Chef Craig Hartman of Fossett’s.
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Chef Craig Hartman of Fossett’s has already cooked up a menu for the July Restaurant Week event. You can check out the yummy selections here— and it’s all only $25!

“Some restaurants, for whatever reason— maybe because they worry they’ll lose money– make up a menu of items they wouldn’t normally offer,” says Hartman. “But we don’t do that. This is a chance for people to see exactly what we do.”

Over at l’étoile, chef Mark Gresge is also busy planning his offerings for the week.

“I’m very excited to see the menus from the other restaurants,” says Gresge. “We plan on putting together a wine list that will match with the entrees for the week.”

Gresge says he’s heard that other communities offering restaurant weeks have had great success, and he thinks it’s a great way to get people who’ve heard good things about the restaurants involved to give them a try.

“I like the time of the year with all the fresh produce that will be available for the menu,” says Gresage. ” I think that this is great for the Charlottesville dining scene. It presents the restaurants as a united front, all together trying to show our guests the best we can do for them.”