All souped up: The best in local stews

All souped up Few things take the chill off your bones like hot soup. And when you want to feed your hunger as well as your soul, there’s its heartier sibling, stew. These restaurants are ladling up some of the tastiest bowlfuls of warmth and comfort around. Petit Pois The French onion soup at Petit […]

Crozet eats

With the Crozet Musical Festival September 30-October 2, we’re focusing our hungry appetites on our Albemarle neighbor. Here’s how to eat your way through Crozet—breakfast, lunch, dinner and beyond.—Christy Baker Breakfast: Southern Way Café (5382 Three Notch’d Rd., 823-9450) The Good Ole Boy Breakfast is just what you’d expect: two eggs cooked to order with […]

Small Bites

The Commonwealth’s Commonwealth Come Friday, Charlottesville will have its own skybar! It’s not the original one planned for the now-defunct Landmark Hotel, but Commonwealth Restaurant’s Skybar is a bar under the sky—and open as of September 23. With 16 beers on tap, a menu of upscale bar favorites blessed with Chef Alex George’s Caribbean/Latin American […]