Are representatives from an out-of-state hospitality company trying to poach some of Charlottesville’s most talented restaurant staff? According to local restaurant owners, the answer is yes. According to the out-of-state guys, the answer is hmmm, well, that wasn’t their intention and they’re sorry for the misunderstanding. Will Richey, owner of The Whiskey Jar, The Alley […]
It’s dinner time on Tuesday evening. I sit down to a heaping plate of the delectably aromatic Turkish meal I’ve been smelling from down the hall for the past hour, my stomach growling audibly. I fill my water glass, pick up my fork, look around the table at my dining companions and…wait. Five more minutes. […]
The new go-to: 12 restaurants you should know better We all have our favorite spots. We get the quick, easy grub here; we go there for special occasions. We’re not in a rut, per se, but in a town like Charlottesville, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the multitude of dining choices. Enter Restaurant Week, where […]
Parallel 38 makes big change in the kitchen Award-winning Mediterranean powerhouse Parallel 38 quietly underwent a major change five months ago. Owner Justin Ross let his heralded executive chef, Alfredo Malinis, go in February and assumed executive chef duties himself. According to Ross, the move was all a part of his original plan. He says […]
Summer can mean many things. Camping, festivals, vacations—camping at a festival while on a vacation. But for the kid in us all, summer is the season of ice cream. Whether you savor it indoors by the pint or revel with a dripping cone in the afternoon sun, ice cream can warm even the coldest of […]
The Flat’s new owners promise same tasty food What happens when one of the smallest restaurants in Charlottesville puts a small sign in its small window saying it’s closed for renovation? We hear that behind the tiny façade of The Flat on Water Street, big things are happening. Former owner Lauren McRaven, who was inspired […]
If you want to watch a bunch of food geeks bicker about something of no consequence, do some quick research on fried green tomatoes. Apparently some, like food writer and historian Robert Moss, believe the dish originated in the North and only exploded in the South after the movie of the same name was produced […]
Belmont blowup Southern Crescent, a restaurant Lucinda Ewell and her husband Ian Day first envisioned opening out of their home in 2009, will never open on Hinton Avenue in Belmont. But that’s because the couple will be changing the name by the time it starts welcoming diners by early September. The as-yet-to -be-named new restaurant […]
Viognier and the Virginia wine scene have one thing in common: They both sprung from meager beginnings over the last few decades. In the late 1960s, only about 35 acres of viognier existed in the world, and most of it grew in France’s Rhône Valley. Around the same time, there wasn’t much of a Virginia […]
Chilly reception “Coming Soon” reads a sign that takes up an entire storefront window in the vacant spot next to Splendora’s. It’s a sign for Kilwins—a national ice cream, chocolate and fudge chain—that will be arriving this fall on the Downtown Mall. Kilwins is a “three-legged stool of confections, chocolate and ice cream,” says Steve […]