We love eating. And we love Charlottesville, where there’s more than 400 places (we counted) to satisfy a craving. So we wondered: Is it actually possible to dine here ’round-the-clock? The answer, our grumbling-tummied friends, is yes. We came up with a gluttonous experience for you from sun up to sundown and all those hours […]
We love eating. And we love Charlottesville, where there’s more than 400 places (we counted) to satisfy a craving. So we wondered: Is it actually possible to dine here ’round-the-clock? The answer, our grumbling-tummied friends, is yes. We came up with a gluttonous experience for you from sun up to sundown and all those hours […]
Drinking 12 cocktails over the course of six days is a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it. Last week the Tom Tom Founders Festival hosted its first local cocktail competition, which is exactly what it sounds like—a dozen area mixologists were tasked with creating an original craft cocktail for the week of the festival, […]
“Don’t let me push. Hold. Deep breath in, hold. Think about feeling too much on your plate, overly sympathetic, taking on other people’s problems. Let your breath out. Deep breath in. Think about letting people deal with their own stuff, hold, healthy boundaries, breathe out.” “Has this guy been reading my diary?” I think to […]
Festival The Piedmont Arcades Enjoy a night of food, wine and music at Victory Hall Opera’s spring fundraiser and performance. Tenor Will Ferguson, soprano Sari Gruber and Grammy Award-winning pianist Margo Garrett host a concert accompanied by a four-course tasting of food from Palladio Restaurant and wine from Barboursville Vineyards. Sunday, 4/17. $120, 5pm. Barboursville […]
Ivar Aass has been in the booze business for years. The Norway native worked for a wine importer and distributor in New York after college, and before he began distilling for a living, he dabbled in making moonshine and whiskey in his own kitchen. His priority when he arrived in Charlottesville was to produce delicious […]
I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and went to UVA (wahoo-wah!). Between the summers of my third and fourth years, I landed a summer internship that would change my life. It was on the island of Cyprus, the third-largest island in the Mediterranean. While there, I fell in love with the natural, wild ways […]
Charlottesville may be a couple hours away from the nearest ocean, but luckily that doesn’t stop seafood from making its way into the hands of capable fishmongers here in the mountains. We talked to a few of the guys who are making a splash around town. Donnie Glass and Matt Wolf Banyan Day Provisions Donnie […]
Festival Charlottesville Dogwood Festival carnival opening Bring the whole family to the first night of the carnival at this 67th annual event. Enjoy games, rides and more in honor of spring. Thursday 4/7. Free, 5:30-10:30pm. McIntire Park. 961-9824. Nonprofit The Day Soiree Celebrate nonprofits in the local community with this event that features food, games, music, […]
As Tom Tom Founders Festival Director Paul Beyer sits in the audience during Founders Summit talks and hears fellow entrepreneurs and creative visionaries speak about the early days of their startups, the successes they celebrated and obstacles they faced, he can’t help but draw a parallel to the festival itself. The ideas for the festival […]
Tom Tom prepares for edible events Tom Tom Founders Festival is just around the corner, April 11-17, and as the annual festival continues to grow, so does the list of food-and-booze-related activities. Farm to Table Restaurant Week For the third year running, Tom Tom will host a Farm to Table Restaurant Week, presented in partnership […]