Category: Food & Drink

“Get ready for a new Biergarten on The CVille Downtown Mall with at least 60 craft beer taps,” said Jerry Miller, who confirmed the breaking news with reliable sources moments ago.

The ownership team behind CommonwealthSKYBAR is opening the biergarten. The biergarten is located directly across from CommonwealthSKYBAR, a couple doors down from Java Java. No expense will be spared with the build-out.

The ownership team is actively trying to drive traffic and interest to The Pavilion side of The Mall. They project this interest to positively impact commonwealthSKYBAR. However, they do not expect the two business models to be competitors.

The new biergarten will replace both Just Curry and commonwealthRESERVE, the event space located across The Mall from commonwealthSKYBAR. 

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Get ready for the CVille Escape Room on The Downtown Mall! I snapped this pic today. CVille Escape Room is located next to the Main Street Arena.

An escape room is a game room featuring real-life quests. Each group is enclosed in a room and has 60 minutes to win the game by solving puzzles, quizzes and brainteasers, using strategy, creativity and logic.

The cost is $25 per person.

Regularly scheduled games run Friday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday. You need to make reservations to play.

Stu Rifkin of Rifkin & Associates helped secure this tenant. The space has sat vacant for an extended period of time.

Learn more at CVilleEscapeRoom.com.

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Sitting here, watching the cursor blink, “Get ready for your next restaurant, CVille! … Doma Korean Kitchen!” @JerryMillerNow on the new Midtown eatery. “I was pedaling that bike up West Main when the signage caught my eye. Doma Korean Kitchen is located three doors down from @BellasRestaurant and next to @MayaRestaurant. Deets to come on LoveCVille.com. The Midtown food & drink scene is about to be super sick!!” (more…)

Sitting here, watching the cursor blink, thinking about two quality Charlottesville-based businesses that are currently for sale. One of our Scoutologists told me this morning that Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt on The CVille Downtown Mall is on the market.

While the Downtown location seems to serve heavy traffic, it certainly faces tremendous competition. In a five-block footprint, prospective customers have the following “sweet-based shops” to choose from: Splendora’s Gelato, Chap’s Ice Cream, My Chocolate Shoppe, Wine Loves Chocolate and Kilwin’s, a chocolate, fudge and ice cream shop that opened earlier this year.

Talk about some sticky competition!

OVER COFFEE AT GREENBERRY’S LAST WEEK, another Scoutologist told me that Oil & Vinegar in the Barracks Road Shopping Center is also currently for sale.

In business for 10+ years, Oil & Vinegar is a Barracks Road staple, especially around the holidays. Its current ownership team is asking $200,000 for the business.

THE FITZROY GRAND OPENING is on the near horizon. The Fitzroy is the new restaurant concept located in the former Blue Light space on The Downtown Mall. Signage was installed on Wednesday afternoon. The glass entrance is sophisticated and chic, and the inside looks very approachable. (more…)