The Kiki’s cat is out of the bag—yes, it has been sold by Jeannie Brown to her former partner, Michael Fitzgerald. The latter helped launch the swank spot for late-night lounging and sipping of naturally fruity cocktails back in 2005, but he left the business after about six months and has spent the last few […]
When economic times are tough, morals often go out the window. Think of the repeal of blue laws, for instance. Well, with the current cash crises, it’s now a little blue house that’s going to the dark side, so to speak. Martha’s Café on Elliewood Avenue is getting ready to join in the debauchery of […]
Since we’ve been talking a lot about animal parts these last weeks, we thought it probably was appropriate to spend some time on the other side of the barbed wire fence—with you non-animal-part-eating people. As luck would have it, Mellow Mushroom owner John Adamson called this week to tell us that the Charlottesville location of […]
Last week we brought news of chicken gizzards and livers. This week we bring tidings of beef legs and hoofs. And you thought the cast of “Survivor” ate exotic fare! She’s got the touch: Carolina Sanchez of Cazon Tropical Restaurant and Pupuseria prepares a Central American-style corn tortilla. Nope, it’s little ol’ Charlottesville that came […]
Some people view beer as a food group. You know the type—the ones who prefer to drink their lunches and consume a good portion of their weekly caloric intake in pale ales and porters.
Mark Cosgrove received the “best birthday present ever” when he turned 29 a few months ago.
First lesson in restaurant design: Nothing ever starts on time. Ted Nelson has that one down now. He and his partner, Ben Dagitz, of Design Build Office, are designing the new location of Aroma’s Café in the Barracks Road Shopping Center. It’s the first restaurant project for the one-and-a-half-year-old firm started by Nelson and Dagitz, […]
They aren’t top chefs just yet, but the high school kids in the Culinary Arts program at CATEC (Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center) are No. 1 in our hearts right now. Here’s why: Thanks to a class project that began in November 2007 called “One year of Blessing, Caring, and Thanksgiving to people in need, […]
We made a big mistake when we stopped by Beer Run late afternoon on Christmas Eve to chat with co-owner and daily operations guy John Woodriff. We were interested in checking out the place now that it has been open for a few weeks and finding out from Woodriff how things were going at this […]
Restaurantarama is damned tired. Forget about ringing in the new year with merriment and mayhem at one of our many local hot spots.