Secret's in the sauce: A menu favorite, the tuna tostada at Continental Divide is topped with a special vinegar-sugar glaze. Photo: Elli Williams

The great Divide: The making of Continental’s perfect tuna tostada

This started out as a nachos survey, with me sampling some platters from a few establishments around the village perimeter, plus one on the Downtown Mall, just to establish a baseline. But I knew all along where it was going, where I would end up directing my sunshiny prose. I wanted to be in a [...]

Charlottesville SOUP nurtures the soul of the creative community and gives one audience-selected artist a boost through crowd funding.
Photo courtesy of Charlottesville SOUP.

ARTS Picks: Charlottesville SOUP

Dig in to tasty, homemade fare, mingle with influential thinkers and makers from the local art scene, and help launch a new creative community project. Based on the successful Detroit Soup micro-granting dinner party model that was created by The Garage co-founder Kate Daughdrill, the first Charlottesville SOUP raised over $1,000 for the Textile Cooperative and turned away 200 hopeful [...]