Stony Level Growth Group is thrilled to announce the long-anticipated debut of Dairy Market, the South’s latest market corridor, and the primary in Virginia’s Central Piedmont area. Positioned within the historic Monticello Dairy constructing in downtown Charlottesville and simply steps away from the College of Virginia, Dairy Market is reviving a area people treasure and hometown favourite by bringing collectively a various number of meals and beverage, agriculture, Southern tradition, historical past and humanities, all underneath one roof. With lowered capability and intensive well being and cleanliness protocols in place, the market corridor idea has been reimagined for present occasions whereas nonetheless permitting Charlottesville locals and guests to expertise the vacation spot’s distinctive array of flavors and creative inspiration from a choice of Virginia’s main purveyors, culinary skills and artisans.
Dairy Market’s roots hint again to 1912 with the formation of the Monticello Ice Cream Firm, later renamed Monticello Dairy, Inc., identified for its manufacturing of ice cream, milk, butter and cheese. The corporate opened its first brick-and-mortar location, the Monticello Dairy constructing in 1937, which rapidly grew to become an iconic group gathering place identified for its ice cream parlor and occasion room. Designed by Cunningham | Quill Architects, Dairy Market is an adaptive reuse of this Charlottesville landmark, celebrating the Virginia culinary group by offering native cooks, breweries and retailers a brand new residence to showcase their craft. Constructing on the model’s treasured place in Charlottesville, Dairy Market makes use of its various retailers, distinctive occasion area and centralized location to convey the local people collectively.
That includes a wide range of totally different globally impressed cuisines with genuine flavors, Dairy Market’s retailers showcase the perfect of what Charlottesville’s expansive culinary scene has to supply. A number of retailers are at the moment open and able to welcome visitors to Dairy Market, adopted by staggered openings of the remaining retailers in Spring 2021. With 12 meals stalls, one full-service restaurant, a brewery, 4 retail stalls and a bar, the market is nearly at full capability. Beneath is a snapshot of the confirmed retailers.
- Angelic’s Kitchen and Catering: The primary bodily location and extension of proprietor Angelic Jenkin’s well-liked meals truck serves up Southern soul meals, together with signature specialties akin to fried whiting fish dipped in Angelic’s legendary Southern fashion breading.
- Bee Acutely aware Baking Firm: Run by husband-and-wife group Patrick and Alexis Strasser, this sustainable group bakery serves up scrumptious baked items made with recent substances coming straight from the Strassers’ native farm, Bee Acutely aware Farm.
- CHIMM St.: Impressed by the busy road markets in Thailand, CHIMM St. encompasses a menu that integrates the regional meals and flavors of Southeast Asian delicacies with the communal side of consuming that’s so well-liked in Thailand’s meals tradition.
- Citizen Burger Stand: This new outpost of probably the most well-liked eating places in Charlottesville will keep true to its mission, providing the perfect native grass-fed, grass-finished burgers in addition to house-made fries, grilled cheese sandwiches and extra.
- Dino’s Wooden-Fired Pizza & Rotisserie Hen: Run by chef and proprietor Dino Hoxhaj, Dino’s affords a choice of wood-fired artisan pizzas and rotisserie rooster with flavors from all over the world, together with all kinds of gluten-free and vegan choices.
- Eleva Espresso: Patrons who need their caffeine repair will benefit from the Brooklyn-based Eleva Espresso, which is dedicated to bringing collectively espresso farmers and occasional drinkers by offering probably the most scrumptious, sustainable espresso direct from rigorously chosen farmers in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Ethiopia.
- GRN Burger: An thrilling new quick informal idea that includes a 100% vegetarian menu, GRN affords plant-based burgers, chick’n sandwiches, French fries, and different American meat-free classics that even carnivores will love.
- Maizal: This South American road meals idea makes a speciality of a variety of punchy, daring Latin American substances with road meals impressed dishes akin to grilled arepas, golden empanadas, tacos, tostadas, chicharron and extra, served with flavorful sauces and sides.
