Here’s your excuse to go out to eat — it’s for a good cause. Virginia Pride and OutRVA are hosting Dine Out for Pride from Sunday, June 1 to Sunday, June 8, and nearly 30 restaurants are already on board.
Participating restaurants will offer limited-edition menu items — for each signature meal, dessert, or drink sold, $1 will go toward partnering LGBTQ+ organizations. See the list of all participating restaurants to properly plan your week.
Here are a few specials that are already on the table:
Bar Solita, Arts District
Drinks
- Mocktail moment: Fever Dream made with banana, coconut cream, anise, maple, vanilla, pomegranate + hibiscus
- Little Star made with vodka, hibiscus, orange blossom, sour cherry + pink peppercorn
Taste-test new flavor combinations. | Photo by Bar Solita and @itssabbey
Food
- Paella (for two?)
- Dessert moment: Limoncello tiramisu
Bring a date or tag along with a bestie — these plates are worth sharing. | Photo by Bar Solita and @itssabbey
Tarrant’s West, Short Pump
Drinks
- Raspberry Passionfruit Sour made with vodka, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, passionfruit juice + soda water
- Creamy Strawberry Pineapple Martini made with vodka, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, strawberry + lime
- Mocktail moment: Summer Sunrise Mocktail made with watermelon juice, orange juice, lime + soda water
Reign in the summer with these refreshers. | Photo by Tarrant’s West and @annareynolds
New York Deli, Carytown
Drinks
- Hardywood Tropic Like It’s Hot Sour Ale
- Love in Full Bloom made with vodka, peach juice, lemon elderflower liqueur + champagne
- Mocktail moment: No Proof, All Pride made with N/A Figlia, agave, orange juice + soda
Food
- LGBT Sandwich (lettuce, guacamole, bacon + tomato)
- Pride Waffle
- Dessert moment: Rainbow Cheesecake
Go full-send and test your sweet tooth. | Photo by New York Deli
And Dim Sum, Arts District
Drinks
- Mocktail moment: Pop Off Palmer made with jasmine green tea, passionfruit, lemon + strawberry popping boba
- Raspberry Rush made with vodka, St-Germain, raspberry, lime, yuzu + soda
- Mocktail moment: Summer Squeeze made with cucumber, Thai basil, lemon + soda
Flirty and fruity. | Photo by And Dim Sum
Food
- Crispy tofu bao made with Panko-fried tofu, red cabbage, slaw, carrot, cucumber, cilantro, chili oil + kewpie mayo
For the Kewpie Mayo fans. | Photo by And Dim Sum
