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Dish: New Restaurants

Published Jan. 8, 2010 at 4:46 p.m.
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When it comes to restaurants, we've had enough bad news to last us awhile. So now for some good news. Richmond has some new restaurants. Finally. Bonvenu, the new Carytown spot where The Track used to be, opened last week. The New American menu includes entrees like: Blackened Sea Scallops with celeriac purée, caramelized onion rice & baby bok choy ($24), Stuffed Pork Chop filled with Tasso ham & honey caramelized onions with mascarpone whipped garlic mashed potatoes & wilted spinach ($20) and

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Dish: Checking Out Bonvenu

Published Jan. 14, 2010 at 3:31 p.m.
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The first thing you need to know about Bonvenu, the newest restaurant in Carytown, is that it's not French. It's not a French restaurant, the cuisine is not French-inspired and Bonvenu is not a French word. I know; it was news to me too. Bonvenu means welcome in Esperanto, "a made up language … blended from all the languages of Europe—from Latin to Ukrainian—which has been practiced, in speech and literature for over 100 years." Once you understand that, the rest of the menu makes a whole

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Tall Tail-gating

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Published Sept. 15, 2009 at 8:36 a.m.
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This weekend for me is like Christmas, that is, if Santa rocketed through college football stadium parking lots across the land in a sleigh fueled by propane, dropping bags of raw meat and lukewarm Natty Lights onto the adoring fans below. The North Pole would be a monster tight end hailing from Warsaw. And Mrs. Claus’ hot & tangy wing sauce recipe was available for all. This Saturday the University of Richmond Spiders open their national title defense against Hofstra, meaning that the gravel

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Carytown robbery suspects chased, 1 arrested

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Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 5:32 a.m.

One of three suspects in an assault and robbery last night in Richmond’s Carytown business district was arrested after two witnesses chased the suspect. Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth said the woman was treated at the scene by an ambulance crew after the attack, which occurred shortly before 10 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Cary Street ...

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Dish: More Restaurant News Than You Can Handle

Published July 31, 2009 at 1:23 p.m.
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If there’s one thing Richmond diners know it’s that when Michelle Williams opens a new restaurant, you pay attention. The latest restaurant from Williams and her band of restaurant magicians (known as the Richmond Restaurant Group) officially opens for dinner tonight, Friday, July 31, at 5 pm ... Water Grill boasts a raw bar and will serve seafood, pasta, meat dishes and other entrees, all from the former Karsen’s in Carytown. You can check out the menu here. And if the liquor license

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The date is rare, in case you care

Published July 7, 2009 at 11:01 p.m.

Number nerds somewhere likely were rejoicing at 4 a.m. Or 4:05 a.m. to be more specific—six seconds after, to take it a step further. At that specific moment, it would have been 04:05:06 on 07/08/09, an anomaly that will not occur again for another century. “The day is very much about money, power and fame. That’s the true significance,“ said Barbara Evans, an intuitive counselor with a knowledge of numerology who works at the Aquarian Bookshop in Carytown ...

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Dish: New Eats in Carytown

Published July 9, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.
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So I’ve been pretty lazy when it comes to restaurant news lately. And when I say lazy, I mean busy. And taking a lot of vacation. And I’ve been lazy too.Still, just because I haven’t been out pounding the pavement and culling through the archives of business licenses doesn’t mean that other people haven’t been doing it. So I bring you the best of new restaurants news that I feel ethically bound to disclose came from other sources. Well, at least some of it did.By now everyone has heard

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Trail Use for Hikers, Bikers and Everyone Else

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Published June 18, 2009 at 2:28 p.m.
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Last night at a meeting of Richmond's mountain bike club, RMORE, the discussion turned urgently to the matter of sharing the trails. Given that the speakers were longtime area residents, dedicated mountain bikers and the hard working guys and gals who have hand hewn much of those trails, I took note when they insisted that Richmonders need to be reminded that our trails are for everyone. All users -- no matter what their activity -- have as much right to the Buttermilk, North,

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XTERRA World Champion Conrad Stoltz in Carytown

Published June 11, 2009 at 10:46 a.m.
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XTERRA World Champion (times three) Conrad Stoltz, of South Africa, will be discussing his training and racing at the Road Runner Running Store in Carytown Friday, June 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.    Dan Hugo, an athlete to watch, will also there to talk off-road running, biking and swimming in advance of this weekend's XTERRA events which start at Brown's Island on Saturday.   "We're excited to be involved in a race like XTERRA that brings off-road athletes of all levels to Richmond,"

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State Democrats enter final stretch

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Published June 1, 2009 at 7:06 p.m.

In the final dash to the primary, one Democratic gubernatorial hopeful shopped for votes in a Richmond retail district. Another flooded mailboxes in Northern Virginia. The third dialed for dollars. Former Del. Brian J. Moran of Alexandria hit Carytown, telling small-business owners around a table in Jean-Jacques Bakery and Café that he, too, ran a small business and “had all the headaches that you do.“ ...

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