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Downtown’s brunch landscape has a fresh focal point in The Benedict on Cary, now drawing early crowds at 1331 E. Cary St. in Shockoe Slip. Opened in August 2025, the newcomer keeps a tight daytime window — generally 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, and closed Mondays — signaling a clear bet on Richmond’s breakfast-and-brunch rush.
Set on the eastern end of Shockoe Slip Plaza, the space looks onto a century-old “ghost sign,” a relic of the former Phillips-Lewis warehouses, with patio seating offering a front-row view. It’s opposite Siné, a spot that helps orient anyone navigating the cobblestones — a bit of breakfast theater beneath a fading mural, with trains and traffic humming a block away…