"I still have to pinch myself sometimes," Kirwan told hosts Scott Wise and Robey Martin on the latest episode of Eat It, Virginia! "I got to go into every show and some of my favorite bands came through. Two of my favorite things in life, music and food, and now they're kind of together."

Daisy's came together almost serendipitously.

Kirwan's business partner, Rawleigh Easley (who also owns Neighbor restaurant), had been doing catering work with NewMarket Corporation, the company behind both the restaurant's build-out.

"It originally started as a kitchen to cater whatever to the amphitheater, and then rolled into the idea of doing a restaurant," Kirwan explained.

The name?

That comes from Annie Hazelgrove, NewMarket's director of private events, whose dog Daisy inspired both the resta

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