Sarah Golibart Gorman, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

Fitness advocate creates his own plant-based energy bar

Sean Simmons digs into his lunch, the same oat bowl he’s been making for more than a decade. The bowl that inspired RVPBar, his line of plant-based energy bars. If his Instagram videos of flipping tractor tires aren’t proof enough, Simmons takes his fitness seriously. He’s cut like an ultrarunner or pro boxer, two sports […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | August 26, 2026

Culture Food & Drink

The Nook celebrates 75 years of coffee clutch confidentials

Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall diner, The Nook, turns 75 this year, and beyond serving your breakfast and lunch homestyle favorites—eggs Benedict with Edwards Virginia Smokehouse country ham and fried green tomatoes, sausage gravy, classic double patty burgers, BLTs, milkshakes, and crinkle-cut fries—the restaurant is collecting stories and memorabilia to commemorate its rich history of bringing the […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | August 12, 2026

Culture Small Bites

New bakery piles up Southern comforts

Fresh biscuits are on the rise at Pour Baker, a new bakery from owner Cammy Lu that’s serving scratch-made Southern comfort alongside her signature “shake-and-pour” baking mixes. Stop in for buttermilk biscuits piled high with fried chicken, country ham, or bacon, egg, and cheese, then save room for pie. Choose from a classic apple slice, […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | July 15, 2026

Culture Small Bites

A walk to remember, and SugarBear grows

A stretch of West Main now carries a little more history. On May 30, the city unveiled Mel’s Walk, an honorary street designation recognizing the life and legacy of Melvin Eugene Walker, the longtime owner of Mel’s Cafe. Between Seventh and Eighth streets NW, beside the restaurant’s longtime home, the newly named block honors the […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | June 10, 2026

Culture Small Bites

The Enemy throws in, Peter Chang returns, and chicken persists

If you love the empanadas at Cumbre Bakery, try them all dressed up at the Downtown Mall’s newest fine dining restaurant, The Enemy. Opened in late April in York Place, this new creation from Cumbre founders Augusto Rodriguez Araoz and Juan Brandan sees their beloved bakery roots flexed into a full menu—while the original East […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | May 13, 2026

Culture

Cheesemaker Gail Hobbs-Page explores a European approach

Caromont Farms’ Gail Hobbs-Page recently attended Cheese: A World Around It, the world’s largest event dedicated to raw milk cheese. The conference is held every two years in Bra, Italy, the hometown of Carlo Petrini, founder of the International Slow Food Movement that champions “grandma cooking,” or traditional foodways utilizing whole foods and local, sustainably […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | January 7, 2026

Culture

Tomato parties, quick Brekky, sushi lines, and specialty chicken gave us much to cluck about in 2025

It was a year of torch-passing and table-setting. Albemarle Baking Co. celebrated 30 years of shaping Charlottesville’s bread culture and changed ownership. The sandwich scene on the Corner saw a change of hands at Take It Away while Littlejohn’s settled into permanent retirement. Virginia wine had a banner year—earning national and international accolades and lowering […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | December 24, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

Crozet farm breeds English heritage roasters for your holiday table

At my family’s Thanksgiving, the dishes are always comfortingly the same: homemade cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, and Grandma’s stuffing, briny with Chesapeake Bay oysters. My parents split the double turkey duty, each armed with a bird sourced from the local Food Lion, defrosted and brined for 24 hours. Dad commands the fryer for his, […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | November 12, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

Polina Chesnakova preserves culinary traditions in new cookbook

For UVA alum Polina Chesnakova, writing Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia was a crash course in learning her family’s culinary traditions. “I wanted to document and preserve my family’s recipes and to be able to hand down this culinary heritage to my children […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | November 12, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

I made the City Market Cookbook’s banana pudding tiramisu and you should too

Editor Becky Calvert describes the tiramisu banana pudding recipe in City Market Cookbook as “Southern Grandma meets an Italian Nonna.” Fresh chevre from Caromont Farm replaces mascarpone for a tangy take on the classic dessert. The cookbook is full of recipes like this, unexpected versions of familiar foods. Take l’etoile catering’s pumpkin and Virginia peanut […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | November 5, 2025