Restaurant Challenge
The Anthem LemonAid Restaurant Challenge invites area restaurants to create a lemon-inspired menu item during LemonAid weekend and donate a portion of that item's sales.
Congratulations to our 2020 winner, Pescados. Past winners include Garden Grove Brewing and Urban Winery, Sugar Shack, Buz and Ned's Real Barbecue and Hardywood Park Craft Brewery.
If you would like to participate in the 2021 Restaurant Challenge, email with your lemon dish/drink. Promote your participation by using the hashtag #RVALemonChallenge. The winner of the 2021 Anthem LemonAid Restaurant Challenge will win one complimentary segment on Virginia This Morning generously donated by our media sponsor, CBS 6.
Participating 2020 locations included:
Chicken Piccata
Lemon Pepper Wings
Lemon Drop Martini
Ginger Peach Sangria with lemon
Lemon Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich with Lemon Frosting
Chicken Piccata
Lemon Pepper Wings
Lemon Drop Martini
Ginger Peach Sangria with lemon
Lemon Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich with Lemon Frosting
Rosemary Mojitos
Lemon Blueberry Pie
Fresh squeezed lemonade
B&B lemonade (Jim Beam, blackberry jam and fresh squeezed lemonade)
Limoncello Cake
Lemon Drop Donut
Lemon Crumb Bar
Lemon Drop Milkshake
Lemon Drop Donut
Lemon Crumb Bar
Lemon Drop Milkshake
Participating 2019 locations included:
"Patio Weather" - Mint Iced Tea, Berto Sweet Vermouth, Homemade Lemon Syrup
Innocence & Dreams Belgian Ale
Lemonaid Mule Cocktail
Shrimp Linguini with a champagne lemon beurre blanc
Fresh squeezed lemonade
Lemon pepper wings
Rockfish with a lemon caper butter sauce
Blueberry lavender lemon drop
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
"Who Lives in a Pineapple" - Lemon Martini
Lemon Curd Tart
Bon Air, Boulevard, Grove Avenue, Short Pump & West End locations
Lemon Custard
Crab Cake Appetizer with lemon garlic aioli
Monkfish Meuniere
Slouthside Lemonaid w/ vodka, lemonade and mint
Fresh squeezed lemonade
Boulevard Location:
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
Buz's Hard Lemonade
Slice of Lemon Meringue Pie
West Broad Street Location:
All Boulevard Location items
Sweet Briar Lemonade
Firefly Lemonade
Carytown & Short Pump locations
Lemon Chicken Pasta
Frozen blueberry lemonade
Frozen lemonade
Lemon Amalfi Cake with
Lemon Gelato
Fresh squeezed lemonade