Mamma Zu’s will be closed for its annual vacation during the UCI Bicycle Race.
Music store Vinyl Conflict will also close during the race.
The City’s Main Street library will be closed, as their facility will be used by race organizers.
What are other neighborhood businesses doing while the race is happening?
From the article in Southern Living:
Chef David Shannon’s new venture L’opposum isn’t only idiosyncratic in name. For one, the restaurant is furnished with his personal art collection, which includes Star Wars collectable plates, miniature statues of David, and paintings of punk singers like Nick Cave. Oh yeah, and stuffed possums. The menu contains items with names such as A Mélange of Manikintowne Mesclun and Swashbuckling Bundt Pirate Drenched in Hot Buttered Rum. Try the Les Escargots à la Ham Biscuit i.e. snails on soft biscuits swimming in a sweet garlic beurre blanc.
Congratulations, David Shannon and the L’opossum crew!
Mojo’s is holding trivia contest tomorrow night.
From the FaceBook event page:
Due to the return of Football on Monday Nights this Monday (the 24th) will be the last Monday Night Trivia for a bit. As always cheap wings and drink specials 7-11pm. Trivia starts around 8ish. Free to play. Prizes each round.
From a recent post on the RVA Fan Lovers FaceBook group, featuring the front of Dinamo restaurant:
RVA Clean Sweep is scheduled to work on Belle Isle this Sunday:
Belle Isle is in desperate need of a cleanup, this is the time of the year when the highest number of visitors are out and unfortunately they leave a huge mess. We’ll clean the parking area and then do a loop over to the rocks and back around. It shouldn’t take more than 2 hours at the most. I’ll have trash pickers, gloves and trash bags, please bring water and good walking shoes.
Please go here to sign up to volunteer:
http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/224029643/
The Belle Isle parking lot on Tredegar Street was completely full yesterday evening and it’s no wonder with accolades still pouring in- outdoor sports store REI has named the James River Parks as one of the nation’s six best river parks. This comes three years after Outside Magazine readers voted Richmond as the Best River City in the country. Richmond will again be featured as a travel destination in the September issue of National Geographic Traveler. Their brief feature “Where to go Next” highlights L’Opossum and the James River Park.
Back from their summer break, Dynamo is ready to serve some tasty dishes. From their FaceBook page:
dinamo dinner menu
july 9, 2015
> matzoh ball soup 5.
> chilled potato & leek soup 6.
> fish soup 7.
> crostini w/ chopped liver 8.
> crostini w/ cured salmon 8.*
> crostini w/ whitefish salad 9.
> hearts of palm & chickpea w/ flatbread 10.
> red pizza 10.
> white pizza 11.
> add topping $1: sausage, mushroom, onion, anchovy, olive
> egg in tuna sauce 3.
> squash salad 6.
> mixed green salad 6.
> lentil salad 7.
> swiss chard 10.
> beet & fennel salad 12. w/ feta 13.
> arugula & asparagus salad w/ egg 13.
> caprese 15.
> squid w/ chard 12.
> mussels – white or red 13.
> seafood salad 15.
> soft shell crab 15.
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> trenette w/ eggplant sauce 16.
> ricotta gnocchi or tagliatelle w/ bolognese 17.
> calamari & shrimp w/ squid ink fettuccine 24.
> broccoletti & provolone sausage w/ polenta & beans 18.
> rockfish w/ mixed greens 23.
> t bone w/ arugula salad 28.
> soft shell crab entree 32.
At L’opossum, expect unexpected dishes like cider-braised rabbit with gingersnap spaetzle, as well as eclectic décor (think possum taxidermy and a poodle clock).
From Dinamo restaurant’s FaceBook page:
dear dinamo customers,
we are CLOSED for summer vacation.
we reopen JULY 7, 2015 at 11 am for lunch.
happy fourth of july!
From the FaceBook event page:
It’s Tap Takeover time again folks! This Thursday! 6.25.15 This month we are featuring all Virginia Brews. 6 on tap and 2 bottles! Look out for beers or ciders from Strangeways, Bold Rock Cidery, Champion, Hardywood, Ledgend and others. Starts at 8. Check back for full beer list later in the week!
dinamo dinner menu
june 19, 2015
> matzoh ball soup 5.
> chilled potato & leek soup 5.
> crostini w/ chopped liver 8.
> crostini w/ cured salmon 8.*
> crostini w/ whitefish salad 9.
> hearts of palm & chickpea w/ flatbread 10.
> red pizza 10.
> white pizza 11.
> add topping $1: sausage, mushroom, onion, anchovy, olive
> egg in tuna sauce 3.
> squash salad. 5
> mixed green salad 6.
> lentil salad 7.
> swiss chard 10.
> roasted red pepper w/ bufala mozzarella 15. w/ anchovy 16.
> beet & fennel salad 12. w/ feta 13.
> arugula & asparagus salad w/ egg 13.
> squid w/ chard 12.
> mussels – white or red 13.
> seafood salad 15.
> soft shell crab 15.
> trenette w/ eggplant sauce 16.
> ricotta gnocchi or tagliatelle w/ bolognese 17.
> mussels w/ trenette or squid ink fettuccine – white or red 21. / 23.
> calamari & shrimp w/ squid ink fettuccine 24.
> broccoletti & provolone sausage w/ polenta & beans 18.
> rockfish w/ mixed greens 23.
> t bone w/ arugula salad 31.*
> soft shell crab entree 32.