Reservations are suggested for weekends, holidays, and graduation weekend (of course!), but they’re not required. The menu beautifully encapsulates the unpretentious insistence on locavore ingredients that makes dining in Charlottesville so special. This restaurant, frankly, never disappoints. They, too, loved The Local and still regard it fondly nearly 12 years after first dining there.) ^ FWIW, I eat here almost every time I swing through Charlottesville and have done so ever since I was a student begging my visiting parents to take me out for one last restaurant meal before they left UVA’s parents’ weekend. I love the invariably excellent, seasonally-changing Caromont goat cheese salad, as well as all Oak Farms chicken dishes (which are usually served with foodie twists on Southern sides like pimento macaroni n’ cheese– yum, yum!). Today, The Local is a hometown favorite for much the same reason. This is an impressive feat that harkens to the same thoughtful sourcing that put globally renowned restaurants like Husk, in Charleston, SC on the map. The menu itemizes which local farms that almost every ingredient in every single dish comes from. With its apt name, The Local specializes in amazingly hearty and heartfelt takes on classic Appalachian dishes, like Berkshire pork chop, crispy trout, locally-reared meatloaf, gnocchi bolognese, and local braised short ribs.Īll of the produce, meat, dairy, bread, and even the beer and desserts come from local vendors and growers, and the flavors deliver in dazzling style. || Image via Facebook/ The Local (for Super Local Appalachian Classics)īy far a veteran favorite among students, locals, and tourists alike, The Local is easily one of the top restaurants in Charlottesville. *** Bustling Belmont staple, The Local, is known for its farm-to-table heritage cuisine. Only once people have dined here can they truly come to understand why.
Cville is a classic American-artisanal food mecca that just keeps on giving. ^ There’s so much good stuff to eat in this charming little city, and it only gets better with repeat visits.
Bookmark this list for easy reference later. In that spirit, the decision of where to eat in Charlottesville- and what– really comes down to what you like and who sent you.īelow, we spotlight some of the best restaurants in Charlottesville for unique, decidedly “local” meals– in no particular order. With ingredients this fresh, it’s practically impossible for kitchen creatives to disappoint. Specifically, the access to excellent local produce, meat, fish, dairy, grains, and other artisan food products has made it so that the best restaurants in Charlottesville cannot help but dazzle. This– along with the proximity of so many other productive farms, vineyards, and dairies– has had a profound influence on the culture of food in the city. One of America’s most famous agricultural hubs, Polyface Farms (which was famously canonized in Michael Pollen’s cult 2007 book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma,) is located nearby. There’s a wide array of excellent international cuisine in Charlottesville, which reflects both the diversity of the local population and the University of Virginia’s enduringly cosmopolitan influence.įortunately for the avid foodies among us, even these bastions of world cuisine draw influence from the bounty of the Blue Ridge Mountains foodshed. ^ This, however, isn’t to say that the local food landscape is one-dimensional, either. When it comes to dining in Cville, moreover, there’s an almost paralyzing variety of delicious options, and nearly every key ingredient on menus at independently owned restaurants is locally sourced.įarm-to-table restaurants are the standard in Charlottesville, and that’s why the food is so good. The best restaurants in Charlottesville range from humble mom-n-pop hole-in-the-walls to world-class gems featuring globally seasoned chefs– and at the time, I used to love telling people how, outside of New York City, Charlottesville, Virginia boasts more restaurants per capita than any other city in the U.S.! In the years that I spent as an undergraduate tour guide at the University of Virginia, I loved gushing to visitors about Charlottesville’s incredible local food scene.
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