Legends: These Thirteen Restaurants Have Been on The Charlottesville 29 Since its Beginning

by Charlottesville29

The Charlottesville 29 launched in 2012, setting out to answer: if there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? The years since then have brought an explosion of new restaurants, enhancing a Charlottesville food community that was already stellar. This website has documented much of the growth.

Perhaps even more impressive, though, are the restaurants of The Charlottesville 29 that have been with us since the beginning. In an industry notorious for short life spans, these standard-bearers not only existed when The Charlottesville 29 began in 2012, but are still going strong. Salute:

Beer Run (2007)

Bizou (1996)

Bodo’s (1988)

C&O (1976)

Fleurie (2001)

Ivy Inn (1973)

Milan (2003)

Pad Thai (2006)

Petit Pois (2005)

Revolutionary Soup (1998)

Tavola (2009)

Ten (2007)