Richmond Magazine (US)

Richmond magazine highlights the top spots for dining, entertainment, shopping, and travel throughout the area. It also provides insightful commentary on both political and personal topics affecting the city and surrounding counties. With almost three decades of experience and numerous accolades at both state and national levels, we continue to focus on our mission, which is proudly stated in our masthead each month: "To create an engaging magazine that enriches the community and sheds light on the history, current events, and future of the Richmond region." Think of us as your informed neighbor.

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Fruits of Labor

4 days ago | richmondmagazine.com | Lauren Vincelli

Pierson Geyer’s parents have been farming fruit in Virginia since the mid-1980s and established their own farm in 2008. Approaching the final phase of a five-year business transition plan, Geyer is preparing to obtain full ownership of Agriberry Farm in Hanover County. Taking the reins means managing employees and migrant workers; planting, farming and harvesting fruit; then distributing hundreds of thousands of pounds of fragile fresh produce.
Sunday Story: Mamaw’s Music

6 days ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

A dozen years ago, while driving home to Richmond after a backpacking trip in West Virginia, Kelly Kerney and her husband, Ethan Bullard, heard something on the radio as they attempted to find a station. “It hit me like a bus,” Kerney recalls. Her maternal grandmother, Ella “Mamaw” Hanshaw, had been a solo performer, had sung in church and had toured regionally with the Hallelujah Hill Quartet along with her husband, Tracy, and their friends Chester and Maxine Spencer.
Spotlight: Michael Smith

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Eileen Mellon

Fridge Essentials “Ravioli from Oro (I freeze it, and it makes a perfect meal on the fly) and a wedge or two of cheese from Truckle Cheesemongers.” First Bottle “A serving job had me navigating a wine list with 40 by-the-glass wines. I was pretty young, knew very little, but I wanted to make money. I started learning about the grapes, regions, styles, etc. The next thing I learned was that I was a big fan of wine.
Beer and Blue Jeans

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Nicole Cohen

A Grammy and Academy of Country Music award winner, Jake Owen brings his Driftwood Ramble Tour to Richmond as part of the Atlantic Union Bank After Hours series in Doswell on June 27. Known for songs such as “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Anywhere With You” and “The One That Got Away,” Owen has released nine albums and has 10 No. 1 singles. He’s joined by multiplatinum artist Uncle Kracker, who released his first album in more than a decade, “Coffee & Beer,” in 2024.
What’s in the Water

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

Richmonders won’t notice it, but there will be something different about the water they drink today,” began a Nov. 10, 1952, Richmond Times-Dispatch article. “This is the date set for the city’s water fluoridation machine to go into operation.” The “first of the Nile blue powder — [sodium silicofluoride] — began sifting into the water at the filter plant at 9:30 a.m.,” recorded the Richmond News Leader.
Richmond Food News: June 19-25, 2025

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Eileen Mellon

Vehicle for Resistance Popping up around town with his matcha cart, The Exit Plan, Jace Camarillo is unapologetically trans, Mexican and queer. While the mobile beverage stand has been attracting customers seeking its strawberry matcha lattes, at the core of Camarillo’s business is a much larger, life-changing mission: raising funds to emigrate from the United States.
Victory for Hashmi, Rejection for Stoney

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Mark Newton

The Richmond area’s rejection of former city Mayor Levar Stoney ultimately sank his campaign for lieutenant governor in Virginia’s June 17 primary elections. Instead, local state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-15th, will join former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger on the ballot in this November’s statewide races. Hashmi emerged from the six-person contest for lieutenant governor with a razor-thin victory: With 27.5% of the vote, she defeated Stoney by nearly 4,000 votes and state Sen.
Park Path Rolls On

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Chris Suarez

With Richmond City Hall facing pushback against the planned segment of a regional trail crossing through Bryan Park, officials have dismissed alternate routes that would have removed even more trees and driven project costs up by at least $1 million. Three weeks after a contentious community meeting, Department of Public Works Deputy Director Dironna Moore Clarke says officials are finalizing permits for the original route design in the North Side park.
Summer in the City

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Mary Margaret Clouse |Mindy Kinsey |Nati Feliciano-Soto |Harry Kollatz Jr.

WATERFRONT DINING The Lilly Pad makes it easy to spend the day on the water. Located about 20 miles south of Richmond at Kingsland Marina, the restaurant offers an al fresco eating experience beside the James River. The menu includes burgers, brick oven pizza and seafood. Happy hour runs Tuesday to Friday, while weekends bring midday brunch and live bands in the evening. Boats are available to rent onsite. Max and Karen Walraven own both the marina and the restaurant.
Imparting Stories

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Eileen Mellon

This story has been updated since it first appeared in print. Leah Branch didn’t learn about shoebox lunches until just a few years ago. But as a Black woman and an executive chef leading a modern revival of Southern food at The Roosevelt in Church Hill, she felt an innate connection to the story of both sustenance and survival. Shoebox lunches were adopted out of necessity, a resourceful way for Black people to ensure that they could eat when traveling during the Jim Crow era.