Keswick Vineyards for Sale?
A birdie lets us know that the Keswick Vineyards are for sale. No word on pricing, but probably not cheap.
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Brixx Pizza Coming to Barracks Road?
A birdie lets us know that Brixx Pizza, the wood-fired pizza chain, could be making a home in Charlottesville in the Barracks Road shopping center. Be afraid Christian’s & Mellow!
[pic from ncbrian]
Trader Joe’s Coming to Charlottesville!
The long-winded rumors are true… according to C-VILLE, Trader Joe’s is
applying for a liquor license with the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The ABC has confirmed that the application was received on May 21…The store will be located on the stretch of land between Hydraulic Road and Greenbrier Drive.
The only gripe: why can’t it be closer to downtown? 
Mexican Italian Restaurant…???
Birdie sends this in…
Drove by the shops at Woodbrook Shopping Village on Seminole Trail, and noticed that Amigos Mexican Restaurant is no more. In its place is something called the Mexican Italian Restaurant. For some reason, I’m not optimistic about this. Maybe they just figured that both types of food can have a lot of cheese in them, so why the hell not just combine them.
Anyone been in?
Dave Matthews’ Band ‘Big Whiskey’ Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200
(via @cvillefeedback)
DMB’s latest album “Big Whiskey and the GooGrux King” placed first on the Billboard 200 with 424,000 sales. Here’s the single, “Funny How It Is”
On another note, DMB just gave $4 million to 50 Charlottesville-area non-profits. The full list is after the break (via NBC29):
Blue Mountain Brewery to Double Capacity
When Blue Mountain Brewery Co-Owner Taylor Smack commented the other day he wasn’t kidding. He said:
By the way, we’ve got a stellar uberPils (Imperial Pilsener) debuting July 3rd that’s undergoing a 2+ month ferment/cold aging. Also, we’re adding another 1,000-gallon tank to our cellar next week and our other partner, Matt Nucci, is joining me full time as a brewer as we expand capacity to meet demand. We’re finally in over 100 restaurants, stores and retail shops across Virginia! (Yea!) And for those of you who haven’t heard, Full Nelson is coming out in cans (12.oz. 6-packs) starting July 17th.
We didn’t exactly take note of what a 1,000 gallon tank meant, but according to Nelson County Life, that means Blue Mountain Brewery is doubling its capacity for delicious brews. Booya.
Prospect Ave Shooting
From the City…
At approximately 04:09am on Sunday June 7th , 2009 Charlottesville Police responded to the 700 block of Prospect Ave for a report of shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, officers discovered that several shots had indeed been fired and that several stray rounds struck at least two apartments and one vehicle. One of those rounds that entered a residence through the exterior wall of a bedroom struck a 14 year old juvenile while asleep in bed. The victim was transported to the University of Virginia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is now listed as being in stable condition.
Charlottesville Police are still investigating this incident and request anyone with information to contact Detective Jim Mooney at 434-970-3374 or Crimestoppers at 434-977-4000.
Restaurant Rumor Round Up
Here’s the latest from the restaurant rumor mill:
Ventana is expanding into the Migrations Gallery Space
$4 20oz beers are no longer at 12th Street (unless you count Star Hill)
Restaurants on the watch-list: Cassis, Downtown Grill
Where to pick up local farmers products (not farmers market)?
From a birdie:
I can’t make it to the Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. Where else can I go to pick up local farmers products?
Gosh that small text is annoying. You would think anything put in fancy quotation marks would be prominent…
