Small Bites: This week's restaurant news

Calling all chocolate and history lovers It seems Thomas Jefferson was a chocoholic too, and on Saturday, February 4, from noon-4pm, Monticello will serve up history enrobed in chocolate. From 1-1:30pm, get a lesson on its history in colonial times and see an 18th century method of grinding roasted cacao beans with sugar and spices. You’ll […]

Zap McConnell ties it all together in "The Unearthing"

"The Unearthing” started with some digging. Last spring, while local activist and artistic educator extraordinaire Zap McConnell was in California for a dance production, she happened to be doing some research on mountain top removal. On the website Ilovemountains.org, she typed in her zip code and uncovered the fact that much of Charlottesville’s power comes […]

Local indie rockers expand their reach

Adam Smith might be best known as front man of local rock group Invisible Hand, but he’s never short on other musical outlets, from the unpredictable sonic explorations of side projects like Great Dads and Articulate Chewbacca and his frequent DJ gigs, to his time as The Bridge/PAI’s first music coordinator and a member of […]

Health nut: how to eat healthy at restaurants

(Photo by Cramer Photo) Health nut Eating well is tricky, and if you dine out regularly, it’s easy to pack on pounds. Luckily, many Charlottesville restaurants take our health to heart and offer lower-cal, high flavor food that’s so good you won’t even know you’re eating right.—Eric Angevine Fresh, fast, and simple is the tune […]

Pasta perfetta

The ultimate in fork-twirling, noodle-slurping, chin-slapping, sauce-swabbing comfort food needs no real introduction. We all love pasta—from the authentically al dente to the Italian-American alfredo—but here are a half dozen primo plates around town good enough to share with your Italian grandma.—Megan Headley (Photos by Cramer Photo) It’s almost a crime to eat at tavola […]