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 […]
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 […]
Local celebrity chef Tucker Yoder’s new restaurant doesn’t have a catchy name. It doesn’t have a glossy logo. And the dining room? You never know what you’re going to get. But all that is sort of the point. Yoder, who’s been flying under the radar since he left his job as executive chef at Clifton […]
Take a seat It’s springtime, y’all, and nothing says warm weather quite like sipping a Bloody Mary outside. (Or sipping a margarita outside, or sipping an IPA outside…) For years, Downtown Mall restaurant owners have fought tooth and nail for the limited real estate on the bricks, and this year it seemed like a showdown […]
Ever ask yourself, “Is there any way to make beer uncool?” If so, rest assured the answer is yes. Beer traders have made it so. Not content to leave behind one of the great hallmarks of childhood dorkdom—swapping stuff with friends—beer traders communicate across the country and occasionally across the pond to locate brews they […]
Icing on top You decide to treat yourself to something sweet in the morning. The perky woman behind the counter hands you a cup for your coffee, a plate with two icing-topped donuts and…a knife and fork? The iced, powdered and sprinkled deep-fried breakfast item is generally known for being an easy-to-eat finger food, but […]
I’ve been in practice for more than a decade, and I feel lucky to have never seen a case of canine distemper. It’s a mean virus, to be sure, killing more than half of its victims (most of which are puppies). It often starts innocently enough with a runny nose, but progresses to ravage the […]
It’s easy to make assumptions about boutique fitness studios. And before she moved to Charlottesville from D.C., barre.[d] studio owner Hanna Dobbels found a lot of those assumptions to be true—workout classes were pricey and exclusive, and not entirely welcoming environments for anyone who wasn’t a size two with an extensive Lululemon wardrobe. “My whole […]
Relayed reaction The online grocery shopping world it is a-changing, and local player Relay Foods is looking to stay on the leading edge. The company, which has since 2009 offered customers the ability to shop for groceries online before picking them up or having them delivered, is rolling out a new way to shop its […]
I should have disregarded the sales pitch. I had asked Ben Clore what the new restaurant he was founding with his childhood friend and chef Tristan Wraight would do differently than everyone else. He said Oakhart Social would be “a little more rock ‘n’ roll.” It was one of those vague expressions that as a journalist […]
Liquid lunching Rainbows of cold-pressed fruit and vegetable juice have been popping up on grocery store shelves left and right, and by the end of summer, Charlottesville will be home to at least two new juice bars. When he wasn’t pressing leafy green vegetables and pineapples into bottled concoctions in the Carpe Donut kitchen at […]