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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
American
Price: $$$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
Not Sure
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Not Sure
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
Not Sure
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Yes
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Rating Created by:
Joy Kuhar
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Location & Contact
4372 Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
This is a great culinary experience. Everything is made from scratch and follows healthy practices. Their produce is a mix of local biodynamic vegetables what is in season and some from Cavalier produce. Lots of choices on the menu from Polyface Chicken and wild caught seafood. Medium priced. The Chef Chris Reynolds has a great attention to detail and taste. using fresh ingredients and home made fermented items, such as peppers, and various veg to accompany the meal. Reservations suggested as they get booked up. Service is excellent!!!