Full Of Beans (And Rice): Can Local Options Stack Up To Popeyes?
The fast food franchise gods have extended a gesture of mercy toward us and hath bestowed upon our town a considerable bounty of good tidings with the opening of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (1). It might behoove us all to send up thanks with abandon and with earnest zeal as then these gods may see fit to soon grant us a Krystal or a Del Taco, moving us closer to the day when we look over a fully realized national franchise tapestry, as proud as any in the Northern South. Read More
Keswick Vineyards: open Mon-Sun (9am-5pm). 
Karen and her husband Jim opened Roxie Daisy in August 2011 with the idea of providing Charlottesville residents, and the numerous out-of-town visitors, a place to shop for elegant, and elegantly rustic, home furnishings. The aesthetic is eclectic, but their leaning and true passion is French inspired. Serene, neutral palettes make them happy. 
Chef Harrison Keevil of Brookville Restaurant will create a farm-fresh meal at Bellair Farm Sunday, May 26. Blenheim Vineyards will handle the wine. Tickets are $65 ($10 for children under 9). Call The Happy Cook at 977-2665 to secure yours. 
868 Estate Vineyards: open Wed,Thu,Sun (11am-6pm); Fri-Sat (11am-7pm). 
New Kent Winery: open Tue-Sun (10am-6pm). 
For as long as the Charlottesville City Market Saturday extravaganza of local foods and crafts has existed on the City parking lot along Water Street–over 20 years, though the popular outdoor market has actually been around for 35 years– there’s been discussion about relocating it. 
Attimo Winery: open Mon, Thu, Sat (11am-6pm); Fri (11am-8pm); Sun (1-6pm). 
“I’m trying to bring two things that people don’t see a lot of in Charlottesville or the East Coast,” said Patrick Kim, who has been making waves in the city’s food scene ever since he arrived in Charlottesville in February to open his Korean taco truck, Hanu.