Why are we starting to get famous with all the big name papers. Is the New York Times coming next?
Yesterday, May 27th, the Wall Street Journal mentioned Charlottesville in its “Off the Beaten Path” column. We couldn’t argue with their restaurant findings:
Superb restaurants abound. Bizou is a high-end diner offering delicious steak salads, salmon cakes and meatloaf for ridiculously low prices. A little loud, but Ten has top-notch sushi and other Japanese food, and Sissy Spacek (a Charlottesville resident) was sighted. . Meanwhile, do not miss Jinx’s Barbecue, which offers hickory smoked barbecue and some seriously down-home atmosphere that ranks with some of the country’s best. Irregular hours, so call ahead.
But, Jinx’s? Haha, I’d love to see some Wall Street banker show up at Jinx’s looking for BBQ.
[WSJ]
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Ummm, what about “ridiculously low prices” at Bizou?
Bizou=soooooooooooo yummy ALSO soooooooo NOT low prices.
It’s the Wall Street Journal- to a New Yorker they are very low
Bizou is high-end? Snort! And Jinx’s? RUFKM?
Hey! I love Jinx’s! There is nothing wrong with Jinx’s! Stop dissing Jinx’s!
Um, you’re talking to a vegetarian who’s allergic to rednecks. Mmkay?
Okay Shen…. marry Billy Bob Shifflett-Morris, get your own 15 y.o pickup, have triplet boys (Billy Bob Jr, Dwayne and Earl) and live in Greene County… you know you want to…
STOP IT
There are a lot of business folks who go to Jinx’s. He does a lot of catering for businesses, including SNL and more Wall Street style. Just so you know…
As to shenanigan’s comments about rednecks, what are you talking about? There are more academic folks (MA, PhD, JD, etc…) who eat there than “rednecks”. So get off your pseudo-vegetarian soapbox, and think before you type.
@8…NO…. you called me a soccer Mom last week so I am stalking you all day with a selection of parallel universes all involving giving birth to colicky babies with huge heads whose fathers earn less than 60% of median Cville income.
@10: That just means that even “smart” edumacated people like to eat gross crap. Big whoop.
@11: Gah!
How can you so blithely pronounce someone’s business “gross crap?” Don’t you work in the industry? Thor says no personal attacks, then allows something like this without commenting.
@13, our entire site is about opinion, except for opinions on people and politics. Having an opinion on food is COMPLETELY different than a personal attack.
Shen may have been referring to eating animals. That comment could be interpreted in several ways. We monitor the site for completely inappropriate content, but do not want to prevent you anyone from having a varying opinion.
I understand you girls aren’t best friends but for both your sakes’ and the other readers please put a lid on it.
I would like to see the Shen and FF death cage match!
So much of the food at Oxo is gross crap as well?
@16… if this keeps up I believe you may get your heart’s desire Dieter……….
@17 well if you don’t like the food would do you think of the drinks?
Again I feel like I’m in first grade.
@16: I don’t know who ff is, but if there’s a death cage match, I got $20 on shen.
@20 do you need a nap, a juice box and a blankie
@22: All three sound great. Which prevents a hangover?
many juice boxes and then the nap
the blankie is just for cuddles
I’m holding you to that. Remember, I am the boss of you. If I’m hungover tomorrow, there’ll be hell to pay.
Jinx serves meat = gross crap
Oxo serves meat= gross crap
Or am I missing something?
Is that not an accurate analogy?
(BTW, I don’t believe either of those statements)
Meat does not = gross crap.
Meat = delicious.
/Still have my money on shen. She makes my drinks, and they are delicious (like meat).
Wow… what a string of comments! The WSJ is popular here in C’Ville and for those who commute much between NY & C’Ville, the appreciation for fine cuisine we have and its proximity is abundant.
/as for who should eat where, let the $$$ decide.
@25 they gotta be real juice none of this corn syrup sweetener stuff – otherwise all bets are off
@26 your logic is sound. Would you like to talk about the bartending in each place for our lighting round?
Only 100% juice. I don’t drink the other crap.
Actually, I think cheap BBQ is gross. If I still ate meat, I’d say gimme some quality meat cooked the right way over hickory on a whole wheat bun with a homemade sauce not consisting of mainly corn syrup. Not gross. That’s how OXO would do BBQ, if they deigned to do so. But ff, thanks for the inquiries. You’ve commented so much you’re almost not a lurker anymore.
@29: Thanks dieter. Hangover free this morning.
The magic of the juice box triumphs & I see that orchid did not make you the boss of me.
She hasn’t yet, but I’ll work on that.
@34 Take your time.. she has to tell me face-to-face for it to stick
Oh well that won’t happen. Back to the reason this all started. Go read NewmaN’s column on the MUSE. My psychiatrist read it and agrees it is awesome.
@36 I heard that Thor was NewmaN!
If Thor is NewmaN then he probably has some awesome stories that he should be writing about on here.
SHUSH
Thor is not Newman. Newman is cool.
