The Roosevelt
American restaurant · Richmond
623 N 25th St, Richmond, VA 23223
Highlights
New Southern fare, craft cocktails & Virginia wines in chic space
New Southern fare, craft cocktails & Virginia wines in chic space
"Around since 2011, the Roosevelt sits in a turn-of-the-last-century building in Richmond’s oldest neighborhood. Since taking over the kitchen in 2022, chef Leah Branch has made the Church Hill restaurant a destination again with help from her old-soul point of view. Think crab soup with saffron cream and bottagra and tobacco-smoked pork butt with Deb’s (as in food anthropologist and writer Deb Freeman’s) Nana’s collards. The Roosevelt’s beverage program shines with a list of Virginia-born bottles curated by wine director Troy Hancock, plus regional beers and inventive cocktails." - Stephanie Ganz
"Updated Southern Cuisine in Historic Church Hill Housed in a cozy former drugstore, the Roosevelt excels at seafood (consistent rave reviews for the mussels, scallops, and rockfish), though everything is well prepared in updated Southern style. Cocktails are taken seriously and the restaurant has an all-Virginia wine list."
"A Peach Tart beaunut was inspired by the Southern-style desserts at the Roosevelt, where LaBrecque’s close friend is the chef, came with a peach glaze and oat crumble." - Stephanie Ganz
A Church Hill standard-bearer where brunch leans modern Southern with serious cocktails. Featured in New York Magazine and Garden & Gun, and celebrated by Richmond Magazine’s Elbys, it still feels unmistakably Richmond.
"This charming boutique hotel is housed within a monumental building, which allows for plenty of intimacy, and the individually designed bedrooms are warmly and tastefully furnished. This is a hotel with true presidential flair." - Tablet Hotels
