CITY GUIDE
8 ½
Two words: Eggplant Parmesan. 8 ½ is
the take-out storefront for Mamma Zu,
the longtime (and long line for dinner
seating) eatery in Oregon Hill named
for a Fellini film. The menu has every-
thing from arugula salad and white
pizza to zuppa di pesce—you name it,
it is all good. At least until it sells out
which (understandably) happens daily.
Two locations:
Church Hill
2709 E. Marshall Street
804.788.0812
The Fan
401 Strawberry Street
804.358.8505
STAY
Linden Row Inn (photo above)
It is insanely amazing that this exists—
it’s a hotel formed from almost a block
of Greek Revival townhomes. The
guestrooms are scattered from brick
outbuildings in the courtyard to suites
and rooms grouped around the existing
original interior stairs. It’s like staying
in a mid-19th century house museum.
The buildings were saved by pre-
cocious Richmond preservationist
Mary Wingfield Scott whose Converse
sneaker-clad-feet trod the way for
organizations like Historic Richmond
Foundation and saved broad swaths
SPRING 2020
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