Tarrant's Downtown Cafe ★ 4.2
Tarrant's at 1 West Broad has run all-day food in a former pharmacy since 1996. Pizza-and-pasta menu is the Richmond downtown standard, kitchen open late.
Signature: Pizza, Pasta, Diner breakfast
The Roosevelt is a southern restaurant in Church Hill, Richmond.
The Roosevelt in Church Hill cooks Southern food under Leah Branch, a 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. Country ham biscuits, gravy.
Signature dishes: Fried chicken, Country ham biscuit, Spoonbread
Address: 623 N 25th Street, Richmond, VA 23223
Tarrant's at 1 West Broad has run all-day food in a former pharmacy since 1996. Pizza-and-pasta menu is the Richmond downtown standard, kitchen open late.
Signature: Pizza, Pasta, Diner breakfast
Edo's Squid runs Italian-seafood plates above a Fan corner store on Harrison. Ed Vasaio of the long-gone Mamma Zu opened it in 2013; no reservations, cash.
Signature: Grilled calamari, Hand-cut pasta, Whole fish
Can Can in Carytown is the Left-Bank-style brasserie Richmond crosses town for. Mussels, frites, marble bar, with a deep Sunday brunch service.
Signature: Steak frites, Mussels, Sunday brunch
Rappahannock on Grace pours oysters from the Croxton family farm in Topping, Virginia. The Richmond outpost of the Virginia oyster-farming revival.
Signature: Olde Salt oysters, Rappahannock oysters, Crab cake
Dale Reitzer's Acacia Midtown at Libbie Mill is the third location of the modern-coastal room that began in Carytown in 1998. James Beard nominee.
Signature: Seared scallops, Coastal fish, Tasting menu
Joe's Inn on Shields has been a Fan standard since 1952. Italian-Greek-American plates, oversized spaghetti and a regulars-heavy bar, daily until midnight.
Signature: Spaghetti a la Joe, Greek salad, Souvlaki