Kale’s on wheels Corporate life in Atlanta didn’t appeal to Jessica Hogan. So like so many other Charlottesville natives, she packed up her life and her newly acquired nutrition degree, and headed back home to start over. Her original idea was to open a health food café of sorts, but with the help of the […]
Kale’s on wheels Corporate life in Atlanta didn’t appeal to Jessica Hogan. So like so many other Charlottesville natives, she packed up her life and her newly acquired nutrition degree, and headed back home to start over. Her original idea was to open a health food café of sorts, but with the help of the […]
It started out as a joke of sorts. Local restaurant owner Will Richey was chatting with a buddy about a newly vacant storefront on Fourth Street. “Hey man, you should open a pie shop there,” the friend suggested. Richey originally laughed it off—he already owns Revolutionary Soup, The Whiskey Jar and The Alley Light, and […]
Vivace has been an Italian staple in C’ville for 20 years now. So when the couple that founded the place announced earlier this month they’d be retiring, you’d be forgiven for predicting the end of an era. But Tom (“Zipper”) and Beth Lippman weren’t going out like that. “They wanted to sell it to someone […]
“He absolutely loved his old vet,” says the recent transplant to Charlottesville, making it abundantly clear that I’m about to step into some mighty large shoes. I understand the trepidation, of course. In many cases, I even share it. Your previous veterinarian is someone you built a relationship with. She knew your animals and their […]
I have a bad habit of never complaining at restaurants. Maybe it’s my British heritage. Brits don’t like to draw attention to themselves. When asked, “How is everything?” a Brit could be choking on a poisoned, flaming shard of glass while being pummeled by the bus boy, and would still muster: “Jolly good, thanks.” Why do […]
Dave Fafara says he bought coffee roaster Shenandoah Joe 15 years ago because he couldn’t get a decent cup of coffee in Charlottesville. My how times have changed. Shenandoah Joe recently opened its fourth retail location, adding a Harrisonburg outlet to its formerly three-store roster. After selling the beans wholesale and at City Market for […]
Grin and beer it John Schoeb has spent a career making people’s smiles look better. Now he’s looking to give people a reason to smile. Schoeb, who’s been practicing dentistry in Crozet for nine years, plans to open Pro Re Nata Brewing in the old Moose Lodge space on Route 250 with two partners in […]
Erica Barga has been living and breathing all things dance since she was a kid. Tap, jazz, ballet, ballroom—as long as she was moving across a dance floor, she was happy. It wasn’t until 2004, when she was teaching ballroom at a studio in Washington, D.C., that she first took a class with her feet […]
Sea(food) change Sometimes when a new owner takes over an existing restaurant, it’s kind of an ordeal—you know, out with the old, in with the new. But sometimes these things are a lot quieter and below the radar, even when a longtime local favorite is involved. Blue Light Grill, the Downtown Mall staple that’s been […]