Lunch, dinner or weekend brunch – Richmond icon Millie's does it all, and does it well. It's a small, but handsomely designed space with creative seasonal fare. The Devil's Mess – an open-faced omelet with spicy sausage, curry, veg, cheese and avocado – is legendary.
Millie's Diner
Richmond
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
3.53 MILES
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0.43 MILES
Contains the world's largest collection of manuscripts and memorabilia of poet and horror-writer Edgar Allan Poe, who lived and worked in Richmond…
1.05 MILES
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19.63 MILES
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Petersburg National Battlefield Park
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National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
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West of downtown and inside the privately run Pamplin Historical Park, the excellent National Museum of the Civil War Soldier illustrates the hardships…
Richmond National Battlefield Park
1.49 MILES
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Perched above the James River rapids, this tranquil cemetery contains the gravesites of two US presidents (James Monroe and John Tyler), the only…
Nearby Richmond attractions
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It was here that firebrand Patrick Henry uttered his famous battle cry – 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death!' – during the rebellious 1775 Second Virginia…
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Contains the world's largest collection of manuscripts and memorabilia of poet and horror-writer Edgar Allan Poe, who lived and worked in Richmond…
3. White House of the Confederacy
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Part of the multisite American Civil War Museum, this fascinating exhibit – housed inside an 1861 iron works that at its height employed 800 free and…
7. Richmond National Battlefield Park
1.49 MILES
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The Virginia War Memorial, dedicated to all branches of service who served in all theaters of American combat since World War II, is an impressive…