Capriccio is one of the top 3 pizza restaurants in Richmond. Having moved to Richmond from the Northeast, I am a pizza snob. Of course, everyone knows that the pizza in the Northeast is the best in the country. We were very happy to have found this place. It’s good […]
The Luncheonette looks like the kind of place I enjoy. It’s a small restaurant with 17 seats. The “Blue Plate Special” today is the Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich for $4. I like the price. I ordered one. It was very good. The Katz Deli Dogs plate was $6.39 and […]
Catina Banh Mi is a vietnamese bakery and take-out restaurant at 6215 W. Broad St. This is one of Richmond’s best cheap lunch spots. It always ends up on my top 10 list. There are few places in the city where you can get great, unique lunch for under $4. […]
I sit on the outside of Richmond foodie orthodoxy. In part this is true because I brag about eating very inexpensive food. Â Lately, I’ve needed my food to be extra-cheap. Here are the things I’ve been eating for lunch lately. They are all $4 or less. Tarrant’s – $3 Fish […]
My office is very close to Tarrant’s and I eat lunch there at least weekly. I very rarely spend more than $6 on food there, though. Tarrant’s is at 1 W. Broad St. in downtown Richmond. This is the stuff I get most often – in order of frequency. It’s […]
The Fried Chickpeas are a great $5 standalone dish. Right now, I’m eating them as an alternative lunch. I’ve been hanging out in the lounge for a while. There’s free wifi, drink specials, comfortable furniture and a good menu. I hang out at the Berkeley because I’m obviously a big […]
On The Rox on 18th Street in Shockoe Bottom has good, cheap food. Cheap is a relative term, I know. But, if I can afford to frequent a place, I call it cheap. I appreciate restaurants that make me feel like someone is happy to see me when I walk […]
Warning: This post breaks the “don’t review a restaurant too soon after they open because the #RVA food cabal will send neckless henchmen after you” rule. Uptown Market and Deli has been open for just over two weeks. @CaMeKeRVA suggested that the prices alone were enough to make it my […]
I went with a couple friends to Twiggy’s Panamanian Caribbean American Cuisine on Brookland Park Blvd. I accidentally found this place while driving around lost in the North Side. I had to get lost to find it again, but we found it. After we ordered and paid through the plexiglass, […]
I go to Nick’s Produce at 400 W. Broad St. whenever budget, time or indecision prevent me from having something else for lunch. It’s my dependable “Plan B” lunch spot. That’s actually a compliment. It’s good enough to eat several times a week. It isn’t new or exotic. It doesn’t […]
 On a tip from @KSiddall, I went to lunch with my family to Citizen. It is not an easy place to find. I think they like it that way. It’s a sandwich shop. Nothing on the menu costs more than $6. They get their bread from La Sabrosita bakery and […]
The office where I work just recently relocated to Broad Street near 1st Street downtown. I’m glad. The cheap, good food options here are plentiful. For example, I can walk out the back door and reach “Mama J’s” in just about 4 minutes. So I do. The first time I […]
For $3.85, the turkey sandwich on a croissant from the Lombardy Market  is a hard lunch to beat for the price. It’s not really a restaurant, it’s that little convenience store next to Balliceaux on Lombardy St. in The Fan. You can also get ham biscuits for only $.79 each. […]
The food is only part of the appeal. The restaurant is nice and the staff is exceptionally cool. That’s a tough-to-come-by combination. Good food (and coffee), cool place with wifi and staff that makes customers feel welcome. My current favorite dish is the Risotto +duck confit. There is also a […]
It’s Cinco de Mayo. Who cares that Mexican people don’t celebrate the defeat of the French at Puebla? I will celebrate by eating Peruvian style chicken at a “mexican cafe”. I went to El Jardin Latino for lunch today and got 1/2 of a rotisserie chicken, rice and beans for […]