Locavore meets locapour
The best wine pairing for a menu that makes use of local ingredients is a local one. On Sunday, March 11 at 6pm, Maya and Andy Reagan, winemaker at Jefferson Vineyards, will play matchmaker to five courses. Think of partnerships like okra, corn cakes, and charred onion marmalade with Pinot Gris 2010, and braised beef short ribs, root veggies, and chili-chocolate jus with Cabernet Franc 2010. The dinner is $75 including tax and gratuity. Call Maya at 979-6292 for reservations.
No use crying over spilled beer
If you’re still mourning the lost of the recently shuttered St. Maarten’s, you can quit your crying. Area IT executive Tim Mulholland, along with four other UVA alumni, will reopen the favorite Corner joint in March with recent managers Russ and Nicole Hamilton. The place’s biggest fans can become a Founder Mug Member. Your $500 helps with start-up costs and buys you priceless benefits—including a new 24-ounce beer mug.
Anderson’s still going strong
When The Tavern closed on Christmas Eve, rumors swirled that another Meadowbrook business, Anderson Carriage Food House, might also close. Owner Ted Anderson assures us that the old time butcher shop and sushi-grade seafood purveyor is here to stay. “Our business is better then ever,” he said.
Go hog wild
On March 16 at 7pm, The Ivy Inn, with The Rock Barn’s Ben Thompson, will serve up six courses of Ossabaw pork in a “Whole Hog Dinner.” Ossabaws are descendants of Iberico pigs. The breed, which remained isolated on an island in Georgia for four centuries, has gotten smaller over the years but adapted by storing lots of fat. We’ll benefit from that fat in dishes like chesnut panna cotta with candied jowl bacon and crispy ossabaw shoulder with quail egg, frisée, and bacon-mustard vinaigrette. The cost is $75 including tax and gratuity, or $110 with wine pairings. Call The Ivy Inn at 977-1222 for reservations.
