Virginia Living magazine gives a very positive review to L’Opossum.

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The atmosphere is dark and moody, but the décor is light and fun. You’ll find anything from Star Wars collectible plates emblazoned with the Millennium Falcon to foot-tall golden statues of Michelangelo’s David lining the red walls—all items owner and chef David Shannon has collected over the years. “I wanted to capture the feeling of the restaurants I grew up with in the ’60s and ’70s,” says Shannon. Specifically, he wanted to evoke the contrived fanciness of a French restaurant of that era—“a French restaurant in the Cleveland airport in 1977,” he says. What he has accomplished with his Richmond restaurant, L’Opossum sur la Colline de l’Orégon, is transportive.

Holly Street neighbor Phaedra Hise gives a thorough analysis of Pine Street restaurant MammaZu in the late Style magazine. She puts an emphasis on lunch as an option.

A bona fide Richmond institution, MammaZu is known almost as much for the long waits and brusque staff as for the delicious Italian food. At night it’s buzzy, dark and crowded, but during the day MammaZu is almost peaceful, with the same tasty food and no lines.