What makes this Richmond Restaurant Week so special for Southern Kitchen owner Shane Roberts-Thomas

RICHMOND, Va - The daily scramble and stress of prepping for dinner service are constants for Shane Roberts-Thomas and her staff. The owner of Southern Kitchen in Jackson Ward said that the hustle and bustle is even more special this week. Southern Kitchen is one of more than three dozen Richmond restaurants taking part in the first in-person Richmond Restaurant Week since the pandemic began, click here.

Richmond’s Best Soul Food Restaurant Right Now

Richmond, VA, --has a monsoon of Black American History with historical sites on just about every corner of the city. One of the most notable is the home of Maggie Walker, the first Black woman to own a bank in the United States. Her bank ownership is one aspect of other amazing feats to promote economic success in Black America. It’s fitting that her home sits on a corner lot, directly across the street from Richmond’s Best Soul Food Restaurant, Chef Shane Roberts-Thomas Southern Kitchen located at 541 N 2nd St, Richmond, VA 23219, click here.

VUU leadership institute announces Sept. 17 awards luncheon

Richmond, VA, --The Ruth Coles Harris Leadership Institute will honor three community leaders for their work during its 2022 Awards Luncheon next week at Virginia Union University, click here.

Shane’s Southern Chicken and Waffle Tacos

RICHMOND, Va. -- It’s “Taco Tuesday”! Shane Thomas, owner of Southern Kitchen invited us into her virtual kitchen to show us how to make her signature creation, chicken and waffle tacos. For more information on Shane and her restaurant, Southern Kitchen, click here.

Lip-smacking good chicken from Southern Kitchen

RICHMOND, Va. - Shane Roberts-Thomas and her Richmond-based restaurant, Southern Kitchen, gained national attention when she appeared on celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s show “24 Hours to Hell and Back.” She cut up and fried some of her signature Southern Fried Chicken in the Virginia This Morning kitchen. To taste her delicious recipe...Read More

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Watch Owner 'Shane' on Chopped Food Network: Fries and Thighs-S46 E30

The chefs get fries and thighs in every basket, starting with a delicate protein paired with a newfangled starch in the appetizer basket. Bubble tea crashes the theme party in the second round, and the dessert basket features a fun, sugary twist on fries, but the chefs are challenged to make thigh meat work with dessert.

'Chopped' ingredients shock Richmond chef Shane Roberts-Thomas

RICHMOND, Va. -- A lot has happened to Shane Roberts-Thomas over the last 12 months. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay visited Shane at Southern Kitchen, her restaurant on 2nd Street in Richmond, in October 2019...Read More

Richmond restaurant owner on Food Network's 'Chopped' on Tuesday

Richmond restaurant owner Shane Thomas will be on television for the second time this year, this time on “Chopped,” the competitive cooking show on the Food Network. Thomas is the owner of Southern Kitchen restaurant in Jackson Ward and, if her name is familiar, it’s because Thomas and the restaurant were on “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” in February. The “Chopped” episode was filmed first, though....Read More

Richmond restaurant goes to Hell and Back with Gordon Ramsay- Gordon Ramsay featured Southern Kitchen on TV

RICHMOND, Va. -- Shane Roberts-Thomas is a Tasmanian devil. At least that's what she told a worldwide television audience when her Richmond restaurant Southern Kitchen was featured in "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back.".....Read More

Jackson Ward has a comfortable new spot for soul food that delivers satisfaction

When it was announced in June that Southern Kitchen had been lured away from Shockoe Bottom to take over the ground floor space at Eggleston Plaza, Jackson Ward had reason to cheer....Read More

Richmond restaurant featured on show with chef Gordon Ramsay

By Karla Redditte | February 12, 2020 at 6:37 PM EST

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Southern Kitchen Restaurant in Jackson Ward made its national television debut Tuesday night after being featured on Gordon Ramsay’s “24 Hours to Hell and Back.”...Read More

Style Weekly: Our Favorite Dishes of 2020 -The Southern Roll

Although its official name is a southern roll, that moniker doesn’t do justice to the aroma and taste of what arrives on the plate. Using a traditional egg roll as the jumping off point, Southern food staples are set into an egg roll wrapper, resulting in a rotund roll best eaten out of hand. The savory mélange marries salty fried chicken, tangy greens, sweet onions and mildly bitter cabbage in a crispy wrapper that barely contains all that goodness. It addresses so many pleasure points in my mouth that the homemade sweet honey sauce riding shotgun seems almost superfluous, until a dip into it proves otherwise. Fair warning, though, one of these before a meal will put a serious dent in your appetite. — K.N.

Eat your heart out, Richmond: Savor a taste of local restaurants

Richmond has become an internationally renowned town, in large part because it's a fantastic place to eat. This list is just a sampling of the area's restaurants, which reflect some of the depth, breadth and – literally – flavor of a food scene that has made Richmond a dining destination. Expanded descriptions denote restaurants that were well-reviewed in the RTD in recent years; menus and formats can change frequently, so specific dishes cited might not be available. (Area code 804 unless otherwise noted.) Southern Kitchen: Southern and soul food, including a creative take on an egg roll. (541 N. Second St.; 729-4141; southernkitchenrva.net)

Sweet, Salty and Fried Food Review: Southern Kitchen makes you feel right at home

BY RACHEL MACHACEK

"No, you are my guest," says Shane Thomas, owner of Southern Kitchen Mouth of the South in Shockoe Bottom. I’m finishing lunch, and she gently swats my hand when I try to place a bunched napkin on the plate she’s lifting away. I don’t mind either way, but it’s notable in a town with restaurant service that at times can be questionable....Read More