Sally Bell’s + Richmond History Center = Win
That’s right, starting October 4 (that’s a week from today) you can get Sally Bell’s deliciousness while you’re getting your learning on at the Valentine Richmond History Center.
That’s right, starting October 4 (that’s a week from today) you can get Sally Bell’s deliciousness while you’re getting your learning on at the Valentine Richmond History Center.
From the RHC..
The Valentine Richmond History Center, the only museum dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond’s 400-year history, welcomes Sally Bell’s Kitchen as the new operator of the museum’s on-site café. The locally owned eatery has been serving homemade sandwiches, salads and desserts to Richmond residents for almost nine decades and thus aligns with the History Center’s commitment to supporting local institutions. Sally Bell’s at the History Center will begin weekday lunch service on Monday, October 4th.
“Our new partnership with Sally Bell’s is a perfect marriage of two historic Richmond institutions,” said Bill Martin, director of the History Center. “A Sally Bell’s lunch in our garden will become a new tradition for residents, visitors and the downtown community.”
“The garden and facility at the Richmond History Center is an ideal fit for Sally Bell’s Kitchen,” said Scott Jones, Sally Bell’s manager. “We look forward to a presence downtown to serve all of our lunchtime friends.”
Established in1924 by Elizabeth Lee Milton of Gloucester and Sarah “Sallie” Cabell Jones of Ashland, Sarah Lee Kitchen, as it was originally named, set up shop at Grace and Pine streets across from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and around the corner from what is now Virginia Commonwealth University. The kitchen began as a wholesaler of baked goods, based on family recipes that are still in use today, but eventually switched to retail service.
In the early 1940s, by then owned solely by Sallie Jones, the kitchen moved to its current location at 708 E. Grace Street and became involved in a trademark dispute with the Chicago-based Kitchens of Sara Lee. The Jones family eventually sold the rights to its name and became Sally Bell’s Kitchen in 1959. It has remained in the Jones family ever since, now run by the third generation, with the fourth generation already involved.
In May 2010, Sally Bell’s began offering a summer menu at The Landing at Byrd Park and assumed management of paddle boat operations.
Beginning Monday, October 4th, Sally Bell’s at the History Center will offer a lunch menu to include sandwiches, soups, salads and cupcakes, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the garden behind the Wickham House. Boxed lunch orders also will be available at this location.
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Valerie Catrow
Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.
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