Big weddings are so 2019. All you need for a great reception is enough room for those you truly love—sorry weird college roommates and mom’s bridge group—a dance floor, and gourmet sustenance. “I think smaller venues are going to be very popular in the coming year,” says Patrick McClure of Downtown Mall event space Penny […]
Almost 50 percent of Instagram users say they’re interested in food/drink, according to the analysts at Business of Apps. And 100 percent of Instagram users consume food/drink, according to the analysts at Basic Common Sense. So, how does one sort through Instagram’s thousands of gustatorial graphics to find a few that actually interest them? Check […]
Khadija Hemmati fled Afghanistan in 2016, looking for opportunities not available to women in her home country. She landed in Charlottesville and has found those opportunities in the form of a catering business and farmers’ market stall she calls Khadija’s Kitchen. Hemmati recently spoke with Knife & Fork about her journey. Knife & Fork: How […]
T he Bottle House opened on West Main early this year, and the craft beverage and artisanal foodstuffs boutique has some serious pedigree. Daniel Kaufman and Guillaume Gasparini met coming up “in the wine world,” Kaufman says, and the two budding restaurateurs bonded for years over their love of the vine. Kaufman climbed through the […]
Community Bikes has been providing bicycles to Charlottesville kids and adults in need since 2001, but with the widespread rush to ride over the past calendar year, the nonprofit has shifted into another gear. According to Director of Community Development Lauren Riegl, Community Bikes doubled revenues from 2019 to 2020. The organization was fully registered […]
The third and final construction phase for the swanky C&O Row townhomes is complete, bringing to an end a several-year housing project that was not without its controversy. “We are completely sold out, occupied, and moved in,” says Tom Ridley, vice president of sales for homebuilder Evergreen Construction. “We are done and closed out on […]
When they set out to reimagine the Senior Center facility more than 10 years ago, the architects at local firm Bushman Dreyfus knew they could be part of something special. The Center had grown into a nationally acclaimed senior community organization under the leadership of executive director Peter Thompson. First accredited in 2002, it went […]
Beer drinkers are weaning themselves off of so many unfortunate St. Patrick’s Day traditions. Green beer? Gone. Drinking enough to shame their Irish forebears by the end of the night? Well, mostly gone. The next step? Reaching for a locally made, artisanal stout or porter, rather than that well-known macro sludge. No, we’re not talking […]
S.A. Cosby set out to be the next Stephen King. But he soon turned to a life of crime writing, and his latest noir caper, Blacktop Wasteland, may have pulled him in too deep to let him out. “I love writing about crime because it’s something everyone can understand,” Cosby says. “The platform makes it […]
Between 1980 and 1994, Christian/gospel music sales grew from $190 million to $390 million. And some folks in the business were uncomfortable with that success. Because gospel music is different. “Were the contemporary gospel artists who experimented with the rhythms of funk, disco, and hip-hop more concerned with selling records than with saving souls?” wonders […]