The game is simple. In 2025, we’re exploring new to us restaurants in our hometown, and using each letter of the alphabet to do it . As a guiding principle we want to experience great restaurants. We won’t go to a place with bad reviews to knock out a letter. On top of that there are four of us, but two of us don’t quite have an appreciation for a nice things yet. So sometimes we’ll leave the kids at home.
| Letter | Restaurant | Rating (*/5) | Post |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Alewife | 5 | link |
| B | Balkan | 4 | n/a |
| C | Cobra Cabana | 4 | link |
| D | Demi’s Mediterranean Kitchen | 5 | link |
| E | Eazzy Burger | 4 | link |
| F | Fighting Fish | 3.5 | n/a |
| G | Gersi RVA | 4.5 | link |
| H | Henley on Grace | 4.5 | link |
| I | Importante Bodega Bar | 4 | link |
| J | JewFro | 5 | link |
| K | Keffiyeh Cafe | TBD | n/a |
| L | Lolita’s | 4.5 | link |
| M | Memi’s | 4 | n/a |
| N | Native Plate | 4 | n/a |
| O | Olde Towne Smokehouse | 4 | n/a |
| P | Pinky’s | 4.5 | link |
| Q | QPot Hot Pot & BBQ | 3 | n/a |
| R | The Roosevelt | TBD | n/a |
| S | Sheppard Street Tavern | 4 | n/a |
| T | Trouvaille | 4 | link |
| U | Uliveto | 5 | link |
| V | TBD | n/a | |
| W | White Tiger Indian Restaurant & Bar | 3.5 | n/a |
| X* | 1870 | TBD | n/a |
| Y* | Lost Letter | 5 | n/a |
| Z | Zorch Pizza | 4 | link |
Bonus cocktail bars…
| Letter | Restaurant | Rating (*/5) |
|---|---|---|
| G | Goldwing | 4.5 |
| E | The Emerald Lounge | 5 |
| V | The Verdant Lady | 4 |
180 Lunches 