• Love Shack (in the Hub)
• VA Barbeque (across the street)
• Bright Spot Coffee (across the street)
• Final Gravity (craft beer across the street)
• Cary Street Burgers (down the street)
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens (across the street - 3 places inside – Buffet, Garden Cafe, and Tea House)
• HobNob on Hermitage (one block to the west)
• Eat 33 on Staples Mill Rd.(down Hilliard Ave.)
• Pho 79 on Staples Mill Rd.(beside Eat 33)
• Dunkin Donuts on Staples Mill Rd.
• Shelly’s Comida (Staples Mill beside Dunkin')

Places to visit (within a 25-mile radius):

• Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens (across the street)

• Bryan Park (On Lakeside Ave.)

• VMFA (VA Museum Fine Arts) on Arthur Ashe Blvd.

• Science Museum of Virginia on Broad St.

• Children’s Museum of Richmond (next to the Science Museum)

• State Capital Building (downtown)
• Canal Walk (downtown)
• Black History Museum
• The Valentine Museum
• There are many Henrico County Parks in the area

Events (throughout the year):

• Lakeside Farmer’s Market (Wednesday and Saturday mornings during the season) 

• South of the James Farmer's Market in Bryan Park

• Lewis Ginter Plant sale (biannual)

• Lewis Ginter Festival of Lights (November and December)