- Manila Avenue: Initially began as a meals truck by Filipino Chef Fernando Dizon and his spouse Jesse, Manila Avenue will promote scrumptious home made Flipino fare, together with the chef’s signature lumpia (Filipino spring rolls) in addition to recipes which were handed down for generations
- Mashu Pageant: Led by Govt Chef TK Chin, Mashu Pageant’s menu will provide genuine Asian competition meals in a enjoyable and ornamental environment. The dishes, rigorously crafted using the group’s deep information of Japanese delicacies and recent, conventional substances, will guarantee diners expertise a real style of Japanese tradition.
- Moo Through: The beloved Virginia family-owned-and-operated creamery and ice cream retailer, identified for its actual ice cream made by actual dairy farmers, serves handcrafted, gradual churned ice cream, shakes, pasteurized milk and extra.
- Springhouse Sundries: As a part of Dairy Market’s retail nook, Springhouse Sundries, run by Licensed Sommelier Priscilla Martin Curley and wine business veteran Matt Hauck, will promote a curated choice of wine and beer, together with native and specialised meals gadgets, which might be reasonably priced and accessible to the on a regular basis shopper.
- Starr Hill Brewery: Initially established in Charlottesville, Starr Hill is an impartial, regional craft brewery based out of a ardour for nice beer and dwell music. They may open their new pilot brewery and taproom because the cornerstone of Dairy Market, serving up a wide range of distinctive craft brews.
- Take it Away Sandwich Store: A neighborhood favourite for the scholars and alumni of the College of Virginia for the previous 27 years, Take it Away continues to serve their unique sandwiches and well-known Home Dressing to the Charlottesville group at Dairy Market.
- The Milkman’s Bar: Led by proficient mixologists River Hawkins and Mike Stewart, The Milkman’s Bar serves inventive recreations of traditional cocktails with whimsical, awe-inspiring displays in a welcoming area that pays homage to traditional 1950’s and 60’s Americana drugstore soda fountains.
Along with its various roster of distributors, Dairy Market will even provide 11,500 sq. ft of retail area and versatile floor stage assembly area for particular occasions, which is able to open in early 2021.
“We’re thrilled to open Dairy Market’s doorways and introduce each our unbelievable group and Charlottesville guests to the perfect of the vacation spot’s various meals and beverage scene, with globally impressed and regionally sourced handcrafted delicacies from a choice of proficient retailers,” stated Stony Level President, Chris Henry. “It was necessary for us to pay homage to the unique Monticello Dairy constructing which is so beloved in the neighborhood, and create an area the place everybody feels welcome. Our visitors’ and workers’ security and wellbeing are of utmost significance to us, and we’re opening with enhanced well being protocols together with strict social distancing measures for our patrons. We stay up for welcoming visitors from close to and much to expertise a style of what Charlottesville has to supply.”
Following well being protocols issued by the Heart for Illness Management (CDC) and the State of Virginia, Dairy Market is at the moment open at 50% capability. Seating has been reconfigured and unfold out with two of the market corridor’s retail areas repurposed to incorporate further seating, six ft separation between tables and restricted celebration sizes. Public buffets and customary beverage service stations have been eradicated, and there are ground spacing indicators between prospects whereas in line. Excessive-contact areas and contact factors across the corridor and inside every service provider’s particular person stall are continuously cleaned and disinfected, and tables, chairs and trays are cleaned and sanitized after each use. Retailers are required to offer applicable obstacles between groups and prospects and use no-touch menus, contactless cost programs, automated ordering and cellular ordering apps and texts to scale back the necessity for shut buyer contact. Face coverings are required for all visitors and workers whereas contained in the constructing and workers will probably be monitored for any signs between every work shift. To restrict giant teams, Dairy Market won’t be internet hosting any sort of opening occasion or preview.
John Pritzlaff and Jenny Stoner of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer dealt with the lease negotiations on behalf of Dairy Market.