Lemaire Restaurant Review
The Jefferson Hotel
101 W. Franklin St. (Jefferson St.) 
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Richmond, VA 23220
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking (complimentary)
- Business casual
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 After a trumpeted restaurant redo, The Jefferson Hotel unveiled Lemaire. Keeping the same name (an homage to Thomas Jefferson’s maître d’), it now offers a contemporary centerpiece bar along with the airy, previously restored Conservatory overlooking Franklin Street, but its warren of dining rooms retains the elegance of crystal chandeliers and genteel molding befitting this venue. And though the refined décor still makes you want to sit up straight, the Southern-respecting menu is flexible and relaxed. Veteran chef Walter Bundy has fashioned categories such as “cold” (brandy peppercorn-dusted beef tartare, for one) and “hot” (such as bourbon braised Ayrshire Farms pork belly) that can be mixed and matched into any size repast. Entrées exude comfort as much from their creativity and components (Berkshire pork chop with creamy mac ‘n’ cheese, all-day collards and coco-cola barbecue) as their prices; nothing over $30 and some below $20. A foie gras sauce-anointed “Barnyard” burger with sunny-side up egg is as impressive as a burger gets. Lemaire’s “Virginia Green” certification shines through not just in a regional, seasonal consciousness, but right down to the mint in the ginger mojito hailing from The Jefferson’s own urban garden.
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