Brace yourselves. Restaurantarama is about to shamelessly gush about Bryan Emperor, executive chef of upscale, modern Japanese restaurant Ten. There’s a time and a place to complain about Charlottesville’s restaurant and retail scene getting all swankier-than-thou and expensive. We’re sure to do it again on this very page soon, but not today. Today is for […]
So much news, so little space! First up is the Charlottesville Cooking School. It’s not a restaurant per se (although you do get to eat what you make in class). Still, Restaurantarama considers this part of our purview for two reasons: (1) more informed eaters demand more from our restaurants and that benefits all of […]
Back in February, when Italian eatery Ristorante Al Dente got the boot (ha!) from its second floor Mall location after five years in business, it was to make room for The Upstairs, the new steak and seafood restaurant coming from Mark Brown, who owns the entire building, including Escafé on the first floor. Al Dente […]
With only a few weeks left until the newest Guadalajara opens its puertas on Pantops, Restaurantarama met with…
A few weeks ago, Restaurantarama reported that Just Curry owner Alex George was planning to relocate his establishment in light of the possible landing of a CVS/pharmacy on the spot where George holds his sublease (the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner, which also houses Satellite Ballroom, Plan 9 and Higher Grounds). At the time, […]
Spring is upon us, and that means one thing to Restaurantarama—alfresco dining! Ah—the breeze, the buskers, the poor food servers trying to negotiate pedestrian traffic on the Mall—these are the things we dream about all winter long. One of the many popular Mall patios, of course, is the centrally located outdoor seating of Sal’s Caffe […]
Where’s the Prime beef? You may be asking yourself this question. Turns out, the USDA’s grading for top-quality beef—after Prime, it’s Choice, then Select, then…you don’t really want to know—isn’t readily available around here. There are probably two reasons for that: One, it’s not readily available anywhere—only about 3 percent of beef produced in this […]
By the time you read this, our newest restaurant, The Local, will have opened to the public. Restaurantarama stopped by during the final days of opening preparations to get a bit more dish on this latest dining addition to the Belmont area. Despite being bleary-eyed from his previous night’s soft opening for friends and family, […]
By now, you’ve probably heard that a CVS/pharmacy is looking to stake a claim on the Corner. Last week our own John Ruscher reported on c-ville.com that the owner of the Anderson Brothers Building, which houses Satellite Ballroom, Plan 9, Higher Grounds and Just Curry, confirmed that the chain store giant has been scoping out […]
We’ve been covering the coming of this tiny eatery on Second Street SE since last fall. That’s when the space’s previous iteration as Atomic Burrito closed and the business was sold, and Restaurantarama for one was really bummed. For such an itty bitty place, Atomic was generous with the portions as well as the vibe—thanks […]