August 9, 2006
Joe’s Inn
Richmond magazine is out with its annual Best and Worst edition. Someone at Richmond magazine must get fed free, be related to management or ownership, or live on Shields Avenue without transportation or the energy to walk a few blocks for Joe’s Inn to receive not one but two best wins – Best Neighborhood Takeout Joint and Best Place for Weekday Breakfast. Now I could understand if Joe’s won for Surliest Wait Staff, Most Mediocre Food, or Succeeding for No Explanation. Well, maybe not in that last category, because there’s plenty of other competition (think Crazy Greek, McLean’s, Robin Inn, ad nauseam) in Richmond to make that category a real toss-up, but I am never amazed by what Richmonders considers a good restaurant.
Does anyone remember what really great restaurant was adjacent to Joe’s on Shields Avenue? Even better do you remember what their "special" was?
Kate Andrews said,
August 9, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
FYI: Readers — not Richmond magazine staff — vote on the Best and Worst winners by ballot. No one here is related to or paid by Joe’s Inn, and finally, the Bon Air location also has an active takeout and breakfast business.
Thanks,
Kate Andrews
Richmond magazine associate editor
Chris said,
August 9, 2006 @ 5:37 pm
Awww snap…seriously though, Joe’s Inn is exceptional only in how absolutely mediocre it truly is. Best place for a weekday breakfast should have been Karen’s Diner, hands down. As for best take out, I have no idea.
MaxPower said,
August 10, 2006 @ 7:27 am
I like Joe’s Inn. My wife says it has the 2nd best club sandwich around.
Also Karen’s destroys other places for breakfast.
I think if you want a Joe’s Inn *type* place, Perly’s is waaaaay better though. (1st best Club Sandwich).
Susan said,
August 11, 2006 @ 7:54 am
This made me want Joe’s Inn so badly that I went there last night for dinner. I have a Spaghetti Albert tattoo on my forearm. And a Fat Albert tattoo on my calf.
More importantly, with the ten thousand delicious Thai places in town, Tara Thai, the puzzlingly nautica-themed bohemoth in Short Pump gets the top prize? I wept a little about it as I shoved Joe’s Inn food into my face.
steve said,
August 14, 2006 @ 2:46 pm
I would vote for Joe’s in the ‘Funniest Smelling’ restuarant category.
They do great breakfast though
Tina said,
August 15, 2006 @ 9:45 am
Thank God it’s finally out in the open. Joe’s is great…for what it is. The best…highly highly debatable. Unbelievable that Indochine isn’t included…beautiful service, presentation, and atmosphere.
Janice said,
November 14, 2006 @ 12:28 pm
Richmond area has a Restaurant that has lasted for 35 years and still has the same menu and most times people ae waiting to get in the door. This in itself is a statement regarding Joe’s Inn, A Richmond Institution. The food is worth waiting for and the portions are astrnomical.
If you have never been to Joe’s treat yourself to a good meal.