Downtown Hotel & Conference Center Back on the Table

A few months ago, the development of a downtown hotel and conference center was being discussed, but because of disagreements about how to finance the project, it was put on hold indefinitely. Since June, though, the City of Harrisonburg and the JMU Foundation have revisited this discussion and have tentatively come...

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Rise and Shine and Get Your Breakfast On, Harrisonburg!

It’s the most important meal of the day. It gets your metabolism jump-started. It feeds your brain. It gets you going. It’s breakfast. Harrisonburg is home to a wealth of delicious, locally owned breakfast hot spots. Check out our list of favorites, then rise and shine and get your breakfast on!...

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An Inside Look at Harrisonburg’s Food Trucks: Taste of Soul

Food Trucks are popping up all over the Shenandoah Valley! This is the seventh in a series of interviews with our favorite local food trucks… Maybe it’s because the truck looks more like a tiny, impeccable house on wheels than a food truck. Or maybe it’s how the family inside the...

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Food.Bar.Food: Global Comfort Food (and drinks!) made local.

Imagine for a minute that the remarkably talented chef from the always-delicious Clementine Café and the genius behind the award-winning cocktail menu at the Local Chop & Grill House paired up to open a whole new restaurant. Now imagine that it’s in a beautifully renovated and designed space (concrete floors,...

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