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Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds
Culture Living

Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds

If pigeon peas, plantains, and pikliz jumpstart a craving for you, you’re probably a fan of Pearl Island Foods. The Caribbean-centric food business launched with a booth at Charlottesville City Market in 2014, before moving into the Jefferson School City Center two years later. Sober Pierre, owner and operator of Pearl Island Foods, and Executive […]

jennygardiner | October 28, 2020

Culture Living

Circling back: Pearl Island’s Caribbean cuisine gets a boost from C’ville Builds

If pigeon peas, plantains, and pikliz jumpstart a craving for you, you’re probably a fan of Pearl Island Foods. The Caribbean-centric food business launched with a booth at Charlottesville City Market in 2014, before moving into the Jefferson School City Center two years later. Sober Pierre, owner and operator of Pearl Island Foods, and Executive […]

jennygardiner | October 28, 2020

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Fired up: Female restaurant professionals get the support they’re craving—from each other

Most people who go to their favorite restaurant on a Saturday night probably give little thought to what’s happening behind the scenes in the kitchen once they’re seated and have ordered cocktails. And while they may know what will show up on their table, ultimately the strange alchemy of how it gets there—sometimes through a […]

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