Another long weekend of drinking has passed. It was actually quite eventful. Checked out Fridays after Five and loved the band. Hit the mall scene on Friday and Saturday. All and all the nice weather seemed to bring out everyone and everyone was in high spirits.
A little birdie (Tuesday) did report a sudden closing of Cassis on Friday night. I received this news AFTER I passed by on Friday night and noticed it closed for “a private party”, which did seem to be the case. Private party on a Friday night?! Not sure what happened with the place Friday, but it was all a bit out of the norm.
Escafe had been missing a doorknob, apparently it has been replaced…more news on the original later.
Van Halen finally went down as planned and Bruce Springsteen was said to have been awesome.
No kickball games were canceled.
The sun was shining all weekend and is still going strong!
As always, you have the review floor before we do. Paco was our first taker, but as you check it out come back here and leave us a note. We promise we won’t bite. So, what do you think?
Judging by the popularity of Charlottesville and Belmont’s new little jewel, The Local, many of you have already eaten there and like it. We’ve asked you what you think of The Local and published The Local’s Menu.
We’ve visited The Local several times in recent weeks and now it’s time for a formal review. If you peruse the menu, you will find that The Local has a very reasonably priced menu. It hits that $13 to $16 entre range that has driven a similar success to restaurants like Continental Divide.
My wife and I were looking for a good place to get a sandwich on Saturday morning on our drive out to Lowe’s. We thought that we’d stop at C’ville Coffee. On the way there, we both simultaneously realized that our hangovers weren’t ready to sacrifice the fountain soda. Seriously, that was the deal breaker. So we kept driving. We ended up at the New Deli, a place we’d both been to separately, and sworn to its goodness.
I’ll admit, I’ve been there before and had not so impressive results. A Turkey Reuben I ordered one time came with very little meat, and lacked the slaw I had requested. But I could see the potential and went back. This time, I ordered a steak and cheese and the wife ordered a hot Italian. We spent the few minutes at a booth waiting for our sandwiches quizzing each other on the questions offered in the “Coffee News”.
The sandwiches arrived faster than we expected. Both were very tastey. My steak and cheese was great, Philly Style. The bread had soaked up a little of the leftover grease, but never fell apart. It had a good amount of mayo on it, but not the “Id of Jared” amount as parlie described. I was glad I upgraded from chips to the fries, which were not overcooked, lightly crunchy, and not-too-greasy and lightly peppered. Needless to say, we both ate the whole things, which was actually quite a task. I even tried to sucker my wife out of her pickle by telling her that mine was terrible. She didn’t bite. (all innuendos intended).
Anyway, I recommend this place if you are looking for a good change of pace to the chain subs around town. It’s not quite the New York style deli I had once hoped it be, but I’ll got there over subway or Quizno’s any day. And we even got our fountain sodas refilled in “to go” cups, when we left. On our way out, I inquired about how long it had been there. “Since 1984″ I was told. I don’t think much has changed since then, and I hope it doesn’t.
I thought some attention was owed to some of the older Charlottesville restaurants that have yet to see any love on Cvillain. While I am reluctant to share my great secret for fear of it getting bigger than its britches, it just wouldn’t be fair to keep it to myself.
Saigon Café. Mmmm…is about the only thing I can get out of my mouth when eating there. The place is located near the McIntire Skate Park. It serves Vietnamese food. Which can scare some off, but it is totally worth a venture out of your element. »Read More
I was ordered, through the grapevine, to make a visit to Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers on 29N (not to be confused with the world’s first self-righting walking cane). Going north, it’s about one block past the KFC. The KFC should be really, really freaked out.
I am a skeptic of any place that can cook your food within several minutes. As an admitted food snob, I thought a few times about visiting Raising Cane’s.
I mean gosh, we have all the fixings for a disaster:
1. Cane’s is where Krispy Kreme Doughnuts used to have its store
This was the kind of morning where I had to do the wake-up damage assessment. I feel how gnarly my hair is to find out if I took a drunk shower. I check the kitchen trash can to see what my drunk meal was. I open my phone and go to my text outbox. I log in to Facebook and select “Sent messages.” (The problem is that I’m getting too responsible. I haven’t had a “Sweet baby Jesus, NO!” moment in way too long.)
I kept saying last night would be really fun out, and I was so right! I feel really smart. Even though my head hurts. So much!
This was the kind of morning where I had to do the wake-up damage assessment. I feel how gnarly my hair is to find out if I took a drunk shower. I check the kitchen trash can to see what my drunk meal was. I open my phone and go to my text outbox. I log in to Facebook and select “Sent messages.” (The problem is that I’m getting too responsible. I haven’t had a “Sweet baby Jesus, NO!” moment in way too long.)