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Article: If It Tastes Good, It's in Charlottesville; Thanks to inventive chefs, a commitment to quality and a local focus, this is one college town with all the makings of a food lover's destination
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 7, 2008
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Revolutionary Soup looks like your average student joint. A bit
grungy but cheerful, with a menu of comforting and, more important,
cheap soups and sandwiches.
Besides the prices, there's nothing cheap about the food at Rev
Soup, as the locals affectionately call it. The tofu in the
signature spicy Senegalese peanut soup is organic and local, made
just 30 miles away in Louisa. The wheat for the homemade biscuits is
grown in Virginia and ground at Byrd Mill in Ashland. And diners can
pick from an impressive selection of wine bottles for sale at retail
prices -- and then open and drink the wine at one of the cafeteria-
style tables at no extra cost. "It hurts my margins," admits chef-
owner ...
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