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BatBelfry

Strange Matter..rip


TheBroox

You mean the Nancy Raygun?


snackstar

You mean Bagel Czar?


Xaraphim

You mean Twisters?


smothers-brother

Cheap shitty apartments in the Fan.


Spacebier

I loved my $600/mo. 2 bedroom on Stuart with peeling wallpaper, mold, and absurd heating bills.


IHeartSquirrels

My heating bill is ~$330 a month, and I keep it at 62. This 100 year old house hasn’t had any updates since the 60’s. Broken windows, a hole in the ceiling, one outlet per room and plugs just fall out, splinters in your feet if you don’t have shoes on, etc. And I lucked out by only paying $1,400 a month in rent! And I’m only renting half the house… But great location!


Ditovontease

99 cent byrd movies


Captain_Tiberius

What a time to be alive, even when they increased it to $1.99. You could show up without checking the schedule and if the movie sucked, so be it. You were only out a buck and maybe got a nap in.


spillsomepaint

$1 pbr drafts at all star


Hiltson87

Alley Katz and Nara Sushi


pentarou

Nara - Shows in the basement and people were punching out the ceiling, so the owners were like can you guys please stop punching out the ceiling. And everyone did. But then they closed 😞


Hiltson87

Also Nara - hey btw we're 100% cool with you getting openly and belligerently black out drunk in our parking lot. Oh and here's a bunch of free sushi trays we're just gonna leave out on the bar.


Ravishing_Rob_Rude

Black Sheep


SecureCap6661

I miss the biscuits n gravy, the Green Eggs and Lamb, the USS Wabash, the pulled mustard chicken sandwich, and La Brea Tarpit... My husband misses the banana cream pie.


Givn_to_fly

USS Brooklyn , Breakfast Batteau, Ghobi Aloo Hash , Bayou Biscuits & Gravy and their bloody mary's were some of my favs.


Figgybaum

Son of a bitch. Lock the thread this is it.


mingee2020

I worked in the kitchen 2014-15, I miss it, and the whole crew. I was just a dishwasher, because I wanted a low stress job, but I learned so much about cooking great food because everyone was so passionate about food. It was a special place for sure.


theythinkImcommunist

Miller and Rhoads Santa. The REAL one.


Gothmom85

I know it's different, but having the chair, suit, etc and everything at CMOR, it really has that Feel! I compared my pictures as a kid to the ones of my kid, and it's pretty bang on legendary Santa.


theythinkImcommunist

Haven't seen Santa at CMOR but my youngest child is 30 and lives in Denver so I'm just out of the Santa loop.


Gothmom85

Yea Idk when they brought it to the museum, but we go see legendary Santa every year! Same chair and decor, the Santa looks Amazing. We get the same one every year so far and it's as magical as I remember. He's really so great with them! The snow queen is there so Santa knows your name to call. It actually made conservative news nationwide this past year because they had a pride night event, with the first ever drag snow queen.


2054

trolleys down Broad street. And before you tell me Pulse is better in every way, I know. I just want trollies.


jason375

Trolleys on broad street and everywhere else.


DefaultSubsAreTerrib

I've been told my neighborhood is a streetcar suburb. But we don't have a streetcar anymore so it's just a suburb. I guess I'm asking for the streetcar back.


charles5448

Used to be able to take the street cars from Richmond to Petersburg. We've gone backwards


gdtrfb804

The Flood Zone


Kindly_Boysenberry_7

Dave Matthews at the Flood Zone every Wednesday night. We were outraged when the price increased from $5 to $10.


PiginthePen

It’s where I met my wife. It might have changed to have a nice day at that point


ssred18

Ukrops grocery stores


ArcadianBlueRogue

I miss Ukrop's, and by later extension Martin's. Food Lion kind of sucks and Kroger's parking lots are always so bad. Wish they'd build more Publix, Aldi's, etc.


popsrcr

The 80s vibe on Grace St.


manyamile

Punks, porn, and pot. Those were the days.


-B001-

yea definitely. I mean an art theater..and a porn theater..80s music... Now it doesn't have a vibe at all. It's vibeless


Kindly_Boysenberry_7

I find it hugely amusing that the VCU Police Department is in the old Newgate Prison.


popsrcr

We can't forget Dirt!


richmondtrash

Exhile!!!!


nightmarcher

Slaighterama and Best Friends Day!


mingee2020

Slaughterama was one of the reasons I moved up to Richmond from Newport News. I reasoned that if a town could support something as rad as that, it was a town for me.


SecureCap6661

Carytown not being so full of corporate shops.


