via Buddy’s Place by Jake C.

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A quick spin through Richmond Magazine’s Best & Worst 2012 finds a number of Fan-area winners:

• Joe’s Inn wins for “Best Neighborhood Restaurant” and “Best Lowbrow Night Out in the Region” ( & Commercial Taphouse grabs 2nd),
• Buddy’s wins for “Best Place to Seek Shelter During a Hurriquake”,
• Balliceaux wins for “Best Cocktail You Can’t Make at Home”,
• Ipanema Cafe wins for “Best Restaurant for Vegetarians” (and ties Garnett’s Cafe at 3rd for “Best Pies”),
• Acacia Mid-town wins “Best Restaurant Overall”,
• The Fan wins “Neighborhood With the Widest Variety of Architectural Styles”,
• The Fan Kitchen & Garden Tour and Holiday House Tour wins “Best Neighborhood House Tour”, and
• Fan of the Fan gets 3rd for “Best Neighborhood Blog”.

Anybody else seen a copy yet? Are there any local kudos that I missed?

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Turns out Buddy’s won’t have to leave Robinson Street at the end of this year:

Buddy’s will be hanging around for at least three more years at the corner of Stuart Avenue and Robinson Street, after lease negotiations with the owners of the building and the business.

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Buddy’s, the Fan restaurant known for its outdoor patio, neighborhood feel and down-to-earth regulars, must find a new location after 30 years on the corner of Robinson Street and Stuart Avenue. The restaurant’s lease is up at the end of the year and isn’t being renewed, manager Angie Dudley confirms.

Comments on the “Save Buddy’s” group on Facebook indicate that another restaurant tenant has been arranged for the space.

Buddy’s
325 North Robinson Street
buddysplace.net / Facebook / @BuddysPlace

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A great winter afternoon photo from Robinson Street by Kev Z., found in the Fan Flickr group.

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The Richmond community has another, though more limited, recipe collection documenting the history of some well known Fan restaurants. In 2000 Ann Meade Bensenfelder published Signs of Good Taste: recollections & recipes from Richmond’s historic Fan restaurants. Twelve vintage Fan restaurants were profiled: Buddy’s, Chiocca’s, Davis & Main, Helen’s, Joe’s Inn, Julian’s, Robin Inn, Sally Bell’s Kitchen, Sobel’s, Stella’s, Strawberry Street Café, and the Village Café. A brief history, photographs, and selected recipes from each restaurant are included.

VIA RICHMOND COOKS 1898-2010: A sampling of cookbooks in the Library of Virginia collection (Shockoe Examiner 2/14/11)

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