The Southern Foodways Alliance, in advance of the Summer Symposium that they are holding in Richmond in June, recorded oral histories with a number of Richmond’s women restaurant owners.

Stella Dikos & Katrina Giavos of Stella’s

Martha Crowe Jones & Marcyne Jones – Sally Bell’s Kitchen

Kendra Feather of Ipanema Cafe / Garnett’s Cafe / The Roosevelt / WPA Bakery

Ida MaMusu of Africanne on Main

Argentina Ortega of La Sabrosita Bakery

Tiffany Gellner of The Magpie

Velma Johnson of Mama J’s Kitchen

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http://fanofthefan.com/2013/05/women-work-and-food-in-richmond-virginia/

Style Weekly has a look at the uncertain future of Sally Bell’s Kitchen:

This won’t go down easy: Sally Bell’s Kitchen, the bakery and sandwich shop on West Grace Street, of the famous potato salad and upside-down cupcakes, just might be gobbled up by Virginia Commonwealth University.

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http://fanofthefan.com/2013/05/vcu-to-end-sally-bells/

Real Richmond’s Alternative Eats tour walks and eats the VCU area on Saturday, January 19th:

VCU: Alternative Eats
Saturday, Jan. 19th, 2 p.m. (and by special arrangement for groups of 8-12)

More fun than college, this tour walks us through VCU’s vibrant and Victorian (and victorious!!!) Monroe Park Campus with a pop over into Carver on occasion. Depending on the day, savor the flavors of The Nile, delight in the vegetarian goodness of Ipanema Cafe, step into Carver for the bounty of The Black Sheep or the cutting edge cuisine of The Magpie, have a classic snack at Sally Bell’s or live like a local at the lovely William Miller House B & B or the gorgeous Grace Manor Inn.

Email tours@realrichmondva.com to arrange for your group of 8-12 people. Tickets will be available here!

VIA: Fan of the Fan
http://fanofthefan.com/2012/12/real-richmond-alternative-eats-in-january/

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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Real Richmond’s VCU/Fan: Alternative Eats is a walking and eating tour set for Saturday, November 12:

More fun than college, this tour walks us through VCU’s vibrant and Victorian (and victorious!!!) Monroe Park Campus with a pop over into Carver on occasion. Depending on the day, savor the flavors of The Nile, see what’s behind The Cellar Door, the only restaurant on Monument Avenue, delight in the vegetarian goodness of Ipanema Cafe, step into Carver for the bounty of The Black Sheep or the cutting edge cuisine of The Magpie, have a classic snack at Sally Bell’s or live like a local at the lovely William Miller House B & B.

Tickets are $39 with a small ticketing fee and are available here.

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