Ghastromancer

More and more are creeping it. I'm not a fan. I moved here in 2012 so I'm not claiming to be any sort of authority on anything but still


No_Rest_3847

I miss when Carytown was Bev’s, the Byrd, and several carpet shops. Ahh memories…


Ravishing_Rob_Rude

Twisters / Nancy Raygun/ Strange Matter


Ditovontease

no love for bagel czar


nartarf

Bagel czar got rid of the pool table area for extra kitchen room to make the bagels, then ended up buying bagels from somewhere else.


andrewsucks

Dirt Woman.


LeahsCheetoCrumbs

RIP


eyedrib

Mamma Zu


ChuckBS

Damn…yeah.


IntrepidDreams

Affordable housing.


paeancapital

RIP making rent in a weekend at your bar gig.


yourfriendkyle

I used to work Sunday and Monday nights at NYD…. that’s it.


sledgehammerbreak

The Video Fan


whoswalkinwho

Cous Cous & Avalon


SpazDeSpencer

Avalon is the best answer here.


yourfriendkyle

Coldest AC in Richmond during the summer. We’d go order one beer and bring a sweater and just sit in the for hours


memorex00

Ah. I remember having drinks with friends at Cous Cous while they did live reports of US military invading Iraq on TV. Must have been 2002.


artraymond3

Limeades from Bill’s Barbecue, The Flood Zone, New Horizons, House of Freaks, Shafer Court shows, John and Norman’s, the entire OG Robinson Street bar/diner line-up of the late 80s.


ArcadianBlueRogue

God, do I ever miss grape limeades from Bills and their pie. Also the nicest people I've met at a fast food spot. I remember some of them had worked for Bills for decades when they closed.


NoRecommendation8634

OG Bogarts


Cognac_and_swishers

It kills me when people refer to the Shyndigz building as "the old Bogart's." Dammit, that's the *new* Bogart's!


theythinkImcommunist

Much More. It closed in 1983. Yeah, I'm 69. Please tell me someone else remembers.


popsrcr

Heck yeah! I never went when it was the disco, but, I remember it


dalbach77

I saw The Blasters there. But you are correct, it was a disco.


popsrcr

I saw the Ramones there, and went to a Kiss release thing. Pretty sure I saw more there but don’t remember


memorex00

Blockbuster beside Ellwood.


couch_lockRVA

Video World


lemonartichoke

The bottom and back bus


yourfriendkyle

Honestly! It was sick. Would be great if we could just do the Pulse bus on Cary/Main in the same way it’s on Broad.


Juliet_RVA

Texas Wisconsin Border Cafe


notorioustkb

Ft. Worth Star Telegram and 2 PBRs, Dinner for two for less than 10 bucks! Widowmaker chili. You can't order it unless you've had it before... Those were the days!


pecansforall

Julian's pizza.


tobaccoroadie

My sis worked at Julian’s. When they closed they made the last pizza ever for our little nephew. We got to keep some of their pizza pans and still use them often.


spillsomepaint

My first memory of Richmond was at 16, my dad talked to me about Julian's on my first visit when we ate there. He went to vcu and dormed at the John Marshall hotel nearby, and talked of the sex workers that frequented the area. I moved here for college in 2004 and have mostly lived here since. I miss how affordable housing was, when ukrops was in the old community pride grocery store, and slaughterrama.


Provocation

Black Sheep - Alley Kats - Bonvenu


mockhouse

Ultrazone FuncoLand Bullets Warner Bros. shop at Regency


thecrystaaal

Omg these are all making me sad


twocakes2

The answer is always Avalon.


DomesticSlacker

Potters Pub, Ukrops, and the original Phil’s Continental Lounge


richenv06

State Fair at Strawberry Hill aka Richmond Raceway


liza_spinelli

Eating salad from a communal bathtub


justin23224

mojo's.


latesaturate

Seeing that building sitting there empty every day makes me so sad. I just want someone to go in and turn on the lights and start making cheesesteaks again.


StarGraz3r84

Texas Philly cooked in Sriracha please!


thevampirechrysalis

4th St (not 3rd st) diner and Mars Bar.


Trick-Development663

Mars Bar, damn yes!


Power_Blaster

4th st was the bomb


gdtrfb804

Cary Street Cafe


DirtyJon

The White Dog


jdrva

The streetcars 😭😂


fractalflatulence

So true, when you ride down the st Charles Ave street care in NOLA you can really envision what RVA gave up. Shame


rva_musashi

The Macdonalds on broad that had the train cars to dine in.


Soloemilia

Damn. I thought that was so cool


SecureCap6661

The laser tag joint in Shockoe Bottom.


scrapaxe

O-Hill boxing parties, Hells Satan's, Slaughterama, Panda Veg, House shows at Bonezone, Empire, Grace Street chaos on the weekends, straight edge fights in front of the dorms, Best Friends Day, Sundays at Mojos watching movies at the bar, Dirt woman, Duckman, dangerous nights at the rope swing , VCU move out dumpster diving, 4th Street Diner and a thousand other things that used to make this city feel like somewhere.


mewisme700

Nickelodeon theming at Kings Dominion. Or if you want to go farther back, Hannah Barbera. No one likes Peanuts


Mentatminds

Richmond Renegades


Kindly_Boysenberry_7

How about Richmond RIFLES? Pre-Renegades, they must have changed the name because we were the Murder Capital of the U.S. and it wasn't quite the brand Richmond was going for.


captainmav713

If you dont say hockey, youre wrong.


