WHERE TO EAT
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Hope's favorite restaurant serving up casual, delicious Italian. Since reopening reservations are required - call at 3pm day-of.
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Looking for a Michelin-rated meal? You can't go wrong at the historic Jefferson Hotel's Lemaire. Reservations required.
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Good seafood, located right on the river.
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In the mood for BBQ? This place beat Bobby Flay!
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Really great southern (read: friend green tomatoes) for a hearty lunch or brunch.
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WHERE TO DRINK
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Hardywood Richmond - our favorite local brewery
(the West Creek one is actually our fave location,
but a bit far from downtown)
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Many other breweries, like Legend Brewing Company or Stone Brewing - for more, check out the Richmond Beer Trail
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Quirk Hotel Rooftop Bar - nice view of downtown
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Hotel Greene - cocktails with a round of mini golf
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Richmond Wine Station - pour your own tastings
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Brambly Park - urban winery with drinks, food, live music, and outdoor tables/games
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Topgolf - RVA has one of these now, plus a Drive Shack (but that one's a bit far from downtown)
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Circuit Arcade Bar - arcade games + craft drinks
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WHAT ELSE TO DO
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Our wedding weekend is the weekend of this year's Richmond Folk Festival - a free 3-day outdoor music festival right around the corner from the hotel on Richmond's Historic Riverfront.
Be cultured at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Step back in history at St. John's Church, site of iconic "give me liberty or give me death"
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Stop and smell the flowers at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens or Maymont
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Be adventurous and kayak or raft the James River.
Have a little more time and a car? Sip on vino at Upper Shirley Vineyards, or take a trip to explore Williamsburg, Jamestown or Charlottesville
+ so much more