Best New VA Restaurant Dishes Out Oysters And Coffee: Southern Living

RICHMOND, VA — What's that scent permeating the air? Smells like fried chicken, oysters, schnitzel and homemade french toast.

It must be coming from the South's best new restaurants. Southern Living recently released its list of the South's Best 2024 award recipients, including those for best new restaurants in each southern state.

This year, Richmond's Birdie’s took the honor in Virginia.

The winners were selected by Southern Living readers via a third-party agency, Proof Insights. The regional magazine said online voting took place last year from July 12-Aug. 23.

More than 20,000 people made nominations and voted in the publication's eighth annual contest.

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See what Southern Living had to say about Birdie's:

"Like other restaurants on this list, Birdie’s is many things under one roof: an oyster bar, a coffee shop, daytime cafe, wine cellar and a place to get dinner. It does all of it well, and in an inviting space that makes you want to hang out all day long, whether it’s with a book and a latte or over lobster rolls with friends. As The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, it’s a bright spot in the city’s Arts District, which is still rebounding after the pandemic."

Birdie's: 305 W. Broad St., Richmond

See the full list of Southern Living's Best New Restaurants 2024 here.