Cassis has closed  The patio at Cassis during the first
Restaurant Week.  Cassis, one of downtown Charlottesville's
poshest eateries and one of the original participants in
Charlottesville Restaurant Week, has closed. According to owner
and chef Sean Lawford, who opened Cassis in 2004 after stints as
a chef at Tim Burgess and Vincent Derquennes-owned Bizou and
Metropolitain, the restaurant's last night was Saturday, April
3. He declined comment on the reason for the closure.  Read more
on: Sean Lawford   ...and we see daily reports of the state
government refusing to reduce any spending of our money - as
they spend it on themselves.  A most repulsive situation.  Does
the word reality enter the minds of these tax-vampires?  Unlike
OXO, whose former building is owned by out-of-town investor Alan
Cadgene, Cassis' building is owned by Tim and Vincent of Bang,
Bizou so its unlikely to sit vacant for too long. I don't forsee
two chefs/restaurant owners letting a space like that go to
waste (assuming they can't find