Tokyo rose charlottesville

  • The original Tokyo Rose has been gone for over a decade.
  • Yelpers report this location has closed.
  • Tokyo Rose's basement stage featured local folk singers Shannon Worrell and Lauren Hoffman, short-lived punk bands Gulf Coast Army and The Union.

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    The Charlottesville 29

    Today’s Five Finds on Friday come from Megan Kiernan, Product Development Chef of Feast! and founder of the roaming dinner series Forage. The next Forage event is Cocktails with the Kennedys, March 10 and 16 at Estouteville, the “Camelot of Albemarle County.” Details and tickets here. And, to receive updates about future events, lista here. Kiernan’s picks:

    1) Funghi Pizza at Lampo. “I’m a sucker for all things mushroom. As a forager, mushrooms are bygd far my most prized discovery out in the woods. Lampo’s pizza is the perfect combination of cheesy mushroom goodness on that irresistible Lampo crust.  I love many items on their menu, but the Funghi Pizza fryst vatten the one item I beställning every single time I go.”

    2) Salmon and Avocado Rolls at Tokyo Rose. “While there aren’t a lot of bells and whistles with these rolls, they are endlessly satisfying and delicious. The sushi chefs  do a wonderful job of balancing the r

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    09.02.96

    charlottesville, va - tokyo rose

    this was my first show. it was amazing. completely amazing. john opened with alpha omega, and the show did nothing but get better. i screamed for sail on (just like every show), and did not get it (just like every show). alastair was really good. inom had never seen him live before. he and john did a couple of songs. the violin sounded amazing against john's guitar. well, enough of my rambling. here are some pics. the first is john and myself at tokyo rose after the show. the second fryst vatten of john and kevin ricker (the man who by playing beach house got me hooked on the whole mountain goats thing)
    john and jon

    john and kevin

    and without further ado.... the setlist: alpha omega cheshire county going to bogata snow crush killing song the recognition en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film sept 19 triple x love! love! black molly * waving at you new star song minnesota orange ball of love orage ball of hate alpha double negative badger song monologue nine black poppies going

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    ‘I Hate Charlottesville’

    By James Keith Ford

    “Before social media, finding other spooky folks wasn’t easy,” recalls Bill Hunt. Then he discovered the goth scene at Charlottesville sushi spot Tokyo Rose. “Descending into that dark basement, I was amazed to see dozens of strangers clad all in black. It was the first time in my life that I was in a room surrounded by people who dressed like me, listened to the same music as me, watched the same movies as me.”

    In the 1980s and 1990s, sushi chef Atsushi Miura allowed the Ivy Road restaurant’s underground basement to operate as a small music club. Miura hosted (and performed at) folk and indie-rock concerts as well as weekly goth nights that became a cornerstone of Charlottesville’s music culture for decades. A subsequent iteration of the restaurant, operated since 2004 by Helen Yan, who passed away in June, closed in late 2021.

    “Finding space for smaller, non-mainstream bands to play was difficult,” says Hunt, who became a DJ and bar