In response to "Why Richmond, Why?!?"

You know, I bet we wouldn't have funding issues with things like parking decks if a certain someone hadn't spent a ton of money trying to illegally kick a group out of City Hall.

-- Dan

In response to "Black Sheep: Quaint and Tasty"

This could easily be the most boring restaurant review I have read. Ginger, I know you can provide better details than this.

-- The Duke

I tried this restaurant tonight and they weren't kidding about the slow service. Also, HUGE mistake not getting the sandwiches, which looked great- I ordered blue ribbon pork and it was exactly like the recipe in my vintage Betty Crocker cookbook- I could have made this dish at home and saved myself most of the 45 minute wait. My husband had the chicken dumplings and they were better- filled with sage, very creamy and piping hot. Unfortunately, we split the white Russian brownie for dessert and it was raw in the middle and the alcohol in it was uncooked. The ambience is definitely 60's, and the menu reflects that with the kitschy comfort food.

-- Food Snob

Did it not occur to you that this place was reviewed by three pubs in the same week? For god's sake, there are only a handful of seats. I'm sure your complaints wouldn't happen under ridiculously slammed circumstances. No restaurant can expect to be perfect while current media darlings. Go back in a few weeks.

-- To The Food Snob

In response to "Chillin' in the City"

I like to go to Ukrop's and sneak in a liquor drink to sip on while I am shopping and cruising for desperate River Road cougars.

-- Bobby

I call Stool Pigeons "Pigeon Stool" because of the really awful food and worse crowd. Yuk.

-- Joe Joe

In response to "17% Gas Rate Hike?"

I can't believe this.. as if things weren't bad enough with the cost of gas for our cars, now they want to raise the cost on gas for our homes ?? Come on, people are barely getting by as it is !! How much more of these increases are going to happen before the citizens of this country put their foot down and say NO MORE.

-- David

David, you're an idiot. Anyone that doesn't realize that the cost of gasoline increases the cost of EVERYTHING is an idiot. Does it suck that prices are going up? Yes. Is it the government's fault? NO. It is the fault of every person in this country. We consume like locusts and wonder when things aren't peachy why our government doesn't do something.

-- Bart

Well now, us investors who panic over supply and demand have a lot to do with it too. Every time a missile is launched in Iran the price of oil shoots up. Time to start drilling in Alaska and offshore. We aren't going to stop consuming like crazy nor is anyone going to come up with a cheap alternative to oil anytime soon. Might as well start the drilling.

-- Investme

I agree that higher gas equals higher cost for most everything. I believe that many people use more than a fair share of resources. If our society changes how we consume and gives more thought to "we" instead of "me", then maybe we'll get somewhere.

-- Concerned Citizen

In response to "Afterthoughts"

I'll start sucking down some popsicles so Mr. Bacon will have some knock-knock jokes to laugh at. Possibly clip some Reader's Digest jokes. Or maybe I'll tape some episodes of "King of Queens." That kind of ham-and-egger humor seems more up this hayseed's alley.

-- B. Onesy

In response to "Our Time"

How about measuring how engaged the people of Richmond are in their society. A couple of measures may be the percentage of residents of voting age who (a) register to vote and (b) actually do vote. A more philanthropic measure would be the percentage of incomes people donate to charitable organizations or the average number of volunteer hours.

-- Anne

In response to "Kick Against the Picks"

Melissa Ruggieri knows nothing about music. Yah, she can write and is a goodet for the TD, but her music/concert/venue reviews have always been worthless. Go Richmond.com, Style, RVAMag!

-- Bob

Ruggieri pretty much goes to Innsbrook after hours and writes about Billy Idol and whatever has been 80's band sounded like. Well Duh, we know what they sound like. Times Dispatch music reviews are a waste of space.

-- Agree

"Reviewers might not be critical of a band they will be having beers with this weekend"? Sounds a lot like richmond.com to be honest!

-- Todd

My apologies for clicking on this story and giving you a page view for it. At least these other places try to critique music or give reviews. I haven't seen richmond.com do very much.

-- The Duke

Duke, Isn't that sort of what this story just did? I don't know if this site doesn't do a lot of music reviews but this just critiqued the critics and the dismal music coverage in this city. Plus, sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something poorly. Kind of like when you vote. If you vote for a candidate that becomes a bum, you really can't complain. It's your fault. BUT if you don't vote, you can complain about what ever you want. You didn't have any thing to do with it. Music critics are a load of BS anyway. Lester Bangs is at fault. He didn't start a revolution in music. He created the lowest form of journalism and every lazy want-to-be writer thinks they can do it well and that is what is going to make them famous. Try again.

-- Bill Nelson

In response to "Patrick Henry's Pub: Finally!"

"While the Patrick Henry's is still awaiting that magical piece of paper known as a liquor license..." Doesn't this tell you it's maaaaybe too early to write about a place? Dude, it just opened a few weeks ago. Hmmm, professional!

-- ugh again

We went last night for a second time and had a lovely meal! With or without the ABC license this place is a must try! I had the chix parm dinner and it was delicious! Other friends had the mussels which were wonderful, the Italian sausage sandwich which was great, and the meatball parm sub that was equally great! It may be open just a few weeks but this place has the kinks worked out! Not like most newly opened restaurants that's for sure. The service was quite good and on point and the food is exceptional...that's the real reason people go out to eat right?

-- SEW

I ate there for lunch with a few friends last week. Delicious!! The place has been totally redone and it looks fantastic. The service was fast and every meal was perfect. Eric, the owner, even came out and introduced himself and asked how everything was. Get the orzo!! I think this place is a winner!

-- RW

I hope you guys update this review once this place gets its ABC license.

-- The Duke