Things to Do in Charlottesville:

Coffee & Bakeries:

Petite Marie Bette: https://www.mariebette.com/#european-inspired

Colleen & Michael's favorite spot in Charlottesville, where they ended their first date. All the pastries are good, pretzel croissants are can't miss!

Cou Cou Rachou: https://www.coucourachou.com/

Arguably the best bakery and coffee combination in Charlottesville!

Mudhouse: https://mudhouse.com/

Great collection of coffee and teas. About a 100 yard walk from the Omni on the Downtown Mall!

Grit Coffee: https://gritcoffee.com/

About a 200 yard walk from the Omni on the Downtown Mall, the highest quality coffee in town!

The Workshop https://thewoolfactory.com/the-workshop

If you spend some time walking and running on the Rivanna Trail, The Workshop is perfect post-trail coffee remedy. Great space and even better coffee.

Breweries:

Selvedge Brewing: https://selvedgebrewing.menu

New place with good food and steadily improving beer. Good for larger parties.

Decipher Brewing: https://brewerydb.com/brewery/3YOtVu

Some of the best beer in the area. 4 Air Force code breakers (thus Decipher) from Denver.

Beer Run: https://www.beerrun.com

Good food and the broadest range of beers for sale. If you need an interesting beer, they’ve got the best selection. Nachos are the best in C’ville.

Three Notch’d Brewing: https://threenotchdbrewing.com

Good beer and good for large parties. Food is pretty good - with pretzel nuggets a must.

Kardinal Hall: https://kardinalhall.com

Great beer selection and good for big parties.

Starr Hill Brewery: https://starrhill.com

They’ve been around forever and the beer and location are pretty good.

Hogwaller Brewing: https://www.hogwallerbrewing.com/

Brand new brewery, fantastic beer and some of the best burgers and fries in town!

Brewing Tree Beer Company: https://beertreebrew.com

Pleasant surprise. Good live music, ax throwing and a great site by the river. Skip Blue Mountain and go here instead.

Burgers

Citizen Burger Bar: https://www.citizenburgerbarcville.com

Best burgers we’ve had by far. Great selection. Good take out.

Jack Brown’s: https://www.jackbrownsjoint.com

Jack Brown’s small, quirky and convenient. One of those late nigh, “I may have had a few beers” locations with good burgers and good beer selection.

Asian

Monsoon Siam:

https://www.monsoonsiamcville.com

Best Thai in Charlottesville. Restaurant is quirky, small with creaky tables, but very authentic. Do takeout!

Bang!: https://www.bangrestaurant.net

Asian tapas. Best for in-restaurant dining.

Peter Chang’s China Grill: https://www.peterchangcharlottesville.com

Best Chinese. Menu is more Szechuan than anything else, but very good takeout.

Latin

La Michoacana:

https://www.restaurantji.com/va/charlottesville/la-michoacana-taqueria-and-restaurant-/

Traditional, authentic, but pretty standard.

The Bebedero: https://thebebedero.com

Our favorite in C’ville. Great margaritas.

Continental Divide: https://continental-divide.square.site

Another favorite. More eclectic, but a few must haves: red, white and blue nachos, deconstructed enchilada. The pumpkin muffins are a must.

Al Carbon: https://www.alcarbonchicken.com/Home

A Peruvian chicken restaurant with great tacos on the side.

Brazos Tacos: https://brazostacos.square.site

Really good taqueria with a wide variety of selections and very affordable.

Pizza

Lampo: http://www.lampopizza.com

Only true Italien, brick oven-style pizza in C’ville. By far our favorite. Get the caesar salad and the bread and olive oil. Meatballs - as an entree or sandwich - are great.

Crozet Pizza: https://www.crozetpizza.com

Go the original location in Crozet. Pretty standard pizza, but good stuff.

Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie: https://www.drhoshumblepie.com

A bit far down 29, but very eclectic good pizza.

Drinks

The Alley Light: https://alleylight.com

Off of main street, down an alley and unmarked. Good drinks, including the pretension that goes along with a ’speakeasy’ in Charlottesville. Dinner looks pretty good here, but haven’t tried the food.

Lost Saint (basement of Tavern & Grocery):

Another pretentious speakeasy. Stick with the bourbon drinks!

Cichetti Bar (in the back of Tavola, great cocktail bar): https://tavolavino.com/cicchetti-craft-cocktails/

Really great bar with great bartenders behind Tavola. Go for the dealer’s choice!

Ragged Branch - https://www.raggedbranch.com

Whiskey distillery

Seafood

Public Fish & Oyster: http://publicfo.com

Only seafood restaurant in Charlottesville. Good food with good Belgian beer selection.

Upscale (ish) restaurants

Mas: https://www.mastapas.com/mas-menu

Pretty good Spanish tapas

Tavola: https://tavolavino.com

Good Italian with good wine list.

The Whiskey Jar (We like it as a bar as well): https://www.thewhiskeyjarcville.com

As the website says, southern food and whiskey. Pumpkin muffins, ham biscuits, fried chicken, etc. The bar’s selection of whiskey is formidable.

Orzo: http://orzokitchen.com

Really good Mediterranean selection with good wine. Did both graduation dinners here.

Maya: https://www.maya-restaurant.com

Fine Southern cuisine with pretty good wine selection.

C&O (very upscale): https://www.candorestaurant.com

Restaurant has been in Charlottesville forever and I think I’ve been there once. Great food, but not sure its worth the price.

The Local: https://thelocal-cville.com

All kinds of different food and all well done.

Sandwiches

Greenwood Gourmet Grocery: https://greenwoodva.shop

Ivy Provisions: https://www.ivyprovisions.com

Belair Market: https://tigerfuelmarkets.com/locations/the-market-at-bellair/

Don’t let the fact that its in an Exxon put you off!

Market St Market: https://www.marketstreetmarket.net

Feast!: https://www.feastvirginia.com

Simeon Market: https://www.simeonmarket.com/menus

Corner Juice: https://www.cornerjuice.com

Wineries.

King Family - https://kingfamilyvineyards.com

Blenheim - https://www.blenheimvineyards.com

Dave Matthews’ winery. He designed everything, including the wine labels.

Early Mountain - https://www.earlymountain.com

Beautiful venue, but a bit of a hike to get to.