Charlottesville restaurants are in peril. They need your help.

In the food industry, margins are so tight that most restaurants cannot surive any sustained sharp drop in business. The devastating effects of COVID-19 upon restaurant business will be unprecedented. Fortunately, to compensate for those effects, some Charlottesville landlords and suppliers are showing flexibility on payment deadlines, in an effort to help restaurants somehow stay afloat. But, it is not enough. Restaurants cannot survive without your help.

While Charlottesville Restaurants are implementing precautions against the spread of COVID-19 and encourage diners to keep visiting, fears suppress business.

You can help restaurants survive this crisis. How? By purchasing gift cards. Buy as many you can for as many restaurants as you can. For regular favorites that you plan to visit anyway, this will literally cost you no money. You are merely paying now for a check you would have to pay later anyway. So, for example, buy a $500 gift certificate now, and then use it all year long. Without needed cash flow, your favorites might not still be around.

The Gift Card Program: Take a few minutes to help save our restaurants. Find gift card links to restaurants of The Charlottesville 29 here. And, below is gift card purchase information for a broader group of restaurants.

Ace Biscuit & Barbecue GIFT CARD: (434) 202-1403

Al Carbon GIFT CARD

Albemarle Baking Company GIFT CARD

Angelic’s Kitchen GIFT CARD

The Alley Light GIFT CARD: (434) 296-5003

Bang! GIFT CARD

Bashir’s GIFT CARD: (434) 923-0927

Bavarian Chef GIFT CARD

BBQ Exchange GIFT CARD: (540) 832-0227

Beer Run GIFT CARD: (434) 984-2337

Belle GIFT CARD: (434) 996-4919

Bizou GIFT CARD

Bluegrass Grill & Bakery GIFT CARD: (434) 295-9700

Blue Moon Diner GIFT CARD: 980-6666

Bodo’s GIFT CARD

Boylan Heights GIFT CARD

Brasserie Saison GIFT CARD: (434) 202-7027

Brazos Tacos GIFT CARD

C&O GIFT CARD

Champion Brewing Company GIFT CARD: (434) 295-2739

Champion Grill GIFT CARD (434) 202-1076

Chimm GIFT CARD: (434) 288-1120

Citizen Burger Bar GIFT CARD: (434) 979-9944

Commonwealth GIFT CARD: (434) 202-7728

Conmole GIFT CARD: (434) 328-2519

Continental Divide GIFT CARD: (434) 984-0143

Corner Juice GIFT CARD

Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie GIFT CARD: (434) 245-0000

Druknya House GIFT CARD: (434) 995-5539

Duner’s GIFT CARD

Feast! GIFT CARD

Fellini’s GIFT CARD (434) 284-7676

Firefly GIFT CARD

Fleurie GIFT CARD

Fry’s Spring Station GIFT CARD

Great Harvest GIFT CARD: (434) 202-7813

Guajiros GIFT CARD (434) 465-2108

Hamiltons’ GIFT CARD

HotCakes GIFT CARD (434) 295-6037

Junction GIFT CARD: (434) 465-6131

Kardinal Hall GIFT CARD: (434) 295-4255

Kama GIFT CARD: (434) 529-3015

Iron Paffles & Coffee GIFT CARD: (434) 806-3800

Ivy Inn Restaurant GIFT CARD: (434) 977-1222 or (434) 466-9222 ivyinn@ivyinnrestaurant.com

Ivy Provisions GIFT CARD

Lampo GIFT CARD: lampo@lampopizza.com

Little Star GIFT CARD: (434) 252-2502

MarieBette Cafe and Bakery GIFT CARD: (434) 529-6118

Mangione’s on Main GIFT CARD: (434) 327-4833

Mas GIFT CARD: (434) 979-0990

Maru GIFT CARD: (434) 956-4110

Maya GIFT CARD

Michael’s Bistro GIFT CARD: (434) 977-3697

Milan GIFT CARD: (434) 984-2828

Miller’s Downtown GIFT CARD

Mochiko GIFT CARD

Modern Nosh GIFT Card: (434) 202-8098

Monsoon Siam GIFT CARD: (434) 971-1515

North American Sake Brewery GIFT CARD: (434) 767-8105

Now & Zen GIFT CARD: (434) 971-1177

Oakhart Social GIFT CARD: (434) 995-5449

Orzo GIFT CARD: (434) 975-6796

Pad Thai GIFT CARD: (434) 293-4032

Paradox Pastry GIFT CARD

Pearl Island Catering GIFT CARD

Peter Chang’s China Grill GIFT CARD: (434) 244-9818

Peloton Station GIFT CARD

Petite MarieBette GIFT CARD (434) 284-8903

Petit Pois GIFT CARD

Pippin Hill GIFT CARD

Prime 109 GIFT CARD: (434) 422-5094

Public Fish & Oyster GIFT CARD: (434) 995-5542

Quality Pie GIFT CARD: (434) 284-5120

Red Pump Kitchen GIFT CARD

Renewal GIFT CARD

Revolutionary Soup GIFT CARD: (434) 296-7687

Roots GIFT CARD (434) 529-6229

Royalty Eats GIFT CARD: (434) 923-3287

Sal’s Caffe Italia GIFT CARD: (434) 295-8484

Smoked Kitchen and Tap GIFT CARD: (434) 205-4881

Shadwell’s GIFT CARD

Sticks GIFT CARD

Sultan Kebab GIFT CARD: (434) 981-0090

Szechuan GIFT CARD: (434) 296-9090

Tavern & Grocery GIFT CARD: (434) 293-7403

Tavola GIFT CARD

Ten GIFT CARD: (434) 295-6691

Thai Cuisine & Noodle House GIFT CARD: (434) 974-1326

The Bebedero GIFT CARD: (434) 234-3763

The Fitzroy GIFT CARD

The Local GIFT CARD (434) 984-9749

The Shebeen GIFT CARD (434) 296-3185

The Whiskey Jar GIFT CARD: (434) 202-1549

Three Notch’d Brewing GIFT CARD

Tilman’s GIFT CARD: info@tilmanscheeseandwine.com

Timberwood Grill GIFT CARD: (434) 975-3311

Timberwood Tap House GIFT CARD: (434) 234-3563

Vita Nova GIFT CARD: (434) 977-0162

Vivace GIFT CARD: (434) 979-0994

Wild Wing Cafe GIFT CARD: (434) 979-9464

Zocalo GIFT CARD