Eat It, Virginia!
166 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsEat It, Virginia! is a deep dive into the food, restaurants, and dining trends of Richmond, Virginia and spots around the Commonwealth.
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Rachel De Jong: Cou Cou Rachou
March 18, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBCou Cou Rachou bakery owner Rachel De Jong grew up in a large family in Charlottesville, Virginia. She credited her family with helping her discover her passion in the kitchen. "I'm one of five children, so food was around a lot. When you're feeding seven people in the house, I was always in the kitchen, I was always watching my mom. But I had a huge sweet tooth," she said. "And of course, all my brothers always wanted cookies around. My mom preferred to do the cooking, baking not quite, so...
Bertrand Chemel: 2941
February 12, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWhen 14-year-old Bertrand Chemel walked into the bakery near his grandmother's home in France, his life changed forever. Summers at the bakery turned into a more formal kitchen education at culinary school in France. With a degree in hand and military service behind him, Chemel landed at one the finest restaurants in France — Michel Gaudin's restaurant in the Alps. What followed was a culinary adventure that eventually led Chemel to the United States and his current restaurant 2941 in Falls ...
Maria Martin: Juan More Taco
December 11, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBMaria Martin and her family recently opened a Richmond outpost of Juan More Taco on Robinson Street in The Fan. The family also owns and operates a Juan More Taco in Fredericksburg. Virginia. But the story of Juan More Taco begins in Honduras, where Maria was born and raised. "Honduras has a lot of Mediterranean Middle Eastern influence. And we use a lot of spices and I'm not saying spices in the sense of spicy hot food, just flavorful," Maria Martin said when asked to describe Honduran f...
Brennan Griffith: Nam Prik Pao
November 20, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBBrennan Griffith is not from Thailand, nor is he of Thai descent. But Griffith's Thai-inspired pop-up Nam Prik Pao has been turning heads and causing spicy sweats in the Richmond dining community. "[Thai food] is what I'm most obsessed with," Griffith said when asked why he chose that cuisine to base his business. "I love other cuisines. But I haven't had that connection with anything else to the degree that I have with Thai food." Started in 2019 and reborn after the COVID-19 pandemic, Gr...
Trey Owens: JewFro
November 06, 2023 13:46 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBTrey Owens' life is a beautiful circle. After growing up in Richmond, Owens' life took him around the world working on cruise ships and later military vessels. He eventually landed back in Richmond where he became part of the team that opened both Soul Taco and JewFro, the latter a restaurant that combines African and Jewish cuisine. "The focus [of JewFro] is to bring people together and to start, or/and continue the conversation about these two culinary pathways, these two cultures, and ...
John Haggai: Burtons Grill & Bar
October 09, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWhen the people who run Massachuttes-based Burtons Grill & Bar asked John Haggai to be the company's new CEO, he pulled what can only be described as a baller move. "[I said] I'm not moving to Boston, as beautiful as it is, plus I have kids, I'm not moving, there's no way. So I thought that was a deal breaker," but it wasn't Haggai said. So he added another stipulation. "And I said I'm building a restaurant in Richmond. Richmond is awesome but it's not quite big enough of a city typically ...
