Gate-side beer and bites in Terminal 1
By the Terminal 1 concourse at Richmond International, Sam Adams Celebrates Richmond opens early at 5:00 a.m. and shuts down around 7:30 p.m. daily. It’s a sit-down dining spot with a full bar, so you can get an actual meal and a draft instead of grabbing another pre-made sandwich box.
The menu runs through standard bar food and airport comfort basics: burgers, fries, wings, and salads, all priced in the usual airport range where a sandwich and soft drink can hit around $18–$22. Drafts lean heavily on Sam Adams labels, with seasonal taps rotating a couple of times a year, and pours are the typical 16 oz size. Morning hours cover basic breakfast plates and coffee if you’re here before a 7:00 a.m. departure.
Service pace lines up with airport timing: plan on about 25–30 minutes for a sit-down meal when it’s busy in the late afternoon bank of departures. Seating is mostly high-tops near the bar, so it’s easy to keep an eye on flights on the nearby Terminal 1 gate screens. Since this is post-security, you’re fine to walk over with boarding pass in hand and head straight to your gate afterward.
One tip: if your flight boards in under 30 minutes, skip table service and just grab a drink or quick appetizer at the bar so you’re not sprinting back to the gate when they call final boarding.