The Charlottesville 29

I did something in 2020 so rare that I cannot recall the last time I did it: ordered the same dish twice in one meal. That’s how delicious the Chuletas con Tres-Chiles Mole were during a birthday dinner in September.

Each year, The Charlottesville 29 answers: if there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? To be eligible for this year’s list, a restaurant must have been open since January 2020.

In its first year of eligibility, Conmole joins the The 2021 Charlottesville 29. Here’s why: an escape to Oaxaca in Belmont.