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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Style Weekly and Richmond Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Baltik's Bagel · Forest Hill
A from-scratch bagel shop on Forest Hill Avenue that kettle-boils its bagels in house and runs a drive-thru window for the morning rush. It took first place for bagels in Style Weekly's June 2026 readers' poll, and the owner is already at work on a second location in Church Hill.
KAT'S Breakfast & Lunch · Downtown
A downtown counter open weekday mornings only, built around daily specials like a breakfast patty melt and a Monte Cristo sandwich. Richmond Magazine calls out the Breakfast Torpedo, a burrito stuffed with meat, home fries, cheddar and scrambled eggs scented with griddled onions.
Millie's Diner · Shockoe Bottom
A small Shockoe Bottom diner with a jukebox at every booth, open since 1989 and largely unchanged since. Style Weekly's June 2026 readers' poll placed it second for brunch, and its weekend lines are as much a Richmond fixture as the menu itself.