frustrated with

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68:33

Ida Mamusu: Africanne On Main

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2021/08/16

When Chef Ida Mamusu fled Liberia after a coup d'état in 1980, she landed in New York City alone and without a plan. A stranger approached Mamusu, crying at the airport, and took her back to her apartment to help get her on her feet. After connecting with family in the states, Mamusu made her way to Richmond where she opened businesses to earn money to bring her family over from Africa. It was family, she said, specifically her grandmother, who set her on the path to opening her restaurant

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48:28

Danny Sterling: ELYA

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2021/08/02

One of Richmond's newest food brands came to life after a dark period for Danny Sterling. It was 2016 and the chef was shocked to learn he had cancer. The surgeries and recovery that followed (along with the support of his wife) convinced Danny to take better care of himself by making better food choices. "It doesn't hurt to look at holistic health and see how food can play a role in that. And it's changed my life dramatically," Sterling said. "I feel better. There's been a lot of just a lot of

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56:19

David Hunsaker and Barbara Hollingsworth: Village...

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2021/07/19

The world's best tomatoes come from Hanover County, Virginia. And some of Hanover's best tomatoes are grown at Village Garden Farm. "Amazing soil here," founding farmer David Hunsaker said about his Hanover farm tucked away on 10 acres near Kersey Creek. "We are east of the fall line in Hanover County. There's plenty of Hanover County that really does not have our soil. If you're west of I-95, you're on the other side of the fall line. And you don't have this glorious, coastal plain soil that we

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39:37

Cooking with marijuana

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/07/05

On July 1, 2021, Virginia's marijuana laws changed making it legal in Virginia to grow up to four marijuana plants per household and possess up to an ounce of the drug. While smoking may be the most well-known way to experience marijuana, it is not the only way. Chefs Nikki Gregory and Paul Polk, who own Charlotte's Southern Deli and Tapas in downtown Richmond, appeared on the Eat It, Virginia podcast to discuss how best to use marijuana as a cooking ingredient. They also shared their plans to

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49:04

Joe Sparatta: Heritage and Southbound

Eat It, Virginia! ·

2021/06/22

When Joe and Emilia Sparatta arrived in Richmond about a decade ago, they hit the ground running. From helping Jason Alley open Pasture, to opening their wildly successful Richmond restaurant Heritage, to opening a second successful Richmond restaurant Southbound, to expanding from a couple to a family of four, there has not been much downtime for the Sparattas. That all changed in March 2020 when COVID-19 shut down the restaurant industry. "It was really hard to try to completely shift gears and

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55:31

Max Walraven: The Lilly Pad

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2021/06/07

Drive just about 15 miles east of downtown Richmond on Route 5 you are in another world. The Lilly Pad, which dubs itself Richmond's only waterfront bar and restaurant, sits at Kingsland Marina along the James River in Varina. While the Lilly Pad has been around for decades, it has a new owner and a new menu which has created a new vibe in the old spot. "I've been in Richmond long enough to know that the restaurants that have the good food are the ones that sustain," owner Max Walraven said. "Mamma

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