LEE GREGORY,
CHEF owner
Lee Gregory is a three-time James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist for best chef Mid-Atlantic and StarChef Rising Star. Though raised in South Carolina, Chef Gregory has a long culinary history in Virginia, having worked under chef Dale Reitzer at Acacia in Richmond for five years before moving to Six Burner, then Mockingbird in Staunton, and Blue Light Grill in Charlottesville. Lee returned to Richmond in 2011 to open The Roosevelt in Church Hill where he served as co-owner and Executive Chef from 2011-2018. In 2014, he helped open Bon Air favorite, Southbound , where is currently co-owner and chef. Alewife is Lee’s first solo venture.
AWARDS & HONORS
Voted “South’s Best New Restaurant 2020” by Southern Living Magazine
Esquire Magazine “Best New Restaurants in America 2019”
GQ Magazine 2019 “Best New Restaurants in America”
Elbys Best New restaurant 2019
Zagat Nov 2016 "Culinary Road Trip"
Richmond Magazine 2016 Best and Worst "Best New Restaurant"
Bon Appetit "America Best New Restaurant 2015" nominee
Style Weekly 2015 Best Dinner and Best Chef runner up
James Beard Foundation Best Chef Semi-finalist Nominee Mid-Atlantic 2013, 2014 & 2015
Chef & Restaurant of the Year Elby’s 2014
StarChef.com Rising Star Winner 2014 Washington DC area
Southern Living's 100 Best Restaurants in the South 2014
ArEa CONSERVATION EFFORTS
The VCU Rice Rivers Center is a 494-acre field station along the James River devoted to environmental research, teaching and public service.
VA Oyster Shell Recycling Program
The VCU Rice Rivers Center is a 494-acre field station along the James River devoted to environmental research, teaching and public service and is the home of the of the VA Oyster Shell Recycling Program (VOSRP). The VOSRP is a collaborative, community-based environmental restoration program that collects waste shell from Virginia restaurants, seafood retailers and the general public and returns it to the Chesapeake Bay as part of the VCU’s oyster restoration initiative.
Alewife will donate $0.25 to Chesapeake Bay Foundation per entrée sold from October 1, 2018-September 31, 2019 with a minimum guaranteed amount of $3,500.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is saving the Bay through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration.
SEASONAL CLOSINGS
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas; Dec 24th, 25th
New Year’s Day
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