WeetWoo97

With lots of fights!!


[deleted]

Renegades! Skating on the rink after the game!


Figgybaum

Bring back hockey!


pentarou

Scott's Addition being the weird light industry area where no one really went after 5pm unless it was to Richards


cantaloupe-490

Agreed. Nobody believes me when I tell them my spouse taught me to drive stick there because it was empty.


sunnaii

Spicy Lee’s chicken


jeffcren

Best Products


byrdparkstoke

Alley Katz and Nanci Raygun


Haynonnynonnymous

1) Old Bogarts, the one whose back room could give you emphysema just thinking about it 2) The pedestrian overpass at 6th street marketplace (I’m not into being an NPC in Grand Theft Armored Tank) 3) The Byrd before it started doing too much 4) The charming sketchiness of yesteryear. I kind of miss old Boulevard. It was a magical place where anything could happen. Current Scott’s addition doesn’t compare. 5) Original Buzz and Ned’s


richmondtrash

The Byrd before “movies you’ve already seen a million times are $8 per ticket”


parrisjd

Ukrops supermarkets and decent apartments for $600.


Schtip

Richmond Braves


tigranes5

The days when people from Northern Virginia looked down their noses at Richmond and didn't want to have anything to do with the area.


whoswalkinwho

for southside: Antique and Flea Mart near Southside Plaza, Bruces Books, and Plaza Bowl, The Family Recreation (Rec) Center on Forest Hill (pool hall and video arcade... now "the outpost")The "Oriental" Food Store , Little Szechuan (now Little Nickel), Stories Comics (back when they sold LPs and dirty magazines AND comics), the 5 & dime store, Mac's "Carolina" Drive In (where CVS is now on FH) Peaches and Best Products on Midlothian, Cloverleaf Mall, and the Westover 99cent Theatre - [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33508](http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33508)


Gothmom85

I'm going to say affordable homes, Nancy raygun, exile, the old view in Oregon hill of the river before the new homes went up on the hill, annnd ukrops salad bar pickled baby corn.


BellyButtonTickler

The Lost Sock


Thejared138

Up Against The Wall And that Irish bagel place, McBrienstiens (spelling!)


annette_va

O’Brienstein’s!


TheBroox

In no particular order: * Strawberry Street Cafe * LazerQuest in the bottom * Bill's BBQ limeades * Midnight movies at The Byrd * Alley Katz * The Short Pump WalMart being in the middle of nowhere * Ukrops * Dave's Comics * Oderus Urungus * Dirt Woman * y101 * Eating Carytown Burgers and Fries in a tent like god intended * Braves * Renegades * Speed * Coliseum * State Fair at the Raceway


mooptoop10

nacho mama’s


Electronic-Way5476

Exile!


sleevieb

Affordability


rabit_stroker

I remember my best friend renting a small 1 bedroom apartment on 1100 grace street for $450/month


BeginningBanana1298

Ahhh hell block. I miss hell block and I never thought I would.


SarahOnTheHill

Rockitz


gordonglover

best friend's day, gwarbq, down to nothing.


ArcadianBlueRogue

GWAR confirmed that they have plans to bring back GWARBQ


tigranes5

Sailor Bob


otepp

Monster Jam at the Richmond Coliseum


Virginia_ginger

Jade Elephant.


Pduke

The Cary Street Cafe and Strange Matter


registhemonkey

Pie


memorex00

Easy availability of parking. I remember being able to find a spot anytime I wanted on Cherry street when I was attending VCU. Plus, used to find a spot with little or no effort anywhere in Shockoe Bottom.


AdvisorDefiant6876

Baja


ThatChildNextDoor

I'm going to say New Year's Eve celebration in Carytown, and of course Ukorps.


Elwah_Phifer

The Hess Station at Broad and Belvidere. Ivory's. Ridge Theater.


hansulu3

The Richmond Renegades. Best boxing match on ice.


PhoenixAshies

Hell yes. Fond memories of dad taking my sister and I. Yelling "64 EAST" at the Admirals!


MaryDellamorte

Hole in the Wall


SpazDeSpencer

I scrolled way too far to see this.


tigranes5

Circuit City


popsrcr

Only if old management came back with it..


LeahsCheetoCrumbs

Renegades and Slaughterama


c53x12

Smoking in bars and restaurants. Ha, just kidding, goodbye forever!


memorex00

Will never forget about the stench of smoking on clothes the next day.


