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More than 500 people packed into the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday night for the fifth annual Elbys, Richmond’s restaurant awards ceremony.

This year, the Elby judges — food editors and writers from national industry publications — spread the awards around the Richmond dining scene.

Dutch & Company took home the big prize for Restaurant of the Year. Co-owners Michelle Shriver, Caleb Shriver and Phil Perrow opened the restaurant in 2013 at 400 N. 27th St. in Church Hill. The restaurant won Best Cocktail program in 2014, and Perrow was named Rising Culinary Star the same year.

Owen Lane, who ran the Magpie in Carver District for four years before closing it last summer, was named Chef of the Year for his work at his new restaurant, Vagabond. Vagabond opened in the former Coda space adjacent to the National music venue in November, a few days shy of making the cut to be nominated for Best New Restaurant that opened between Nov. 1, 2014, and Oct. 31, 2015.

Southbound, the Bon Air-area restaurant that chefs Lee Gregory of the Roosevelt and Joe Sparatta of Heritage opened in November 2014 with business partner Matt Gottwald, was named Best New Restaurant.