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Coronavirus News

In brief: Tiki terror, teacher trouble, and more

Statue disposal Many of Richmond’s Monument Avenue Confederate statues are gone, but debate over their removal continues, and people have wondered where the toppled statues are being stored. This week, […]

C-VILLE Writers | July 15, 2020

Living

Chef exits: Ian Redshaw departs Lampo, Prime 109

Renowned local chef Ian Redshaw has left the building—or rather, buildings, plural. Redshaw parted ways earlier this month with his fellow partners of two high-profile restaurants he helped put on […]

joebargmann | September 25, 2019

Knife & Fork

10 hot* new restaurants: A diverse collection of upstarts drives a local dining boom

The restaurant business, like any industry, goes in cycles. Grow, contract, repeat. Here in Charlottesville, our last boom came in 2014, a year that brought Lampo, The Alley Light, Oakhart […]

Simon Davidson | May 6, 2019

Living

High steaks: Dining with Governor Ralph Northam at Prime 109

Where was the best steak of Governor Ralph Northam’s life? Right here in Charlottesville. Northam was in town to speak at the inauguration of James Ryan as president of the […]

Simon Davidson | October 31, 2018

Living

Raising the steaks: Downtown steakhouse is primed for launch

Prime 109, the much-anticipated local-farm-centered steakhouse located in the former Bank of America building on the Downtown Mall, opens this month after nearly two years of planning and design. The […]

jennygardiner | September 12, 2018

Living

Lampo team primed for steakhouse opening in former bank space

The owners of Lampo, the cozy Neapolitan pizzeria in Belmont, first started conceptualizing the idea of a local-farm-centered steakhouse after hearing from area producers that they were frustrated with the […]

jessicaluck | February 28, 2018

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