RICHMOND, Va. — They met through music, but it’s restaurants where Herbie Abernethy and Josh Novicki have become two of Richmond’s most creative forces in the food world.
The two first crossed paths at East Carolina University in the late 1990s, drawn together by a thriving North Carolina music scene that produced bands like Future Islands and the Avett Brothers.
Abernethy fronted a band called Lo-Fi Conspiracy, which later became Valient Thor, while Novicki was DJing at local clubs…