Keya Wingfield: Bombay Chips
September 11, 2023 10:43 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBThree years after she first appeared on Eat It, Virginia (Episode 43, Sept. 2020), Keya Wingfield returns to the podcast. In this episode, she discusses the ups and downs of life after winning her Food Network baking championship, the incredible community she's fostered in Richmond, and the launch of her new product -- Bombay Chips. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shawn Eubank and Michael Smith: Native Selections
August 14, 2023 16:17 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBShawn Eubank and Michael Smith of Native Selections join the podcast to discuss the world of natural wine. Smith previously appeared in Episode 26, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leah Branch: The Roosevelt presented by Duke's Mayo Hot Tomato Summer
July 31, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBLeah Branch, the executive chef at The Roosevelt in Richmond, exudes quiet confidence in the kitchen and the podcast studio. She prefers to let her plates do the talking. Fortunately, the Chesterfield native was willing to sit down with Scott and Robey to share her story on this episode of Eat It, Virginia! This episode is presented by Duke's Mayo and SUPPER | SUMMER | SOMM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rabia Kamara: Ruby Scoops and Suzy Sno presented by Duke's Mayo Hot Tomato Summer
July 17, 2023 11:29 - 55 minutes - 51 MBA lot has happened to Rabia Kamara since she first appeared on Eat It, Virginia in August 2020. In fact, that first interview took place before Kamara even opened her now Northside neighborhood-defining ice cream shop Ruby Scoops. "We are now at a place where when houses are listed in Northside, we are in there as a perk, 'you can walk to Ruby Scoops,'" Kamara said about her ice cream shop's success. While sweet, the journey has not always been easy. Kamara opens up about the challenges t...
Bobby Kruger: Brambly Park presented by Duke's Mayo Hot Tomato Summer
July 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBBobby Kruger has managed or owned multiple Richmond-area restaurants and venues, but he got his start as a teenager at the Applebee's in Chester. "One of the bartenders that I worked with there, ended up coming up and getting a job in Richmond at a place called Surfish Station, which was where Bandito's is now," Kruger said as he retraced his steps in the Richmond restaurant industry. "When I was 18, I left Applebee's and got a job there as a server. And that was my first Richmond restauran...
Devin Rose: Adrift
June 19, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBDevin Rose was born and raised in a restaurant family in the town of White Stone, Virginia. So it makes perfect sense that Devin and his wife Katie now own and operate one of the most acclaimed restaurants in that town -- Adrift. In fact, Robey Martin called Adrift the best, little-known, restaurant in Virginia. "There's just an incredible care and detail to the food," Martin said of Adrift, four years after that article was written, on this week's Eat It Virginia podcast. "I'm always ut...
The Story Behind Duke's Mayo and Hot Tomato Summer
June 05, 2023 10:21 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBAfter 100+ episodes, "Eat It, Virginia" finally put the focus on condiments. And what better condiment to feature than Richmond, Virginia-based Duke's Mayo? Founded more than 100 years ago in South Carolina, the Richmond, Virginia-based C.F. Sauer Company bought the brand in 1929. Over the generations, Duke's Mayo has become synonymous with Southern cooking. These days, Duke's is the fastest-growing mayo brand in the country, brand manager Rebecca Lupesco said. "Our team is based in Rich...
Joe Lajoie: River City Wood Fire Pizza
May 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIs it possible that the best pizza in Richmond is served out of a truck? Eat It, Virginia podcast co-host and Virginia food critic Robey Martin said yes, it's 100 percent possible. The pizza Joe Lajoie creates in a truck for River City Wood Fire Pizza consistently ranks among the best slices in town. But don't ask Joe if he thinks his pizza is the best in Richmond. "Often people say, 'Do you want to be the best pizza in Richmond?' I go, 'Never,' River City Wood River Pizza boss Joe Lajoie...
Erin Keene: Second Bottle Wine Shop
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBA veteran of New York City's fine dining world, the pandemic forced Erin Keene to take a step back and reset her life. That reset landed the Pennsylvania native in Richmond, Virginia, where she opened Second Bottle Wine Shop in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood. "I was in a place where I was ready for a big jump. Life as I knew it had really just shut off [in New York City]. In that time, I started formulating the plans for this wine shop," Keene said. "While I was on the journey to find ...
Jesse Wykle: Aloha Snacks
April 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBIt did not take long for Jesse Wykle and his restaurant Aloha Snacks to make an impact in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Months after he opened Aloha Snacks in 2018, Food Network Star Bobby Flay's producers called and invited Wykle onto the hit show "Beat Bobby Flay." Wykle defeated the Iron Chef by challenging Bobby Flay in a battle over the Filipino favorite lumpia. Back home in Virginia Beach, Wykle's food at Aloha Snacks is heavily influenced by Asian and Hawaiian cuisine and his own Southe...
