Ted & Melissa
Things To Do
Al Carbon Chicken
This is Ted's favorite place for some awesome Peruvian Chicken! Hole in the wall but good :)
The Alley Light
This is a swanky hidden speakeasy that has great drinks and French food. One of Ted's favorites, again.
Green House Coffee
One of Ted and Melissa’s other favorite breakfast places. Highly recommend the home fries.
Oakhurst Inn Cafe and Espresso Bar
Ted and Melissa had many many breakfasts and dates here. We highly recommend the bacon gruyere scone with scallion butter (it is amazing) and the coffee is great!
The Market at Bellair
Ted’s favorite sandwich place in Charlottesville (Ted and Family have been going here for almost a decade). Great place to grab lunch after a long drive.
Mona Lisa Pasta Inc
Ted worked here briefly as a stock clerk and assistant cook. Amazing handmade pasta and pasta sauces. Highly recommend purchasing some to take back.
Bodo's Bagels
This is the infamous bagel place everyone who went to UVA or lives in Charlottesville talks about. Their bagels are the best!
Lampo Neapolitan Pizzeria
Amazing pizza with ingredients imported from Italy.
Peter Chang China Grill
This is a very good Chinese restaurant in the Szechuan style, if you are craving some authentic Chinese food. The famous Peter Chang used to work at the Chinese Embassy as a chef and has many restaurants since opening this one in Virginia and Maryland. Both Melissa and Ted (and their families) make a point of frequently eating here.
DOMA Korean Kitchen
This is a great place for Korean food, the restaurant is owned by the parents of one of Melissa's friends from UVA! Ted and Melissa also had many moments of eating here or getting takeout from here.
Charlottesville Farmer's Market (City Market)
This is a great place to spend time on Saturday morning before the wedding. It's right off the Charlottesville Downtown Mall and has great food vendors and is a fun place to walk around.
Ragged Mountain Nature Area
This is where Ted proposed to Melissa! It is a beautiful scenic area and is very close to UVA.
The Lawn
Classic UVA site seeing. This is the “quad” area where students will go outside and play frisbee. Also an excellent place to pet dogs.
Carter Mountain Orchard
This is an apple orchard which is super fun for fall, has awesome apple cider donuts and would be a fun place to take kids.
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson’s estate, which has been converted into a historic landmark.
IX Art Park
Fun place to go and see good street art installations. There’s also a pretty good brewery on the premises.
Downtown Mall
Charlottesville staple open air mall, plenty of good restaurants and artistic boutiques.
King Family Vineyards
One of the many vineyards around Charlottesville. Good way to spend an afternoon.
Alderman Library
Signature UVA library. Site of the famous “Harry Potter Room”.