Fairy good year
After a 95-year ban, absinthe, one of the last great taboos, is legal and, better yet, available in Charlottesville at Zinc.
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Fairy good year
Drinking absinthe at a birthday party, and other green ideas
After a 95-year ban, absinthe, one of the last great taboos, is legal and, better yet, available in Charlottesville at Zinc.
We Ate Here
A Corner newcomer but by no means new to the game, Rita’s dishes up a delicious version of gelato with layers of thick, luscious custard and a variety of Italian ice flavor options. Whether for top-to-bottom tunneling or layer-by-layer excavation, we found this a tasty alternative to the standard ice cream cone. Some of our […]
Money matters
My parents were visiting over Columbus Day weekend when the inevitable question arose. “So, Nell, have you been following the crisis on Wall Street?” my father asked. “I’ve been trying. I’ve been reading the paper but…” “But what?” “But that doesn’t mean I understand it!” My father then proceeded to summarize what I already knew […]
Beach blanket burritos
You do need a shirt and shoes to dine at High Tide Burrito, a new little taco shack of a place that opened a month ago
What's cookin'?
What’s cookin’? Can these chefs whip up something delicious from a seasonal local farm basket? You betcha. Advertisement: Great Plates! LOCAL RESTAURANTS SHARE THEIR MENU HIGHLIGHTS HERE
The hard sell
Twenty years after Governor Gerald Baliles declared October to be Virginia Wine Month, the industry seems to be drowning in marketing.
Music man
We at C-VILLE like to give our little birds that have flown props when those little birds land, as they sometimes do, on wire worth noting. Former C-VILLE music writer and online editor John Ruscher, also the founder of Nailgun Media, flew the coop after spending over more than a year writing nerdy-but-still-cool reviews, columns, […]
A growing partnership
The trouble with using local foodstuffs in the restaurant world is that availability is unpredictable and expensive.
We Ate Here
We feel like we ate our way through Europe in sandwich form. Layered generously with fresh avocado, Cafe Europa’s Black Sea felt decadent, but avoided over-richness with the bite of black olives, thin slices of red onion, tomato, sprouts, and a bright lemon dressing. Everything was both fresh and refreshing at this Corner hideaway, including […]
The man from Champagne
Making sparkling wine is a complex and difficult process, more so in many ways than making still wine.