I’m going to be honest: I wish I had money and a List of 111 places to EAT in Charlottesville…there are so many hidden restaurant nooks here I would like to try. Yesterday Joe and I took a little trip down Ivy Road (after getting help from Dave’s iPhone because after all, I was driving so of course we got “lost”) to the Bellair Market, a quaint little place inside the Exxon gas station of all places.
It really is like a market when you go in there: packed with wooden crates and chips galore, a chilli station, a fresh local flair food counter, apparently a bakery (they had giant soft cookies and cornbread), and of course an extensive deli. We even got a $5 for five sandwich card so we can save if we go back there! The Market did have a few tables (and even a small wine selection!) but in order to be legitimate we took our meal to go. Joe got the Ednam sandwich, his favorite part was the herb mayo. I got the golden turkey and gouda, and we shared a large cup of the fresh fruit salad which (despite the Novemberness of this excursion) was proportionally delicious and not just chock full of mango…it provided plenty of strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, grapes, blackberries, and raspberries as well to stave off the scurvy Joe is convinced he has (only when he’s able to eat fruit again). Our half homemade meal was complete with strawberry kiwi juice, Doritos, and Ghirardelli chocolate brownies. It was delicious, we were stuffed, and I would definitely go back to Bellair.
The small businessman is smart; he realizes
there's no free lunch. On the other hand,
he knows where to go to get a good
inexpensive sandwich. -- Adam Osborne
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