Star turns West Main restaurant L’étoile welcomes a new chef this week. Jonathon Gariepy joins the restaurant from Florida, where he worked at The Rivers Inn and under the master chef at the Gasparilla Inn. The former Earlysville resident’s adventures down south, says L’etoile head chef and owner Mark Gresge, instilled in Gariepy a love […]
German in origin and an American trademark, these tubular treats are the original carryout. From your basic ballpark to your fancy frankfurter, they’re served a gazillion different ways. Good luck finding a favorite.—Jenée Libby, with additional reporting by Megan Headley Measure twice, chomp once: Jak-N-Jil’s Jonathan Clark makes sure the dogs at the E. High […]
Looking for flights back from our impending 9-month stay in London. My husband has a Fulbright, and we’ll be in Leeds, England,
Hand-picked and homemade Flowers can add beauty and flavor to both savory and sweet dishes at home, but think of flowers like mushrooms: If you’re not certain they’re edible, don’t eat them. Consult a reference first, or get your flowers from a source who grows them without pesticides. Borage tastes like cucumber, adding a fresh […]
Baldi hacked? Imagine our surprise last week when, after nearly a year with nary a word, once-local restaurateur and now-infamous runaway Jim Baldi accepted our Facebook friend request, along with 21 others. We suspect it wasn’t the former Bel Rio owner himself who logged on, but at least one of his new friends left a […]
What were you doing when we called? I was checking out baseball scores and sitting with my dog. I just got home from work. I have a part-time job at the University. I work for the transportation training academy, and we basically set up workshops for road crews, and we do construction and design classes, […]
Last year, Albemarle County Supervisor Ken Boyd told C-VILLE that he had “all but come to the conclusion” that he would not run for reelection. It turns out that “but” was a fairly big one: Boyd announced last week that he planned to pursue a third term on the board. Earlier this year, Boyd […]
Tofu me once Hugely versatile, tofu adds texture to soup or dip, stir fry or po-boy. With 11 grams of protein per 100-calorie serving, it’s a vegetarian standard-bearer. Not to mention a tasty addition to any foodie’s repertoire.—Jenée Libby BBQ Exchange’s “Fu-Q” Chef Craig Hartman’s ‘cue masterpiece swims in spicy jerk marinade for seven days, […]
Rich history Ready folks? This story might get hectic. Back in 1971, Margarita and Nick Vlavianos opened Expresso International Restaurant on West Main. They followed that up with The Italian Villa, which they sold in 2004 to new owners, who renamed it The Villa five years later. Meanwhile, Margarita and Nick came out of retirement […]
Two decades before UVA welcomed its inaugural class, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Littleton Waller Tazewell, future Virginia governor, about his hopes for the University of Virginia. “What was useful two centuries ago is now become useless,” wrote Jefferson. “What is now deemed useful will in some of its parts become useless in another century.” And […]