The future of a space briefly used as Charlottesville’s so-called Skybar may be a bit more clear now that a new application has been filed with Virginia’s alcohol regulators.
Downtown Skybar LLC has filed with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority for a mixed beverages license for 422 East Main Street, the site of the former Commonwealth Restaurant and Skybar.
The application states the business will trade as “Monks” and restaurateur J.R. Hadley is listed as the contact in a public notice printed in the Charlottesville Daily Progress. Hadley had been involved with the former Champion Restaurant Group which operated the now-closed restaurant Passiflora on the first floor.
The structure was built in 1920 and originally had two stories until a fire occurred some time in the 1960’s, according to a June 5, 2019 C-Ville Weekly article. That allowed a place for an open-air bar to open in the fall of 2011. When that operation went out of business, subsequent restaurants that took over the first floor did not open the SkyBar.
A public notice of the application was published in the Charlottesville Daily Progress on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the second of two required publications. The first was on May 14.
Here are some other things in recent public notices. You’ll have to search for them, I’m afraid:
- The Albemarle County Planning Commission will have a public hearing on a special use permit to allow Flow Hyundai to have outdoor sales at its new showroom that will be constructed between 2070 and 2150 Seminole Trail. More details in Monday’s edition of the Week Ahead newsletter. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 23, 2024)
- There will be a public auction on July 17, 2024 at the Circuit Court in Albemarle County for a two acre piece of land referred to in the public notice as Parcel-X. There is more information on a law firm’s website, but I couldn’t get it to load. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 21, 2024)
- On June 3, 2024, Charlottesville City Council will hold a public hearing on whether to establish a connection fee of $340 for new gas service. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 21, 2024)
- On June 5, 2024, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on changes to the Water Protection Ordinance to reflect changes in state law. More details in the June 2, 2024 edition of the Week Ahead newsletter. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 23, 2024)
- Also on June 5, 2025, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on a rezoning for the Holly Hills division which seeks a total of 410 residential units on 30.821 acres. This would be at the southeast corner of the intersection of Route 29 and S. Hollymead Drive. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 23, 2024)
- The Buckingham Branch Railroad is seeking firms to bid on the installation of 160,000 linear feet of “New CWR on the North Mountain Subpision, Richmond & Alleghany Division of the Buckingham Branch Railroad.” Bids are due June 6. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, May 14, 2024)
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