They go by many names. Some are so elusive, the names may as well be aliases. But they could be what saves us. They are, after all, where everyone comes together. Greeks and Turks, Muslims and Christians alike can all get behind the kebab (anglicized Turkish spelling), the kabob (Afghan version), the döner, and the […]
Whether you’re a vegetarian or the kind of person who will pull over at he faintest waft of smoking hickory charcoals, sometimes it’s not a bad idea to just lay off the meat for a spell. Revolutionary Soup and Eppie’s may earn top marks for vegetarian fare in Best of C-VILLE every year, but the […]
This is more about reliability than quality. If you’re looking for something to eat at 1am, how exquisite can you expect the cuisine to be? First thing you need to know is that the place is open. And that alone really narrows the field. And we’re talking mid-week here. We can’t concern ourselves with Friday […]
If every restaurant in the world served only pho, that would be fine by me. Pho is the Vietnamese beef noodle soup sensation that has been sweeping the nation the last 10 years or so. Charlottesville has been a latecomer to the pho scene, but there is one place doing it exactly right. Saturdays and […]
I’ve eaten tacos from propane-fired griddles outside my apartment near downtown Los Angeles, and from the street grills off Garibaldi Square while mingling with mariachis between sets in Mexico City. I’ve partaken of the ubiquitous taco stands of Texas and the cozy Mexican diners on the north side of Chicago. It doesn’t make me an […]
The Painter “I’ll do realism. I’ll do Japanese. Whatever. But if I have a choice, I’ll push the customer toward something that’s going to look good in 20 years,” said Tim Forbus, gazing out the storefront window of his studio at Acme Tattoo on the edge of downtown Staunton. Forbus grew up in Talladega, Alabama, […]
The dame game These days there’s some sort of Derby Dames practice all but one night a week. The more hardcore skaters hit the pavement at least three nights. Stone, Bone, Machete, Beat Box and a few others seem like they are laced up pretty much every night, doing something derby centric. Practicing, trying out […]