Sarah Golibart Gorman, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

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

Culture Food & Drink

The Jervey glows up Belmont and the Peter Chang era ends

If you’ve caught The Jervey’s virtual tour on socials (@thejervey on Instagram), you know this new Belmont steakhouse in the former service station across from Mas is pure mid-century chic—think starburst chandeliers, wall-to-wall windows, and a martini list to match. The menu dazzles beyond steak, with brick-pressed chicken, black truffle pasta, and a spread of […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | October 29, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

The ultimate dining raffle returns, and C’ville bakes Chicago

Charlottesville’s own Chris Martin, founder of bakernobakery, took her pan dulce on the road this Labor Day for a takeover at Del Sur Bakery in Chicago—and sold all 730 pastries in just four hours. Invited by Del Sur’s pastry chef and owner Justin Lerias, Martin called it the biggest bake she’s ever done in a […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | September 24, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

Camellias reblooms and greens competition heats up

After debuting Camellias Bar & Roastery last fall on Preston Avenue, restaurateur Kitty Ashi (of Monsoon Siam and other Thai kitchens around town) has opened Camellias Coffee & Tea in the Tenth Street Warehouses. The new café—taking over the former Mudhouse space—pours everything from ceremonial-grade matcha and smoky, nutty hojicha, to fruit teas, milk teas, […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | August 27, 2025

Culture Food & Drink

Celebrating 30 years of princess cake, the tomato harvest, and DIY cocktails

This is your excuse to grab hold of that baguette door handle, and whisk yourself into Albemarle Baking Company for a slice of princess cake. A cornerstone of Charlottesville’s food scene, the bakery was founded by husband-and-wife team Gerry Newman and Millie Carson in 1995. When the shop outgrew its first home on the Downtown […]

Sarah Golibart Gorman | July 30, 2025