From Toasted Ravs and Ted Drewes to . . . Ham
In St. Louis, we like our food. With Italian restaurants galore we have wonderful pasta, a unique cheese (Provel, a combo of cheddar, swiss and provolone) thin-crust pizza and toasted ravioli. For sweets we have the Ted Drewe’s concrete, a frozen custard sweetened with honey or gooey butter cake, both St. Louis originals.
In Virginia, we have ham. Please tell me there’s more.
January 11th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
Peanuts, cant forget the peanuts. Also we have yummy gelato at Splendora (downtown) and Gearharts(sp?) chocolate is homegrown in Charlottesville. Riverside really has the best burgers in town. Charlottesville has great cheap eats too.
There are lots of great restaurants in Charlottesville even Italian/pizza places. Have fun searching them out.
I am sure there is more (and the ham is delicious).
We also have tobacco, not so much anymore but you know.
December 26th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
[...] I’ve written often of our adjustment from living in St. Louis to living in Charlottesville. I’ve even written of some of the St. Louis foods I miss. Those of you who have kept up with this journey, or those keeping the faith back in the ‘Lou know of the revered toasted ravioli. Mark and I decided to check out local eatery Ragazzi’s on Hwy. 29 in Charlottesville. We were hoping for a little Italian that would take us back. We weren’t expecting the Hill, mind you, but we wanted a taste of home. Imagine our elation, upon inspection of the menu, when we saw listed, “toasted ravioli.” We welled up as we ordered. [...]