Rapture is not closing…. this foreclosure rumor is a crock of shit. trust I know these people and not foreclosed on… not sold. still fabulous.
something hot IS going into the Fuel space guessing by next spring…. but it is in the works.
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yes please! fill out the Fuel space. I live a block away and that area / end of the mall is in serious need for some cool spots (Charlottesville Pavilion doesn’t count)
Mmmmm, leave the gas pumps up but fill up the tanks with Patron and sell it by the gallon!
@2 : I think I went to that party over the weekend…
Yeah - maybe focus the mission of that space a little more than Fuel did.
Gas station, convenience store, high end beer/wine shop, espresso bar, lunch deli, “fine” dining. Did I miss anything?
Who want to have a sit down gourmet dinner at a gas station? not to mention that gas was always more expensive there than just across the street on 9th and High.
I once went into Fuel because my oil light came on and a red flashing sign told me to stop IMMEDIATELY and drive not another yard so in I went and they didn’t sell oil. No kidding, a gas station that didn’t sell fucking oil. So I purchased a chicken bruschetta with olive oil drizzled artichoke dressing infused with mango glazed capers and jammed that into the oil hole thingy instead. Well I didn’t but I could have.
olive oil drizzled artichoke dressing infused with mango glazed capers and jammed that into the oil hole thingy
Hold on to your knickers Floozy penning food porn again!
What knickers?
Perhaps their should have been a comma between knickers, floozy but that will now spawn jokes of it’s own, I am sure
@3
Was it Llama-Rama?
DONK!!!!! llama-rama, omg. no, it was local. the patron flowed like a river of mind erasing bliss.
I would not exactly describe Rapture as a Fabulous anything. Fabulously Bridge and Tunnel maybe…
Update on Cassis: So I have been informed that from now on at Cassis, there will be a cover charge. Some regulars or friends of the bartenders will not have to pay it, but it’s up to the bouncer’s disgretion pretty much. They say it’s to keep out the “riff raff”…this sucks
/not that I really like Cassis or the bartender(s) there that much anyways = apathetic
@13: I think they should change their name to Ca-OXO.
Can someone define “riff raff”? It’s used a lot these days in conjunction with our discussions about late night scenes and I feel like it’s being used in various contexts.
Pay to get into Cassis? And what does this cover get me in the way of entertainment?
@16: A lot less than you can get for free at X Lounge or Escafe. Where are you setting up shop this weekend?
I will be at escafé tonight, where there will definitely be some riff, and x-lozenge on saturday, where there will no doubt be an abundance of raff.
It will be well worth the price of admission.
It will be well worth the price of admission.
I don’t know. Free is a little too rich for my blood.
@13 wow, so my informant a few weeks ago was half right. not that i’ve ever been to cassis or care.
haters… FUEL was amazing. very “down under”. Its ashame that poor mgmt led to its demise. Dont forget the “Firecrotch”….. or its origins.
Yep, Fuel was the original Mas (same chef). That was even before Kluge bought it and built the fine dining room. Same Frederickburgian gas station operators owned it. They were the ones who tried to make it a Bel-air Exxon kinda place, and hired To-Mas.
Kluge could never sell gas there, but before that it did fine, that’s why it has so many pumps. I saw tourists in there all the time. My theory is the prices hurt, sure, but also the eerie blue light was offputting at night.
“Same Frederickburgian” should be “Some Fredericksburgian”.
And the Kluge-era Fuel menu was a lot better than the shards of Bel-air-ness left over from To-mas’s brief stint originating that. Those New Orleans-style PoBoys under the Kluge dominion were AOK yat.
ooh, ya know that the current owner of Orzo is the previous manager of Fuel???
wake up peeps, it’s that time again!
@25, perhaps Eduardo wasn’t referring to Ken and Charles, but rather to PK herself. She could never figure out what she wanted that place to be, and so there was constant upheaval. PK was always firing everyone and hiring new teams, all the while complaining that no one would help her “unique vision” see the light of day. The decent loyal people who stuck by her were invariably cast aside in favor of users and hucksters who told her what she wanted to hear. Same thing with the Farm Shop, which I hear is now a flimsy shadow of its former glory due to continual owner interference. When she whacked the talented pastry chef who stood by her through thick and thin, you knew the end was nigh.
Both of her places always felt very cold and uninviting to me. I hope whatever goes in the Fuel spot in the future will be more of an asset to the surrounding neighborhoods, and less of a vanity project for some trendy wanker.
ummmm, i haveta say that i’m a little confluxed about PK. She sure as heck knew wtf her vision was, but not necessarily how to pull it off. She certainly wasn’t a villain, but she didn’t always have a clean plan. Not defending, but understand how it was much more complex than you might think. ok, maybe defending….
wow, i just reread your comment and i’m wondering who the heck you are, lulu
@29 - And I’m wondering who the heck you are?!
Perhaps we know each other?
You’re right about her vision– it was sound at times, pretty effin’ brilliant even. But her scorched earth policy towards staff had to come around to bite her in the ass eventually. Some really great people have rotated through her establishments through the years. Unfortunately, many were treated very badly. It’s often said about KlugeWorld that her upper and middle management people are the real jerks and that she’s somewhat insulated from these decisions. What do you think?
What tarnished things the most was that ultimately Fuel and the Farm Shop were vanity projects for her– it wasn’t as much about the food and wine as it should have been. When you care more that people call you a fabulous trendsetter than you do about the product/experience you’re providing to customers, well then… pride goeth before a fall.
Here’s an example of someone doing something somewhat similar, but with vastly better results.
http://www.piedmontvirginian.com/articles/1/on_the_farm_with_sandy_lerner-12.html
And I’m wondering who the heck you are?!
and i’m wondering who the heck you are, lulu
Damn. Its like an old folks home over here.
/i’ll be over at the staring window…
i hope this turns into an internet-based romantic love story. those things melt my heart.
internet-based romantic love story
I have those. But they only last a little while and then I have to clean myself up. Heh.
/Im pro masturbation and I vote!
TMI Threadkiller FTW!
@31 Okay Byo, I get it. Ciao.
@35Hey, I was not bagging on you! I was just making a good old fashion wholesome Alzeheimer’s joke!
Un - Ciao your self this instant!
@32 Nah. That’s just your acid reflux. Take a Pepcid.
@36 Un-ciao-ed.
Very funny, now that you’ve ’splained it
/my Alzheimers makes things go all fuzzy sometimes.