1. Vivace
2244 Ivy Rd, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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Housed in the former main quarters of a peach orchard, Vivace attracts patrons with its diverse atmosphere. Their calamari is a must-try!
2. Travinia Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar
2075 Bond St, Ste 100, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
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Travinia Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar offers handcrafted contemporary American Italian fare, like their Crispy Calamari with spicy and sweet peppers, pepperoncinis, garlic butter and scallions.
3. Monsoon Siam
113 W Market St, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
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Inspired by original Thai cuisine, Monsoon Siam serves good quality food, like their fried calamari served with a sweet-chili sauce.
4. fellini’s
200 W Market St, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
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Fellini’s calamari isn’t fried like most, it’s sauteed, with red grapes, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, capers, celery and arugula, and fished with a chili butter sauce.
5. Basil
109 14th St NW, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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The Calamari Provencal at Basil comes with peppadews, roma tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, basil, sun-dried tomato aioli and toasted crostino. Delicious!
6. Bonefish Grill
269 Connor Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22911
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Specializing in market-fresh seafood & fish cooked over a wood-burning grill, try the Bonefish Grill calamari, flash-fried with peppers and sweet spicy Asian sauce.
7. Fig Bistro
1331 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Fig often has specials featuring calamari, but you can always order their Cajun Calamari with tomatoes, parsley, parmesan cheese and homemade aioli sauce.
8. Bang Tapas
213 2nd St SW, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
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Bang! is Charlottesville’s “go to” spot for Asian inspired tapas and inventive Martinis. Try the fried calamari & Szechuan vegetable salad.
9. The Shebeen Pub & Braai
247 Ridge McIntire Rd, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
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The Shebeen has calamari as a started and as an entree. The camps bay calamari is spicy chili-garlic marinated calamari fried in crispy tempura flour, crispy capers, lemon aioli and caramelized lemon. The chili calamari entree is spicy grilled calamari a in chili baste.
10. Rhett’s River Grill & Raw Bar
2335 Seminole Ln, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
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For delicious food, a vibrant bar scene, and excellent service, look no further than Rhett’s River Grill, where you’ll find these fried calamari rings, lightly dusted and served with a ginger manis sauce.
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