Fridays after Five: I didn’t go inside, but it sounded… the way the Pavilion usually sounds when there’s a concert going on and I’m not there. I bet it was great, though!
Blue Light: If there was a “Best Of” category for “Best place to watch your social spheres slowly collide and destroy the distinction between personal and professional relationships that you have meticulously maintained for years,” Blue Light would win. Still a great bar!
X Lounge’s 80s party that wasn’t: cVillain heard the DJ didn’t show, and no one seemed too upset about it. X Lounge kept the dance floor open and threw a big dance party with house music instead. cVillain wants to know: why not do that every Saturday? Excluding inevitably long bar and bathroom waits, the party was awesome!
Wine tasting: cVillains love their wine, and the great press this summer left us with no excuse not to do some tastings. New arrival Flying Fox Vineyard has landed south of Veritas and Afton Mountain on Route 151. My favorite is King Family, located near Crozet. As long as the weather is fare, you can take in a polo match on Sundays against the mountain backdrop. The fine folks at Jefferson Vineyards throw big tasting dinners at very reasonable prices. (Get on the e-mail list!) And if you don’t want to leave the downtown mall, the Market Street Wineshop does complimentary tastings every Friday and Saturday at each location.
Wild Wing Cafe: $11 color-changing Coors buckets on Sundays. If only NASCAR hadn’t been rained out.
Zo Ca Lo: Winner of C-VILLE readers’ votes for Best Restaurant and Best Restroom, taking Best Restaurant a second year in a row, Zo Ca Lo is not resting on its laurels now. The unsung hero of the menu could be the pork with foi gras sauce, fingerling potatoes, and peach chutney. Before the menu changes, please treat yourselves to dinner. It’s an investment in a great memory.
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What about the tractor pulls & demolition derby?
I was there for the X Lounge frat boy vs. gangsta fracas. 6 or so popped collars walking out of X ran into about 20 or so ‘disenfranchised youth’ (so ‘disenfranchised’, the poor things apparently have to wear their much larger elder brother’s hand-me-down tshirts) and words were being eXchanged when some devilishly handsome, urbane, sexy, erudite and modest individual yelled out “COP!” and everyone scattered. Very exciting - thanks for the floorshow JF!
Actually, I went to Starr Hill for beer tasting with my family two weekends ago. They offer tours as well. Having lived here for more than a year and been to the Starr Hill music hall and Friday After Five numerous times, I have had all their beers, so I didn’t have much new to try. However, the tour was pretty cool. I mean, what other tour can you possibly go on where your guide drinks a beer while showing everyone around? It’s worth an hour or two of your time. (All free, obviously)
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