Bill Cavender: Black Heath Meadery
March 27, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBBill Cavender makes award-winning mead at Black Heath Meadery in Richmond, Virginia. His business in Scott's Addition recently celebrated its eighth birthday. Cavender discussed the beginnings of Black Heath Meadery on a recent episode of the Eat It, Virginia podcast with Scott Wise and Robey Martin. Black Heath Meadery 1313 Altamont Ave. Richmond, VA 23230 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kristen Gardner Beal and Lance Lemon: Penny's Wine Shop
March 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBGet to know new Richmond restaurant Penny's Wine Shop owners Kristen Gardner Beal and Lance Lemon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Penny's Wine Shop: Get to know this new Richmond restaurant
March 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBGet to know new Richmond restaurant Penny's Wine Shop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben Watters: Blue Atlas
February 27, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBBen Watters and Rachel Best. the couple behind Blue Atlas Restaurant and Market in Richmond, Virginia, started their business and their family during the pandemic. For Watters, Blue Atlas was born out of his passion for food and learning how other cultures eat. "I love being a food dork," Watters told Scott Wise and Robey Martin during his Eat It, Virginia podcast interview. "If I find something on Instagram that I've never heard of before, like the Georgian flatbread we now serve, we both...
Joye B. Moore: Joyebells
February 13, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBJoye B. Moore's smile is infectious. But behind the sixth-generation baker's big grin and loud laugh, there is pain. Before moving to Virginia, Moore grew up in North Carolina and Texas where she lived with an abusive stepparent and a mother with severe mental health challenges. "My mother was undiagnosed with mental illness, that the family, just due to cultural reasons was not aware of," she said. "So at some point, we ended up living with my second great-grandmother." It was there, in h...
Richmond baker uses pie to spread joy nationwide
February 13, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBJoye B. Moore's smile is infectious. But behind the sixth-generation baker's big grin and loud laugh, there is pain. Before moving to Virginia, Moore grew up in North Carolina and Texas where she lived with an abusive stepparent and a mother with severe mental health challenges. "My mother was undiagnosed with mental illness, that the family, just due to cultural reasons was not aware of," she said. "So at some point, we ended up living with my second great-grandmother." It was there, in h...
Mike Rypka: Torchy's Tacos
January 30, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBTorchy's Tacos will open its second Richmond-area restaurant in February. The new location, in the recently-built Carytown Exchange shopping center, is not far from where the Austin, Texas-based taco chain's CEO and founder came into this world. "I was born at Richmond Memorial Hospital," Torchy's Tacos boss Mike Rypka told Scott and Robey on the Eat It, Virginia podcast. "We lived off of Monument Avenue. My mom and dad used to work for the Richmond newspaper. They were both journalists. My...
Torchy's Tacos: Secret Menu revealed and the big Richmond connection
January 30, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBTorchy's Tacos will open its second Richmond-area restaurant in February. The new location, in the recently-built Carytown Exchange shopping center, is not far from where the Austin, Texas-based taco chain's CEO and founder came into this world. "I was born at Richmond Memorial Hospital," Torchy's Tacos boss Mike Rypka told Scott and Robey on the Eat It, Virginia podcast. "We lived off of Monument Avenue. My mom and dad used to work for the Richmond newspaper. They were both journalists. My...
What happened to Cocodrilo? What is Bar West?
January 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBCocodrilo opened to much fanfare on Richmond's Grove Avenue in March 2022. The restaurant had a Latin America-inspired menu created by Lemaire alum Chef Brad Slemaker, Shagbark alum Chef Brandon MacConnell, and River City Roll owner Rob Long and a huge open-flame grill Less than a year later, the chefs remain, the grill remains, but Cocodrilo is no more. In its place, the restaurant owners will open Bar West. "We were proud of the food we were putting out and I think that the reviews for th...
