List Updated: April 13, 9:30am
If life feels like it changed overnight, man did it.
But for the friendly faces at restaurants and bars around town who know your name, your face and your order, life didn’t just change—it came to a screeching halt.
We have to help, and we can—thanks to numerous resources created by our community linked below. If you’re feeling helpless in the face of this crisis and wondering how you can help, here’s your chance.
We need to protect the vibrancy of our city and the people who make it all possible. These people helped to put us on the map, and after a decade of growth and hustle, they’re the last ones who deserve the shaft.
Give what you can. Individual resources linked below—no amount is too small.
Please share far and wide.
Spreadsheet Totals Update Automatically
I’ve created a Google Sheet embedded below that will scrape the donation total of each fund, it then runs a script to update and sort the sheet, and then updates this page.
Note: Have a fund to add? Leave a comment below.
- Richmond Restaurant Group (RRG) Employee Relief Fund
- EAT Associate Relief Fund*
- Giavos Family Restaurants Employee Relief Fund
- Richmond Restaurant Workers Support Fund
- Sticky Rice Employee Relief Fund
- Dover Hall & Bartizan Employees Need your Help
- R & L Hospitality Employee Relief Fund
- Gus’ and Athens Restaurants Employee Relief Fund
- Support Shagbark Staff
- Secret Sandwich Society Employee Fund
- RVA Hospitality Employee Relief Fund
- Lady N’awlins & F.W. Sullivan’s Employee Relief
- Curbside Cafe Employee Fund
- River City Diner Bellgrade Wait Staff Support Fund
- Sheppard Street Tavern Save Our Staff
- Joe’s Inn the Fan Employee Relief Fund
- The Camel Staff Relief Fund
- Let’s Rally for Rosie’s Staff
- Demi’s Waitstaff Relief Fund
- Laura Lee’s Employee Relief Fund
- Dot’s Back Inn Waitstaff Relief Fund
- Conch Republic Employee Relief Fund
- Goatocado Workers Fund
- Fleming’s Family Fund
- Bandito’s Staff Fund
- Rappahannock Employee Relief Fund
- Broadberry Staff Relief Fund
- New York Deli Employee Relief Fund
- Penny Lane Pub Staff
- Tulsi Indian Cuisine – We Come To You
- Help Kudzu’s Staff
- Help Support Sunset Grill!
- Eat 33 & 66 Employees Fund
- Cary St. Cafe Staff Relief
- Jack Browns RVA Team
- L’Opossum Staff Love Fund
- Babes Tip Jar
- Help Support Home Team Grill in the Fan Staff
- Kreggers Relief Fund
- La Grotta Ristorante Employee Relief Fund
- Helen’s Staff Relief Fund
- Keep Fallout running
- Support Richmond Restaurant Workers
- Siné Richmond Employee Relief Fund
- District 5’s Relief Fundraiser
- Taphouse Employee Relief Fund
- Helping Poor Boys Staff and Families!
- Support Mijas Mexican Kitchen & Cantina
- Barcode Employee Relief Fund
- Help Mojo’s Staff
- Havana ’59 Family COVID-19 Relief Fund
- Julep’s Staff Relief Fund
- Help Buddy’s Staff
- The Local RVA Employee Relief Fund
* Doesn’t include $12,000 contributed by EAT President & Founder Chris Tsui.
Virginia Barsby says
Support Shagbark Staff GoFundMe is up and running
Chad says
Thanks, Virginia. I’ve added.
Stephanie Cox says
Great work in a terrible time. Curbside has a go fund me page, would love to add it to the list.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/curbside-cafe-employee-fund
Thanks Chad!
Chad says
Added. Thanks, Stephanie!
Joanne Hall says
River City Diner Bellgrade Wait Staff Support Fund
Chad says
Added. Thanks, Joanne.
Sheppard Street Tavern says
Thank you for sharing this, Chad. Great work in rough times.
