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Nicole Lang & Laura Sant
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07/22/19 • 46 min
Since 2009 Lamplighter Coffee Roasters has been at the forefront of the RVA coffee scene. Their original location on Addison street in the Fan has been called "Richmond's Living Room" and coffee lovers all over the city know them for their friendly, warm vibe, incredible specialty coffee, and coffee training and education programs. We chatted with Noelle Forest, one of Lamplighter's three founders, about coffee in Richmond past and present.
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Rob Bland has a Brush Crush: Accoutre
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06/17/19 • 41 min
Richmond’s chefs, home cooks, and those with an eye for impeccable design already know Mr. Rob Bland, the proprietor and curator of specialty home and kitchen goods shop Accoutre in Scott’s Addition. We visited with him at the beautiful space and talked shop. (Get it?) Accoutre is the spot for hand-crafted, well-designed kitchen and housewares. We talked with Rob about his backstory, his favorite kitchen tools, and the Richmond dining scene. Oh and some brush talk and mayonnaise talk. Lots of mayonnaise talk.
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Hail Saison: Justin Ayotte
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02/25/19 • 37 min
014 Justin Ayotte
We sat down with Justin Ayotte, beverage director of Jackson Ward’s Saison restaurant and next-door neighbor Saison Market. These two are regulars on lists of the best bars in Richmond, thanks to a well-executed drink program coupled with an easygoing environment.
Born in Virginia Beach and raised in Chesterfield, Justin entered the Richmond drink scene via Capital Ale House, where he met Saison owner Jay Bayer and fell in love with beer, cocktails, and bartending. He chatted with us about how he got into the industry; how those epic drink menus come together; and what he’s drinking after work these days.
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11/12/18 • 39 min
011 Kate Lee
After our wine episode, we figured it was time to give Richmond beer its due, and what better place to start than one of the breweries that put the Richmond beer scene on the map? Kate Lee, Vice President of Operations and Quality at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, is the woman in charge of just about everything that goes into making Hardywood beer: quality testing of everything, from the ingredients to the final product; plus all the less exciting but extremely crucial stuff like sanitation, good manufacturing practices, compliance with government standards—the list goes on. A food scientist who worked for Anheuser-Busch for over a decade before coming to Hardywood, Kate spent an afternoon chatting with us about the Richmond beer scene, Gingerbread Stout, the growth of Hardywood, her obsession with fermentation, her favorite beers around town, and her son named Porter (that’s how much she loves beer).
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Haunted by Spirits: Mary Allison of Reservoir Distillery
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09/03/19 • 28 min
Fall is just around the corner and we are getting into that brown liquor with Mary Allison, distiller at Richmond's own Reservoir Distillery. Reservoir has a small portfolio of whiskeys made with Virginia-grown grains—and often aged in Virginia wood, too—making their bottles a real local treat. We sat down with Mary to drink some rye and talk about her work at Reservoir, what she loves about whiskey, and why you should probably visit their Scott's Addition tasting room BEFORE your dinner at Peter Chang's, not after.
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08/12/19 • 44 min
Next up on the beverage parade, Virginia's OG historical quaff, CIDER! Courtney Mailey, founder and original cider maker, opened Blue Bee in 2012. It quickly became one of Richmond's most-loved beverages and since 2016 has resided in the old Richmond city stables in Scott's Addition. We joined Courtney at the cidery and she talked to us about wildling apples, blue orchard bees, her favorite cider experiments, and the process of opening Virginia's first urban cidery.
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06/03/19 • 35 min
To celebrate their 20th episode, Nicole and Laura asked each other some of the questions they always ask their guests: how’d you end up in Richmond? How did you start working on food? What is your motto and WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO EAT PIZZA? Listen in to hear the answers.
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We Mill Because We Must: Sub Rosa Bakery
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05/06/19 • 40 min
Nominated as a James Beard Award semifinalist three times and known around the country for its incomparable bread and pastry work, Richmond’s own Sub Rosa Bakery hardly needs an introduction. Brother and sister team Evrim and Evin Dogu have put their all into the Church Hill spot, building it from a table in Evrim’s apartment to the thriving neighborhood center that it is today. We talked to them about what drew them to food, their relationship to the Richmond community, food culture vs. restaurant culture, milling their own flour, and what’s coming up for the bakery in the near future.
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- Sub Rosa on Instagram
- Bird House Farmers’ Market
- Antoine Guerlain and Sparrowbush Farm
- Dave Bauer
- Andrew Heyn and New American Stone Mills
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This IS your grandmother's Mexican: Abuelita's
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04/22/19 • 41 min
We know you’ve heard of Abuelita’s: #rvadine can’t stop talking about the delicious food coming out of Karina Benavides' and Everardo Fonseca’s temple to guisos Mexicanos. The two restaurant veterans, who are partners both in life and in love, opened a spot centered around Mexican home cooking and hospitality that is truly their own. We talk about thinking outside the “Mexican box;" the challenges involved in sticking with their vision; what it’s like being the hot new spot in Richmond; and their recent Elby nomination.
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The Brothers Teklemariam: The Nile Ethiopian Bistro
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08/20/18 • 39 min
Richmond has quite a few restaurant families, folks for whom hard work and culinary creativity is a family affair and whose legacies are deeply tied into the food community here. The story of the Teklemariam family, who operate The Nile Ethiopian Bistro, crosses continents, the Midwest and Mid Atlantic and lands right here in Richmond. Consistency and a commitment to healthful, nutritious food inform the cuisine of The Nile, but—as you’ll hear—a deep familial connection defines it. Twin brothers Yoseph and Benyam stopped by to chat about the influence of their dynamic mother, Yeshareg Demisse; the secret behind the Nile's famous injera flatbread; and their favorite old Richmond spots.
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- The Nile Instagram
- The Nile Facebook
- The Nile Twitter
- Don’t Look Back
- Pho Tay Do
- Kuba Kuba
- Edos Squid
- Ipanema
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FAQ
How many episodes does Richmond Famous have?
Richmond Famous currently has 24 episodes available.
What topics does Richmond Famous cover?
The podcast is about Culture, Society & Culture, Community, Local, Virginia, Podcasts, Arts and Food.
What is the most popular episode on Richmond Famous?
The episode title '"I built my business on folklore": Courtney Mailey of Blue Bee Cider' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Richmond Famous?
The average episode length on Richmond Famous is 39 minutes.
How often are episodes of Richmond Famous released?
Episodes of Richmond Famous are typically released every 14 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of Richmond Famous?
The first episode of Richmond Famous was released on Jun 18, 2018.
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