/ducking
jinx’s is gross crap because it’s gross crap. and if he plates it & realizes it’s cold he microwaves the whole plate, white bread and all.
See, O is dissing Jinx’s. I was just dissing the WSJ listing a BBQ place as one of the top three places to visit here. If you go look at Jinx’s site they say they actually cook it it right way over hickory and don’t drown it in store BBQ sauce, so that’s cool. I just thought it was strange that the WSJ put a BBQ joint on thier list. I mean, aren’t BBQ joints a dime a dozen? And they’re not what I’d consider a destination spot, having worked in fine dining and all. But once again, no attack specifically at Jinx’s, just at what I thought was a strange choice by Wall Street bankers. And yeah, I think cheap BBQ, coleslaw, and baked beans are gross. That’s just my elitist foodie opinion.
You’ve never been to Jinx’s, but know it’s gross crap? It must be nice to be prescient. Does it make you feel good to run other people’s businesses down? I mean, having worked in fine dining, like you have…The fact that you can make a cosmo in under a minute or pop a amstel light cap seperates you from the bartenders at “redneck” joints for what reason? When I was in the restaurant business, we never felt tearing down others made us better.
HEY! Stop you two. NOW.
@42: Wow, it’s like you have no reading comprehension skills. I actually just applauded Jinx’s for their methods. I said I don’t like BBQ type food in general. Simma down nah, Ms. Jump to Conclusions.
Okay…… sorry… Shheeeeeesh
@44: Um, people are allowed to have differing opinions Lu, am I right?
No, no… don’t stop them. Let the flame war burn, its a natural phenomena that clears the posting underbrush so that young topic saplings can thrive. Have you learned nothing from the california wildfires?
How would you feel if someone who had never been to Oxo summarily declared it gross crap? And posted it where others could be influenced, possibly harming a nice person’s business?
@47: Who you calling a young topic sapling? Jerk.
@42 actually the Wall Street types love BBQ and ribs, a lot! They brag about the best places, especially in Memphis.
Oh don’t stop fighting on my account
Wow, it’s like I need to draw a picture.
I said BBQ was gross in my vegetarian elitist opinion. Not that Jinx’s was gross. I’m sorry if I offended you because you obviously like the place or know somebody involved there. Once again, I just said I checked out their site and was impressed by how they said the cooked their BBQ and served it. Once again, I said that my intial reaction of WTF was a reaction to the WSJ’s choosing a BBQ joint, any BBQ joint as a destination spot for NY bankers.
Give in to your anger. Feeel the power of the dark side. Strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine!
/nerdgasm
@50: I am not a WSB. I had no idea.
@50 very true. Except for all the hedge fund managers Shen supposedly hangs with…
@54: What’s a hedge fund manager?
My favorite Jinx story: I was there for lunch one day and I asked him about the funky little building next door that houses Hartman’s Memorials. He takes me outside to look at it and he proceeds to give me a 10 minute explanation of the architecture (art deco, btw). Turns out the dude has a Master’s in Architectural History. Go figure.
Okay, you may resume bickering.
@55… Fancy name for a landscaper who does his own accounting
@54 This place is getting lousy with the hedge fund types, it’s getting to be like Greenwich around here- with less Stepfords to be sure
@57:Smartass. Guess I’ll have to look it up myself…
@57 I thought it was somebody who like to manage the bush he has trimmed
A hedge fund manager manges hedge funds.
“A hedge fund is a private investment fund that charges a performance fee and management fee. Typically open only to qualified investors, hedge fund activity in the public securities markets has grown substantially, and accounts for approximately 10% of all U.S. fixed-income security transactions, 35% of U.S. activity in derivatives with investment-grade ratings, 55% of the trading volume for emerging-market bonds, as well as 30% of equity trades. Hedge Funds dominate certain specialty markets such as trading in derivatives with high-yield ratings, and distressed debt.”
/Wikipedia describes it better than I ever could.
Speak english!
Very high risk investments that, until about 9 months ago, had made a select few investment bankers uberwealthy. Now that the housing market has crashed, namely high risk mortgages, they are all losing money uncontrollably.
The only wealthy peeps I hang out with is Jay La Tete. Dunno if he likes BBQ.
depends on the hedge fund manager – some focus on tech stocks and are doing very well.
Good point. Shouldn’t have used the word “all.”
Hey Echo and Oy,
That definition is a little misleading. Maybe I can share my big exam knowledge with you..(and procrastinate)
You have to compare hedge funds to different types of managers. Hedge funds are part of a broader group of money managers called “alternate asset managers.” They fit in with the likes of real estate and private equity managers.
Hedge funds typically invest in public markets (stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies), but do so much differently than traditional mutual fund managers who have very strict requirements (cannot short-more on this later-, have regulated disclosure requirements, and are mandated to invest in specific things, i.e. international stocks). Traditional mutual funds are what your 401k typically would invest in.
Hedge funds deal with way less regulation and are only open to individuals and institutions with lots of money. They invest with many different strategies, but because they are less regulated and have more flexible structures, they can do a lot of different things like buy convertible debt and derivatives, things that a traditional money manager (typically) is not allowed to buy.
