The Charlottesville 29 answers: if there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? The 2023 Charlottesville 29 is here. As impressive as the restaurants on the list are, as I say every year: even better evidence of Charlottesville’s food excellence each year is the number of great restaurants not on the list. Because openings outpace closings, narrowing a list to 29 becomes more difficult each year. Dozens of restaurants not on the The Charlottesville 29 would be worthy entrants on a list of any city’s top restaurants. How could a city the size of Charlottesville have so many great restaurants? We are blessed.
- Aberdeen Barn
- Afghan Kabob
- Amigo
- Aroma’s Cafe
- Bang!
- Blue Moon Diner
- Botanical
- Bowerbird Bakeshop
- Brasserie Saison
- Brazos Tacos
- Cafe 88
- Chimm Thai
- Chimm St.
- Christian’s Pizza
- Citizen Burger Bar
- Continental Divide
- Doma
- Duner’s
- El Ciruelo
- Fabio’s NY Pizza
- Feast!
- Fry’s Spring Station
- Got Dumplings
- Guajiros
- GRN BRGR
- Hamilton’s
- Holly’s Diner
- Inka Grill
- Ivy Provisions
- Kabuto
- Kanak
- Kardinal Hall
- Kitchen(ette)
- Kyoto
- La Michoacana
- Lemongrass
- Lime Leaf
- Manila Street
- MarieBette
- Mariscos El Barco
- Maru
- Maya
- Mel’s Cafe
- Mi Casita
- Mochiko
- Mona Lisa Pasta
- Monsoon Siam
- Multiverse Kitchens
- Now & Zen
- Oakhurst Inn Cafe
- Orzo Kitchen & Wine Bar
- Otto
- Passiflora
- Pearl Island
- Petite MarieBette
- Pico Wrap
- Pineapples Thai
- Poke Sushi Bowl
- Quality Pie
- Rapture
- Red Lantern
- Riverside Lunch
- Royalty Eats
- Selvedge Brewing
- Silk Thai
- Soul Food Joint
- Southern Crescent
- Super Amanacer
- Sylvia’s Pizza
- Szechuan Restaurant
- Taiwan Garden
- Take It Away
- Taste of China
- Tavern & Grocery
- Thai Cuisine & Noodle House
- The Bebedero
- The Clifton
- The Fitzroy
- The Local
- The Market
- The Ridley
- The Whiskey Jar
- Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery
- Thyme & Co.
- Tilman’s
- Tonic
- Vision BBQ
- Vivace
- Vu Noodles