Purveyors of Taste

Purveyors of Taste

The Great Unknown

Heinz Enggist, whose death this fall struck a chord with dozens of local chefs, was considered the unsung hero of Richmond cuisine, never in...
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Purveyors of Taste

The Fresh Thinkers

Back in the late '80s, Richmond's idea of fusion was a chalupa appetizer and bratwurst main dish at the Texas-Wisconsin Border Café. Along came...
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Purveyors of Taste

Scene Setters

The Ripp family, from the early days of O'Brienstein's (then Havana '59) and Can Can Brasserie, have always known that in this overcommitted and...
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Purveyors of Taste

State of Grapes

Richmond has learned to drink more than Chablis and merlot, due in no small part to the patient education of long-running wine merchants such...
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Life of the Party

It wouldn't be a party in Richmond without excellent caterers, preferably Tuffy and Leslie Stone of A Sharper Palate. In 15 years they've plated...
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Enigma in Red

Good things come to those who wait, especially if they want seriously good Italian food. We finally got ours when Ed Vasaio (pictured at...
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The Service-Minded

No local restaurant has galvanized the community like the Positive Vibe Café, where Garth and Max Larcen have managed to corral some of the...
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Southern Star

Michael Hall stands apart from frou-frou food trends, preferring to invent his own techniques. "I want to put out clean-tasting, fresh food," he says....
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Never on Sunday

No matter how much competition other grocers bring to the market, the very-Richmond Ukrop clan is as intimately involved with local food desires as...
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The Firmly Planted

There weren't a lot of options for vegetarians in the mid-'70s other than grilled cheese and mashed potatoes, so Michael King and Eric Walters...
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