ON THE WAY TO WORK ON A SNOWY MORNING IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTESVILLE. (PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF FUNKY TEE)
TURNING LOCAL Grocery Stores | One factor important to making a city truly livable is its ability to meet the day-to-day needs of life. When it comes to shopping, this town offers an impressive array of grocery stores. In addition to conventional, well-known grocers such as Kroger, Giant and Harris Teeter, you can find nationally known specialty names including Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Market and Wegmans. The city’s love of local extends to its grocery stores as well, and Charlottesville has many small markets that are thriving — Reid Super128
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Save Market and Market Street Market among them. If you’re hunting for specialty items, local purveyors have you covered; check out Integral Yoga Natural Foods, Rebecca’s Natural Foods, Foods of All Nations and a robust number of ethnic markets, such as La Guadalupana Mexican and Afghan Grand Market. And for those who would rather have someone else do the shopping, there’s an option for that, too: Relay Foods offers pickup or delivery of your customized online grocery order, sourced from a host of shops, farms and artisans.