By Susan Larson. Photos by Vincent Knaus.
Eileen’s Bakery & Cafe took home top honors from the second annual Sandwich Invitational in Fredericksburg, held July 30 in Hurkamp Park, winning the $750 judges’ prize and title of Sandwich King.
Sprelly, the locally based handcrafted gourmet nut butter business founded in 2014 by Adrian Silversmith, won the People’s Choice Award for the second time.
By Susan Larson
FoodE won the top prize of Sandwich King in Fredericksburg’s inaugural Sandwich Invitational at Hurkamp Park Thursday evening. The title came with $750. Their winning creation was a chili rubbed boneless beef short rib on a local roll with wild greens and Hyperion Espresso Aioli.
The contest was held for National Burger Day 2015.
All proceeds benefit the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund.
FoodE co-owners (L to R) Joy Crump and Beth Black will be interviewed on WFVA’s “Town Talk” April 20, 2015.
Online voting runs through Monday, April 6, 2015.
Semifinal voting is online through 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
By Susan Larson
She’s famous locally for her consistently superb dishes at FoodE . Now Executive Chef Joy Crump will share her talent with the nation as a contestant in Season 12 of Bravo’s reality series “Top Chef.”
Watch the Season 12 trailer here!
Read Joy’s “Top Chef” contestant bio here!
The Fredericksburg Main Street Initiative is hosting a viewing party from 9:30 – 11 p.m.
By Susan Larson
Fredericksburg native Robbie Nicholson has made it to the semifinals of “America’s Got Talent” as the dance captain of Bad Boys of Ballet.
Fan Karen Nicholson shared the good news on Facebook:
By Susan Larson
The line is already long at FOODE. The downtown restaurant is giving away burgers Tuesday, March 11, in exchange for your signature.
“[W]e’re handing out free burgers in the FOODE courtyard for as long as possible to those of you willing to sign your name to a letter to the CEO of Chimerix pleading for the medicine to be released to Josh,” posted FOODE on their Facebook page.
By Susan Larson
Two Fredericksburg restaurants are included in the Virginia is for Lovers Culinary Madness Challenge, sponsored by the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
By Susan Larson
Rappahannock Area Health District (RAHD) officials conducted restaurant inspections at the following Fredericksburg locations April 14 – 21, 2014. Restaurants receive numbered critical and non-critical violations.
By Susan Larson
I was standing in line for Sunday brunch at Foode, when tourists engaged me in conversation. These travelers wanted to eat brunch and get on the road. They didn’t want to wait. Where else in town could they go, they wanted to know?
I knew of a few downtown restaurants serving lunch on Sunday … but brunch?
So I asked on Facebook.
I investigated your suggestions, many of which turned out to be restaurants serving breakfast or lunch, not brunch. But I did discover five locations in downtown Fredericksburg serving Sunday brunch.
By Susan Larson
FoodE General Manager Beth Black and Executive Chef Joy Crump are the ones who introduced the idea for a sandwich invitational in Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg’s Joy Crump was eliminated in the second episode of ‘Top Chef’ season 12.
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