Brandon MacConnell and Brad Slemaker: Bar West
January 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBCocodrilo opened to much fanfare on Richmond's Grove Avenue in March 2022. The restaurant had a Latin America-inspired menu created by Lemaire alum Chef Brad Slemaker, Shagbark alum Chef Brandon MacConnell, and River City Roll owner Rob Long and a huge open-flame grill Less than a year later, the chefs remain, the grill remains, but Cocodrilo is no more. In its place, the restaurant owners will open Bar West. "We were proud of the food we were putting out and I think that the reviews for th...
Holiday Meal with Scott and Robey
December 19, 2022 18:58 - 7 minutes - 7.09 MBWe made it to the end of another year! Thank you for listening and being a part of our podcast community. We wish you Happy Holidays and much health and happiness in the new year. See you in 2023. love, Scott and Robey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elle Correll: Buskey Cider
December 05, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBElle Correll's life sounds a bit like a country song. Born and raised in Franklin, Virginia, she moved away from the small town when the paper mill closed down. Her friend Will also had to move. But apples would bring the friends back together. "I was living in DC. It was a lot of fun, but its time had played out. He was living in Richmond opening the cidery," Elle Correll said. "So when I met him, the cidery was under construction here in Scott's Addition. I was like, okay, you're really g...
Foodie Friendsgiving in Virginia
November 21, 2022 08:30 - 1 hour - 60 MBIt's Thanksgiving week and we are so very thankful to all of you for downloading, listening, and being a part of the Eat It, Virginia community. We recently took part in a gathering of Richmond-area foodies, we'll call it a Foodie Friendsgiving. In between sips and bites, we had a conversation about where people are eating, which restaurants are consistently great, and what the Richmond food scene is currently missing. We covered a lot of other topics too! If you like this format, pleas...
Angela Petruzzelli: Sprezza
November 07, 2022 12:48 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBAngela Petruzzelli is about to open her dream Italian restaurant Sprezza in downtown Richmond. When she moved to Richmond with her boyfriend in 2020, she recognized restaurants that served Italian food, but the style of Italian food they served was not the kind she preferred. "[Italian] food is not only something I relate so strongly to, but it's something that I felt was missing here. And so the minute I moved to Richmond, I knew immediately that I could bring what I grew up eating here,"...
Christine Wansleben: Mise En Place
October 24, 2022 22:36 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBChristine Wansleben cut her teeth in the fine dining world of New York City before opening Richmond cooking school Mise En Place in Shockoe Slip. "Danny Meyer was opening two restaurants [in New York City] and I had the opportunity to apply. Then I got accepted and I joined the opening team at Eleven Madison Park," Wansleben said about her time in New York. "I felt it was something I couldn't pass up. One to work for a Danny Meyer establishment. And to work in a restaurant where everything ...
Aline and Dale Reitzer: Acacia and Richmond Restaurant Week
October 10, 2022 10:30 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBAline and Dale Reitzer have owned three Richmond restaurants, in three different Richmond neighborhoods, over the course of three decades. Acacia in Carytown served guests from 1998 thru 2007. In December 2008, the Reitzers opened a new Acacia near the Fan on Cary and Robinson. That location closed just before the pandemic in 2020. "Everyone thought we were geniuses because we closed right before the pandemic, which was purely by luck," chef Dale Reitzer, who has been honored with multipl...
Constantine Giavos: Stella's, Little Nickel and more!
September 26, 2022 10:38 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBConstantine Giavos comes from Richmond restaurant royalty. The son of Katrina and Johnny Giavos, Constantine's grandmother is Stella — yes that Stella — the namesake and inspiration behind his family's most well-known restaurant. Serving as creative director for his family's impressive portfolio of restaurants, it was the re-launch of Stella's that launched Constantine into the family business. "I started with the relaunch of Stella's in 2011. That's when I really got involved," Giavos, wh...