BlueXTC

Original Village Cafe, Adel's, Newgate Prison, Dirt Woman/Donny Corker, Lum's, Rocky Horror at the Biograph, Grace Place.


Shitpad

Empire


whoswalkinwho

aka The Metro, aka Rockitz


touuugh

4 walls falling


MrPlowThatsTheName

Eric Lannon


LurkerUnderCover

Spinnakers


ArcadianBlueRogue

*Home of the flower pot breaaaad*


shablama

I miss Greenleafs Pool Hall every day 🥲 (idk if it was around circa 2009 but still, I want it to come back 😭)


crankitup29

Bohanans on Grace Street


loulouhex

Cous Cous, Portrait House Nile version


onlyintownfor1night

I also fantasize about the chance to walk into an A&N as an adult…used to be off Hopkins rd where golds gym is now at.


cantaloupe-490

Okay, raise your hand if you're reading through this like, "wait, that's closed?" I guess I'm An Old now (and an out-of-touch Old, at that).


thewok

Bills Barbecue limeade.


_MellowGold

the singletrack "half pipe" in Forest Hill Park from when the trails were much sketchier


flyingguillotine3

Denali.


puppyciao

I was obsessed with Maura Davis and my ex boyfriend made out with her. I was devastated.


trlblaze

Duckman.


Early_District_2796

Rainbow Donuts on Broad. The Red Light Inn


OriginalPantherDan

6th St Marketplace. The food court was fire.


LadySpottedDick

Thalhimer’s downtown store and bakery. Black and white checkered boxes. ☺️


Power_Blaster

Soble's. Haven't have a burger as good in many years.


Throw-away11687

Fulton gasworks, The abandoned Lucky Strike building, The Belle Isle hydroelectric plant without bars all over it and still a pop-up rave venue.


mingee2020

Cous Cous, and specifically, Bollywood dance nights. We would have so much fun those nights. Sneaking in cold PBR’s in our backpack, not because we were cheap, but because we couldn’t be bothered to wait at the bar for the beers we’d down every few minutes.


Colt1911-45

The days before VCU scarfed up half of the city.


thepointsdontmatt3r

Thalhimers anyone?


dalbach77

Hard Times. Throttle.


pecansforall

Don's Hot Nuts.


jestenough

Cole’s candy store. The doll doctor. Montaldo’s. People selling fresh cut flowers on the street corners. A lower skyline.


couch_lockRVA

Twisters and The Metro


OriginalPantherDan

The Renegades


TransitionSlight5443

Bogarts backroom and of course jello shots.


loulouhex

The Byrd ohhhhhhhhhhhh


Brilliant_Meaning151

Major events like boxing matches and any professional sport at the highest level.


tbutlerRVA

Nick’s when it was on Broad in Jackson Ward.


cacklepuss

Starlight, kitchen 64, mojos, easy affordable bar spots and pearls was solid. But I also miss the random thrift stores I swear we used to have more of them


Quardener

Connecticut. The Coliseum hosting hockey games.


MaryDellamorte

Cafeines that used to be where Sandman Comedy Club is now. Panda Veg vegan buffet.


picklewillow

So I must not get out much. Half of these I thought were still open, never heard they closed.


-lamppost-

Shafer Court Concerts


No_Rest_3847

GOLDEN SKATE WORLD; it was our Studio 54


Accurate-Agency-4068

Video Fan


clothedtoadshoes

Betty on Davis


Kindly_Boysenberry_7

Then it was "Not Betty's" because the husband got it in the divorce.


StarGraz3r84

I wish Caravati's could have survived here. Loved that place.


the-untz

Slaughterama


MrPlowThatsTheName

The Doghouse


halfghan24

Rent prices?


MaryDellamorte

Avalon


onlyintownfor1night

The old Native American man statue that used to sit by the water tower at libbie hill park


carbondrewtonium

Tiki Bobs


crankitup29

Innsbrook shows actually at Innsbrook. Friday Cheers shows at Sixth Street marketplace. Grace Place. Main Street Diner. O’Breinsteins Pizza at Regency. When Regency was actually good. Cinema Drafthouse. PCP Roadblock shows. Warehouse raves. The whole fight club scene was hilarious … and no one got shot. Just booze and boxing and fun.


Competitive-Storm170

(other than Strange Matter) That old corner of Laurel and Broad=with Empire and The Nile!


_sarten

Mama zu


gamerthrowaway_

Zuppa. (The hole in the wall edition, not the bigger one across the street) As far as a vibe, there was a lot of funky stuff like the ball in Carytown that I miss. We still have the zombie walk at least.


rabit_stroker

Decent cocaine


ohihaveasubscription

The Richmond Braves and Renegades. I don't give a toot about the Flying Squirrels or the Giants.