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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Style Weekly, Richmond Magazine, and Richmond BizSense. Updated August 2026.
Croaker's Spot · Manchester
A soul-food and seafood house founded in Jackson Ward in 2001 and now on Hull Street in Manchester. Style Weekly's Southern Food readers' poll placed it among Richmond's Southern kitchens, and it reopened after a fire, continuing a run that has made it one of the city's longer-standing Southern dining rooms.
Southern Kitchen · Stony Point
A Stony Point restaurant serving Southern plates and sides along Stony Point Parkway on the south side of Richmond. Style Weekly's June 2026 Readers' Winners poll named it in the Southern food category, giving suburban diners in that corridor a dedicated stop for classic Southern cooking without a drive downtown.
Lemaire · Downtown
The dining room inside The Jefferson Hotel downtown, cooking regional Virginia ingredients under a rotating seasonal menu. Richmond Magazine's readers' surveys have named it in the fine dining category two years running, and its Southern-leaning approach to Virginia game, produce and seafood has kept it a benchmark for the city's dining scene.
The Roosevelt · Church Hill
A Church Hill kitchen that Style Weekly named its Restaurant of the Year, cooking Southern food with unexpected ingredients like bourbon barrel soy and kimchi mayo while keeping the food's Southern identity intact. Executive chef Leah Branch was named a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic in 2026, more than a decade after that first award.
Lillie Pearl · Jackson Ward
Chef Mike Lindsey's kitchen marries the flavors of his childhood with West African and Southern influences. It moved to Jackson Ward's Arts District in 2026, taking over the former And Dim Sum space on Brook Road, while Love's Public Kitchen took over its old Grace Street room. BizSense covered the relocation and confirmed the new address.