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I love reading the Hook and C-VILLE’s “Dish” and “Restaurantarama” features each week. I don’t doubt for a second that their sources are legitimate –they’re the restauranteurs themselves!– but sometimes, things just change. Do you know the rest of the story with these items?
Arch’s on 29 North?
C-VILLE, 2006
C-VILLE did an advance on an Emmet Street location for Arch’s in 2006. I’d eat at Arch’s more if there was a location with fewer college canoodlers in line in front of me. If you build it, I will come!
Bar scene at Petit Pois?
The Hook, June 2005
Apparently, when Brian and Brice opened Petit Pois in 2005, they foresaw a late night bar scene. This, we know, is not the case, unless we count summer nights when employees and co. hang out on the patio.
Boheme’s kitchen caters?
C-VILLE, November 2006
When Restaurantarama announced Boheme’s arrival to Market Street last year, the owners said “half-seriously” that it was a “front” for their preexistent catering business, Paragon Catering. A Google search of the business confirmed that the owners are the same but produced an address on Route 20 (and a website).
Get mod?
C-VILLE, December 2006
When C-VILLE interviewed Derek Breen about his plans for the blue building on Elliewood Avenue, “Mod,” food was in the picture. But a visit to the corner or the website will suggest otherwise. The original plan sounded cool, but I thinK Charlottesville does fine without a venue specifically for brooding and pontification. We can do that anywhere, and boy do we!
Midnight sushi?
The Hook, March 2004
The Dish announced Blue Light would offer a late-night sushi menu back in 2004. I must have been on hiatus (or not yet cool enough to be hanging out there) because I don’t remember it happening. I’m not saying it didn’t. I just want to know why it didn’t last!
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Maybe those plans morphed into Ten…
blue light did have a late night menu for a while. sushi, burgers, crabcake sandwhich, the most delicious garlic fries. i quit and moved before they stopped doing it, though, so i cant be sure why they 86′d the whole thing. by the time i moved back it was done and over with.
too bad. i miss those damn fries.
We tried to do a late night at Petit Pois for a while but the turnout wasn’t that great (are people afraid to party in a tiny space?) and working 4pm-2am wasn’t fun for the staff so we had to forego doing the bar scene. Brian and Brice, I think, saw this as a way to get chicks, but unfortunately it never flourished quite the way they’d hoped.
Yes to Arch’s on 29 North. Actually Emmet Street, next to Arby’s the construction is underway.
Mod seems like a silly idea, to be honest. Well, silly for the corner.
Went to Boheme for the first time the other night. Only stopped in for a drink and an appetizer, but seemed like a super nice place. Looking forward to dining there.
Incredibly friendly staff.
The staff IS so friendly, Dave, and I’m glad you said something. It stands out– a very warm greeting from the owner every time I’ve walked in.
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