http://cvilleyum.com Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:14:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Trying to decide what to order or where to book last minute reservations for Restaurant Week? Here is some feedback tidbits we have gathered from readers/customers on our site, facebook and twitter (#cvilleyum).  There are so many delicious offerings but these responses may help you decide exactly where to go ... http://cvilleyum.com/july-2010-restaurant-week-feedback/ The PB&J Fund connects Charlottesville youth with the resources and knowledge necessary to help develop a healthy diet. By working with community partners to provide healthy meals and teach cooking habits, it aims to address kids' nutritional needs at each stage of development. The PB&J Fund was created in the ... http://cvilleyum.com/pbj-fund-selected-to-benefit-from-july-restaurant-week-event/ 20 restaurants are on board for our 3rd installment of Charlottesville Restaurant Week this July 12th-18th, 2010.  New additions include Shebeen, Ten, Orzo and BANG!  A full list of participants can be found here or in the full page ad in the current issue of The HOOK.  We are posting ... http://cvilleyum.com/20-restaurants-on-board-for-july-restaurant-week/ The most recent Restaurant Week earned over $10,000 for the local food bank according to the Hook newspaper. Overall, according to reporter Dave McNair, the January’s Restaurant Week--- though somewhat curtailed by a snowstorm--- contributed $10,156 to the Thomas Jefferson Branch of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network, a ... http://cvilleyum.com/rest-week-earned-over-10k-for-charity/ Due to the wintery weather, most Restaurant Week participants are extending Restaurant Week through Wednesday, February 3rd in order to reschedule canceled reservations and to add in reservations for those who were not able to get a reservation last week.  Please contact the restaurants directly for details on changing your current ... http://cvilleyum.com/snowy-weather-extends-restweek/ Hook editor and Charlottesville Restaurant Week launcher (the charter restaurants really founded the thing) went on 106.1FM The Corner on Tuesday morning to talk with Brad Savage about some of what's in store for eager diners and how Spencer and his wife discovered Restaurant Week in New York City a ... http://cvilleyum.com/hook-editor-jabbers-about-restweek-on-the-corner/ Fossett's, the upscale restaurant at Keswick Hall, the plush international resort just outside of Charlottesville, reports that except for a few tables on Sunday, it is sold out for the duration of Restaurant Week, which begins Monday, January 25. However, the inn still has some rooms available in case ... http://cvilleyum.com/fossetts-sold-out/ Too busy to go out for dinner during Restaurant Week?  The Boar's Head Inn is offering a special Restaurant Week 3-course  lunch menu at its Old Mill Room restaurant for only $15.50 including tax--- an innovation in Restaurant Week. http://cvilleyum.com/boars-head-offers-a-1550-lunch/ Here's the Carmello's Restaurant Week menu. Enjoy! http://cvilleyum.com/carmellos-makes-an-offer-you-cant-refuse/ Ventana, the high-tech restaurant/lounge on Water Street, is offering seared sweetbreads, braised lamb with sour cream spaetzle, and a chipotle buttered skate wing among its record-setting six entree choices on its menu. This is Ventana's first time participating in Restaurant Week, and it's located virtually next door to charter participants ... http://cvilleyum.com/one-can-skate-into-ventana/