Up for swapsies
Hit up the second Cville Swaps on Sunday, June 3, bearing any homegrown, homemade, or foraged-for items and get some in return. Loot includes baked goods, jam, pickles, granola, eggs, pasta, sausages, fruit, veggies, perennials, seeds, and homebrews. You’ll find out the time and place when you RSVP to cvilleswaps@gmail.com and tell them what you’re bringing.
Cinco de Maya
Maya turns five in June and is celebrating by returning to its June 2007 prices. For the months of June and July, all food will cost what it did when the restaurant opened—like New York strip for $24 instead of $29, the fried oyster appetizer for $9 instead of $11, and all of your favorite sides for $4 instead of $5. Take that, inflation.
One tasty pit stop
The Batesville Country Store that closed last year because of zoning violations, has reopened as Plank Road Exchange under new ownership. Aris and Jessica Cuadra, who ran the Victorian Inn in Luray, opened the “café-market” last month and are making sandwiches to order, salads, and baked goods, with an ABC license, live music, and chef dinners in the works. The market sells cheeses, produce, and packaged goods, making it a handy stop on the way home.
Breakfast by the creek
Moore’s Creek on Monticello Road (next to U-Haul) has become Brenda’s Restaurant By the Creek, and is serving up Southern food and hospitality from 7am until 3pm (8pm on Thursdays and Fridays). Get breakfast all day—like scrapple, eggs poached to order, or the Country Boy’s feast (your choice of tenderloin, pork chop, country ham, ribeye, or salmon cake with two eggs, a side, and bread). Dinner options include favorites like Philly cheesesteaks, spaghetti, meatloaf, and that elusive classic—homemade pie.
