Thinking of you
The holiday season is fast approaching. This means one thing: The annual time to feel the pressure to say the things you feel in your heart to the people you […]
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.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]