The 2025 Charlottesville 29: This Year’s List of Charlottesville’s Essential Restaurants
by Charlottesville29
The 2025 Charlottesville 29 is here.
Each year, The Charlottesville 29 answers: if there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? Background here and here. Annual cuts become ever more difficult, as openings outpace closings. For each restaurant, the Charlottesville 29 includes a description of why it was selected and an ordering guide, with recommendations from each restaurant’s chef/owner and appearances in Five Finds on Friday.
With that: The 2025 Charlottesville 29.