Thank you to our readers for taking part in the first “Best of the Richmond – Food” survey. We hope you will use the list as a guide to try new restaurants and support local businesses. Please tell them you read about their restaurant in the Richmond Review. (Note: This list includes all responses, even votes for businesses that have closed.) 

FOOD

BRUNCH

1.  Eats

2. Bazaar Café, Lokma

3. Bitchin’ Baklava, Cinderella Bakery, Eat Americana, Hard Knox, Heritage, Mel’s, Velo Rouge Café

4. Aziza, Bill’s Place, Good Luck Dim Sum, Rise & Grind Coffee & Tea, Seal Rock Inn

BURGER

1.  Bill’s Place 

2. Belly Burger, Richmond Republic

3. Buffalo Burger

4. Uncle Boy’s, Violets

5. Heritage

6. Eat Americana, Foghorn Taproom, Hard Knox, Joe’s, KoJa, Native Burger, The Richmond

BURRITO

1.  Gordo Taqueria

2. Taqueria Los Mayas

3. Chino’s Taqueria

4. Pancho’s

5. Burrito Loco & Wings, Caliente Bistro, Cielito Lindo, Papalote, Tia Margarita

DELI

1.  Angelina’s Deli-Café

2. Arguello Super Market, AK Meats

3. Ham & Cheese Deli, Lou’s Café, Seakor Polish Deli

4. Andronico’s, Cinderella Bakery, New World Market, Ocean Beach Café, Salumeria di Bella

PIZZA

1.  Giorgio’s, Pizzetta 211

2. Gaspare’s Pizzeria, Village Pizzeria 

3. Fiorella

4. Firehouse

5. Donairo’s, Golden Edge, Pizza Joint

6. Boudin, Devil’s Teeth

SANDWICH

1.  Lou’s Café

2. Arguello Super Market

3. AK Meats, Angelina’s, Bazaar Café

4. Chomp N’ Swig

5. Toy Boat by Jane

6. Boudin, Giorgio’s, Ham & Cheese, Mr. Banh Mi, Pizza Joint, Proposition Chicken, Salumeria di Bella, The Spanish Table

SEAFOOD

1.  Pacific Café

2. PPQ Dungeness Island

3. Park Chalet, Pearl 6101

STEAK

1. KoJa Kitchen, Park Chalet, Pearl 6101

2. Chapeau, Heritage, Mel’s Drive In, Pacific Café, The Richmond, Violet’s

SUSHI

1.  Little Sushi Bar

2. Kazoku, Kitaro

3. Ariake

4. Kabuto

5. Sushi Bistro, Tanuki, Wako, Yuubi

6. Arashi, Daigo, Harajuku, Izakaya Mayumi, Miki, Mizutani, Sakesan

VEGETARIAN

1.  Nourish Café

2. Thai Time

3.  Bai Som Thai, Bazaar Café, Blue Danube, Burma Superstar, Cassava, Keeva, Mandalay

ETHNIC FOOD

CHINESE

1.  Hunan Café 2

2. Chili House, Good Luck Dim Sum, Kirin, Spices

3. Dragon Beaux, Emperor Palace, Tsing Tao

4. Dumpling Alley, Empero Taste, HoDaLa, Hong Kong Lounge, Kam’s, Ken Kee, Mamahuhu, Melissa’s, Shanghai House, Shai Lai, Sichuan Home, Sichuan Tasty, Tenglong, Thai Time, Ton Kiang, Wing Lee

EUROPEAN

1.  Chapeau Bistro

2. Café Europa, Steins

3. Cinderella Bakery

4. Seakor Polish Deli

5. Fiorella, The Richmond

INDIAN

1.  India Clay Oven

2. Keeva Indian Kitchen, Ocean Indian Cuisine

3. Star India

ITALIAN

1.  Bella Trattoria

2. Fiorella, Gaspare’s Pizza

3. Giorgio’s Pizzeria

4. Corks, Little Henry’s, Mescolanza, Pearl 6101

JAPANESE

1.  Kazoku

2. Ariake Sushi, Little Sushi Bar

3. Kitaro, Tanuki, Volcano, Wako

4. Bread N Chu, Halu, Ichiraku Ramen, Kabuto, Kufuya, Mizutani, Sakana Bune, Sushi Bistro, Tekka

KOREAN

1.  Han Il Kwan

2. Brothers

3. Jang Soo BBQ, Jijime, My Tofu House

4. Muguboka

5. Kim Son, KoJa Kitchen, Korean Market

MEDITERRANEAN

1.  Lokma

2. Aziza

3. Al-Masri Egyptian/ Bitchin’ Baklava

4. Hummus Bodega

5. Bistro Mediterraneo, Kitchen Istanbul

6. Café Europa

MEXICAN

1.  Taqueria Los Mayas, Tia Margarita

2. Tommy’s

3. Gordo Taqueria

4. Chino’s Taqueria

5. Pancho’s

6. Caliente

SOUTHEAST ASIAN

1.  Mandalay

2. Burma Superstar 

3. Pagan

4. Khan Toke Thai, Kim Son Vietnamese, Hard Knox

5. B Star, Thai Time, Bazaar Café

6. Le Soleil, Lily, Patpong Thai, Pho Huong Viet, PPQ, Thanh Thanh Café, Y & Y Vietnamese

DESSERTS

BAKERY

1.  Bazaar Café

2. Cinderella

3. Arsicault

4. Schubert’s

5. Bitchin’ Baklava

6. Toy Boat by Jane

7. Breadbelly, Butter Love, Moscow & Tbilisi

8. Boudin, Lung Fung

9. House of Bagels

ICE CREAM

1.  Joe’s

2. Toy Boat by Jane

3. Bill’s Place

DONUTS

1. All Star

2. Golden Donuts

3. Bitchin’ Baklava, Butter Love

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