Richmond & Hotels

Richmond is a food-centric town.  Our small city has many unique, eccentric, and cutting edge restaurants. This fosters talent in the Food and Beverage industry and leaves a craving for the next epicurean adventure in the residents of this town. We have almost every cuisine and style of food represented in our town in some sort of fashion. What makes this unique is that our city is a culinary microcosm in comparison to the rest of the region. Not to say regional cuisine is not represented but they are always served with a twist. Why is this? Could it be that Virginia Commonwealth University’s cutting edge creative arts programs attract talent from around the state, or our diverse population of cultures, or just a yearning for good food? Who knows?

So how does this apply to a “Hotel Food and Wine” blog? Hotels are also microcosms in their own cities. Hotels are cross roads where the traveler may be looking for something unique or a remembrance of home. Our menus are orchestrated to give this experience. Hotels also are on the cutting edge in culinary, beverage, and service. Hotels put on the extravagant weddings, the opulent holiday buffets, and the precisely choreographed charity dinners.

                This blog will focus on trends in food and beverage for both the food savvy guest and the hotel professional. I am hoping that it will be a place where thoughts are shared and can nurture new ideas and future trends in food and beverage.