Vice features Mekong, citing restaurant for igniting Richmond’s craft beer scene

Vice has put out a cool article highlighting Mekong, which it calls an unassuming strip mall restaurant responsible for launching Richmond’s craft beer scene–one that’s garnered national attention.

Learn a little history about the restaurant, its owner An Bui, and how this Vietnamese staple propelled craft beer forward in the River City.

From Vice:

To passersby, the Mekong Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Richmond, Virginia isn’t notable. It sits in a strip mall on Broad Street, not far from Interstate 64 and just up the street from an AmeriPawn and the Colonial Shooting Academy. Inside, it looks like every nearly every other casual Vietnamese restaurant in the country: yellow lighting, wooden tables, pictures of friends and family hung from the walls. According to the regulars, little about the restaurant has changed in the last 20 years. But this single restaurant is responsible for Richmond’s conversion from “Richmond: One of America’s Murder Capitals” to “Richmond, One of America’s Best Beer Cities,” and rising contender for Coolest Place to Live.

Check out the full article here.