Food & Drink - page 189

In Charlottesville, where a restaurant’s ambiance and décor can be judged almost as harshly as the food, it’s refreshing to walk into Grand Market International Foods and Grill on West Main Street and find an eclectic space that seems unapologetically cluttered. Read More

The Afghan Grand Market on West Main set up a steam table six or seven weeks back and started serving hot meals of kabobs and curries. The curry changes day to day: Monday and Tuesday it’s lamb, Wednesday/Thursday goat, and on Fridays, chicken. They all come ladled over basmati rice with naan and some creamy sauce. There’s even a little side salad. The curry is of the milder variety spice-wise but there’s a sauce to fix that. All the food is halal and the curry is done in vegetable oil, not butter. It’s all $6 to $8. Read More

Yolk lore

Speaking of local food, Fardowners chef Mark Cosgrove is a die-hard locavore who has ramped up the restaurant’s locally sourced menu items to feature Timbercreek Organics beef sliders, freshly baked bread from Goodwin Creek Bakery, pork from The Rock Barn, beef hot dogs by the Best of What’s Around, and eggs from Innisfree. Read More