Ellyn Hopper: Fat Rabbit
August 28, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBFat Rabbit bakery owner Ellyn Hopper transitioned from working for others in Richmond to becoming a full-time business owner near the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. "I had been doing wedding cakes along the side of working a full-time baking job for other companies," Hopper, who previously worked at Richmond spots like WPA Bakery and Stella's Market, said. "When the pandemic hit, I was less comfortable working in a huge kitchen setting. So I pulled back and I decided to invest a little ...
Deb Freeman: Setting the Table
August 15, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBDeb Freeman is a food podcast superstar. The Norfolk native and current Richmond-area resident hosts "Setting the Table," one of the country's highest-rated food podcasts. In fact, the podcast reached #1 status during its first season earlier this year. "I was hoping that someone would listen to it. I did not know that people all over the world would listen to it," Freeman told Scott and Robey on the Eat It, Virginia podcast. "I was just really caught off guard, I was just like, 'alright, ...
Mac McCormack: McCormack's Big Whisky Grill
August 01, 2022 21:34 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBMac McCormack probably owns more whisky than anyone you know. The owner of three Richmond-area restaurants that bear his name, the McCormack's locations boast impressively-stocked bars with a wide array of whisky. "I would guess in the 15,000 to 18,000 bottle [range] right now," McCormack answered when asked about his selection across McCormack's Big Whisky Grill at Regency Square, McCormack's Whisky Grill in the Fan, and McCormack's Irish Pub in Shockoe Bottom. "I don't know that anybody h...
Carl Gupton: Greenswell Growers
July 18, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBThere's a greenhouse in Goochland growing some of the freshest lettuce in town. Greenswell Growers hopes its hydroponically-grown greens can solve a grocery store concern for some shoppers. "We've all been in the grocery store picked up that package of greens and seen that wet, nasty tray in the bottom of it and put it back on the shelf and said, I'm not eating that," Greenswell Growers president Carl Gupton said on the Eat It, Virginia podcast. "The reason is that that was harvested three...
Gwen and Brittny Hurt: Shoe Crazy Wine and Spirits
July 04, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBGwen and Brittny Hurt are the mother-daughter team behind Shoe Crazy Wine and Spirits. They started the Richmond-based business after one of the worst weeks of their lives. "I was downsized from a company I spent 17 years in," Gwen shared on the Eat It, Virginia podcast. "They said they needed to replace my skills with other skills. I have a degree from a historically black college here in the U.S and I was working in China, and they said they needed [someone from] Yale or Harvard or an Ivy...
Danny Mena and Lauren Spain: Conejo
June 20, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBChef Danny Mena and Beverage Director Lauren Spain recently opened Big Kitchen Hospitality's newest restaurant Conejo in Richmond, Virginia. For Mena, a native of Mexico City, Conejo is a chance for him to show off a side of his hometown he finds under-represented at many Mexican restaurants in the U.S. "Mexico City is very cosmopolitan. It's not the typical idea that a lot of people have of Mexican food. It's a big city with a lot going on. And that's my influence," he said. "I'm a city b...
Kendall Appich: jiji's Frozen Custard
June 06, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBWhile Kendall Appich might have been working at Capital One in Richmond, her dream job was not with the area's largest employer. "I had that, I wouldn't say midlife crisis, but just like, I'm still young enough in my late 20s. where if I want to try something, now's the time we don't have kids," she said. "I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur. I wanted to create the next great food product." After some soul searching and discussion with her husband, the couple landed on a frozen custar...
Katie Stuart: Bar Daddy
May 23, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBKatie Stuart is a TikTok star. The bar manager of Richmond restaurant Foo Dog, in the Fan, has more than 170,000 followers on the social media app. While she joined TikTok in 2019, she was able to focus more on content creation when she found herself stuck at home during the early days of the pandemic. "The lockdown happened and I didn't have a job anymore," she said. "I was stuck inside with my roommate who was also a bartender. So, it was a way for me to pass the time and stay creative." ...