Chad says
You’re welcome, Dave.
Sarah Midgette says
Would be so grateful to add Demi’s Mediterranean Kitchen to the list. Thank You for arranging this site and for all of your support to the great restaurants of RVA ♥️
https://www.gofundme.com/f/demi039s-waitstaff-relief-fund
Chad says
You’re very welcome. Happy to help.
Annie says
Dot’s Back Inn waitstaff relief fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/dots-back-inn-wait-staff-relief-fund
Thank you!
katharine horne says
Dot’s Back Inn waitstaff relief fund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/dots-back-inn-wait-staff-relief-fund
thank you for the support !
Chad says
You’re welcome. It’s been added.
Stephanie Cox says
Conch Republic has a campaign for our folks. Also take out and delivery available daily! Thanks Chad!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/conch-republic-employee-relief-fund
Nancy James says
Fleming’s Family Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fleming039s-family-fund
Chad says
Added. Thanks, Nancy!
Charlene says
Hi Chad, if you would please add:
New York Deli Employee Relief Fund GoFundMe
https://www.gofundme.com/f/new-york-deli-employee-relief-fund
Thank you So much!!
Chad says
You’re welcome.
Elizabeth Watson says
Chad,
Thank you so much for putting this together! Stay well!
Chad says
You’re welcome.
Andy Kerscher says
https://www.gofundme.com/f/penny-lane-pub-staff
Penny Land Staff
Chad says
This was added.
Catherine Wallmeyer says
Hi!!!
Thanks so much for doing this!!! Could you add 3 restaurants for me? I work at all of them and these people are simply amazing to work with! We need all the support we can get!!
Sunset Grill – gofundme available
Eat 33 and Eat 66 – one gofundme page set up for both restaurants.
If I had any extra cash I’d donate myself, but sadly cannot right now. Stay strong Richmond!!
Thanks, Catherine
Chad says
Added. Thanks for sharing.
Michelle says
Please add Cary St. Cafe staff relief!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/cary-st-cafe-staff-relief
Thanks!
Rebecca says
Great idea, Chad!! Jack Browns has one too:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jack-browns-rva-team
Xx reb
Chad says
Added. Thanks, Rebecca.
Melody Lindsay says
Hey can you add us at Babes of Carytown to this list hun https://www.gofundme.com/f/babes-tip-jar
Chad says
Done
Elizabeth Watson says
Thanks again, Chad!
Mary Lou says
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-support-home-team-grill-in-the-fan-staff
Home Team Grill in the Fan
Thank you!
Chad says
Done.
Chad Sumner says
https://www.gofundme.com/f/sine-richmond-employee-relief-fund?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1
Siné Irish Pub RIchmond
Thanks
Chad says
Done
Olga says
Can you please add La Grotta . Thank you! https://www.gofundme.com/f/la-grotta-ristorante-employee-relief-fund
Kaitlyn Kain says
Please add Southern Railway Taphouse and thank you!!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/taphouse-employee-relief-fund
Michael Truxton says
https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-poor-boys-staff-and-families
Poor Boys
Lauren says
Mija’s Cantina
Liz Anderson says
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mojos-staff?utm_source=facebook
Mojo’s has one for their laid off staff
Katherine Cryer-Hassett says
Hi there, I just found this page and wanted to give a thank you to all who have started all of these groups and fundraisers in the goal of supporting and providing for the workers/operators of our local, small businesses.
Havana ‘59 just began their gofundme page and I humbly ask if you can add it to the list as we have about 20 employees who were laid off.
Thank you for your guidance and support at this time.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/havana-03959-family-relief-fund
Janice Vaughan says
The Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse go fund me
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fleming039s-family-fund
Chad says
This fund was already on the list.
Katie J says
The Local Eatery & Pub’s GoFundMe page is up and running now! Thank you! https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-local-pub-rva-employee-relief-fund
Donna blagg says
So I am a restaurant worker how do I get some funds?