Richmond Bargains

When you order wine in a restaurant, you are ordering an experience. You are paying the Chef, owner, waitstaff, landlord, cleaning crew, et al. You are supplementing the glass breakage costs.
And, you will pay anywhere from two times the wholesale price of a bottle of wine to four times its wholesale. This means if you [...]

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This month, the re-introduced wine column at Richmond.com is covering a list of stores around town offering weekly wine tastings, most of which are free. It’s a motley medley, with something for every style and interest level – from polished Fleming Steak House (free appetizers!) to “eclectic” Once Upon a Vine North (includes post-tasting movie-watching [...]

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Richmond.com just published an updated version of its useful “Cheap Date Night” list – a collection of weeknight deals offered by local restaurants (with an emphasis on Fan/Downtown eateries)
From Sunday through Thursday, there’s a good deal happening somewhere – including the classic “Cheap Date Night” package offered by Avenue 805 on Mondays and Tuesdays (a [...]

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