Elizabeth Redford: Tablespoons Bakery
May 09, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBElizabeth Redford co-founded Tablespoons Bakery as a way to provide jobs and on-the-job training to adults living with disabilities. "We are a part of a larger nonprofit, the Next Move Program, and what we seek to do each day is to combat the 70% unemployment rate for young adults with developmental disabilities here in Virginia," Redford said. "Young adults come here, they do training with us on-site, and then we also have them work in different departments within the bakery, everything f...
Annie Holland and Joya Carlton: Hatch Local
April 11, 2022 03:25 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBSome of your favorite Richmond restaurants have teamed up and opened in the same spot. Hatch Local, Richmond's first food hall, is now open on Hull Street in Manchester. Hatch Local consists of seven restaurants: Buttermilk + Honey Sincero The Beet Box Odyssey Fish Fat Kid Sandwiches Royal Pig Bully Burger Hatch Local general manager Annie Holland said the new food hall can help you and your friends answer an age-old question. "You can really come in with a group of people that ...
Tanya Cauthen: Belmont Butchery
March 28, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBTanya Cauthen went to school at the University of Virginia to become a rocket scientist. When she left, her focus was on food. It was a path that would eventually lead Cauthen to open Belmont Butchery in Richmond, Virginia, a national television appearance on the Food Network's Chopped, and the East Coast's Meat Queen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve DeRaffele: Pinky's
March 14, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBWhile Pinky's might be one of the newest restaurants in Richmond, Virginia, co-owner Steve DeRaffele is no stranger to the Richmond restaurant scene. The New York native, who comes from a family that literally helped define the look of Northeast diners, cut his teeth at restaurants like LUNCH:SUPPER and Brunch (remember the waffle flight, kids?). But when it came to opening a place of his own, Steve leaned on his family -- that includes not only the food he serves but the person he honored...
David Avery: Starbucks
February 28, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MBFor 10 years, David Avery's smiling face has greeted coffee drinkers at the Starbucks on Gaskins Road in Henrico County, Virginia. In this episode of Eat It, Virginia, David shares some Starbucks secrets, provides coffee-making tips to help you up your home coffee game, and discusses how TikTok has changed the way Starbucks baristas do their jobs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Courtney Mailey: Blue Bee Cider
February 14, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBCourtney Mailey is the queen bee at Blue Bee Cider. She founded the cidery in downtown Richmond, Virginia a decade ago and has become a champion of Virginia apples. The podcast also features Kel Ward, a member of the Blue Bee Cider production team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Justin Hershey: Chicano Boy Taco
January 31, 2022 13:19 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBIn this first Eat It, Virginia episode of 2022, Justin Hershey takes us back to California to discuss his life and journey toward opening Chicano Boy Taco in Stauton and Midlothian, Virginia. Scott and Robey also talk about some of the best wing spots and this week's CiderCon 2020 in Richmond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eat It, Virginia! Christmas Spectacular
December 24, 2021 20:52 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThank you for another awesome year. We appreciate your support and feedback. Please go back and listen to one of the 72 interviews we've uploaded since the podcast started in 2019. We look forward to launching a new season in 2022. Send us a message on Instagram if there's someone you'd like us to interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jay Bayer: Saison and Bingo
November 22, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBWhen Jay Bayer entered the Richmond dining scene as a bartender in the mid-2000s, he started to get very excited about beer, but at that time, the options in Richmond were limited. "I was actually working at Galaxy Diner, fresh out of college. And then left there went to Capitol Ale House," Bayer said about his entrance into Richmond dine. "Beer was my first true love. The thing that I knew in an epicurean zone that I really wanted to explore." So he packed up and moved to Chicago in 2008 ...