There are many, very different, hedge fund strategies, but the idea behind a “hedge” is that you reduce risk of an investment. Let’s take a stock. If I am a traditional money manager I can usually only buy the sock and hope it increases in value. If I am a hedge fund manager, I have the flexibility to short (or sell) the stock, meaning I can make money if I don’t own it and the stock declines in value. Now I can combine my predictions on a range of value for a stock and create a position that makes money (assuming my expectations are met) as well as reduce risk based on a very large movement in the price of that stock.
Hedge fund managers don’t typically go out and focus on specific sectors, like international equities, but often have “style” requirements like buying only distressed (close to default) securities or exploiting mis-pricing in securities (Long Term Capital Management).
You can get a whole lot more complicated with your risk management, but essentially, hedge funds are more flexible than traditional funds, add more risk/return to a portfolio and provide diversification.
Does that make sense?
well, yeah, it makes sense – but the manager I know does indeed focus on tech, whatever his buying and selling strategy
It makes sense……. if you’re into that kind of thing.
Next time do it in Spangrish so I don’t have to work so hard.
but, yeah – a good manager should make money whether you’re in a bear or a bull market
@68:Yes, but why do they hate bbq?
Actually, yes. Now get back to studying.
I prefer spragrisheutsch
they love bbq. pay attention
Who said anything about BBQ?
@75: That’s not what ff says…see 55.
I wrote a dissertation in Franglais.
@68 Studying for series 7? Good explanation-
Cool, Oy, I guess I should have explained.. you are right. They can still focus on traditional sectors ala technology, but don’t face the regulatory requirements which gives them flexibility to pursue a lot of different strategies other than buy and hold.
CFA Level 3
Nerd alert nerd alert
I said Wall Street Bankers love BBQ. Hedge Fund guys are more causal and thus much more varied.
Some are actually quite health minded and are even *shudder* vegetarians- I have not met one who is a vegan, yet.
I really don’t want to study, but I’m being threatened, so I have to go now.
@83: No, Mr. Roboto said that. Are you him?
s/he/it is wrong shen – 97.3% of all hedge fund managers funnel most of their profits into local bbq establishments. They’re addicted to the stuff, it allows them to shape and move the market.
Not unlike the Spacing Guild and Melange
/THERE’S your nerd alert
When I was got to visit a trading floor many of the trader loved the worst food you could imagine while on the “desk”. The fancy dinners were for clients
@85 I’ll say- tense problem
I was being sarcastic. Shen made a blanket generalization that Wall Street types wouldn’t deign to eat in a BBQ joint. I trying to express skepticism that Shen hangs with a bunch of hedge fund managers and knows their eating habits. I agree with #51.
dieter you can totally be me if you would like than I could be funny and speak german
@89: Actually, Scowly made that generalization. Read under the beige block at the top. And i found out that I actually do hang out with a hedge fund manager and didn’t even know it.
And how would Mrs. Roboto feel about that?
Well if you could finish yard work this weekend, she probably be all for it.
@86.. i love looking through the wikipedia entries on dune stuff.
then fix my linkypoo
NERD ALERT
Dune. Arrakis. Desert Planet.
/Best. Science Fiction. Evar!
@96 there is nothing wrong with Dune. Sting was in the Dune movie, Sting is not a nerd, therefore liking Dune does not make you a nerd.
writing about in Wikipedia, however does
dieter mentioned that which must not be mentioned – Lynch’s abomination
heretic
Live long and prosper.
we just had a space party which featured star trek, nasa, laser tag and jokes about mos eisley. I think nerd alert is a bit redundant.
Luke, I am your father!
Yes, but would they recommend a BBQ joint in Nerd Journal Weekly?
ooh, this could quickly spiral out of control with the real nerds explaining to the rest why Star Wars wasn’t science fiction.
/What do you Despise? By this are you truly known.
Why nerds argue about sci-fi
nah, shen, nerds prefer Thai
/true story
pppffft – saw that *yesterday* dieter. You need to learn to move at internet speed, young padawan
/wait, what?
My hedge fund manager buddy just confirmed that he does like BBQ.
@105 Because it’s not an original work of fiction but based on the Akira Kurosawa’s “Hidden Fortress”.
@108 It wasn’t needed till today. You stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder
too simplistic, roboto’sama – true science fiction studies humanity and what it means to be human in the face of technological progress (my def., feel free to shred). Thus “Frankenstein” is science fiction. Star Wars is merely heroic fantasy as space opera. Piffle!
/fun piffle, tho
who’s scruffy lookin’?
(nerf herders was also the name of the band that did the theme from Buffy (TV, not movie)!)
/NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD ALERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!
You killed the post Oy. Nice.
yay! Gonna mount it and hang it above my mantle
Oh really? I thought a mantle was a robe. Or a layer over the core of the Earth.
actually, I was referring to the corpse of Mickey Mantle I have hanging on my wall…
EW