Picture a pair of people. One’s jonesing for coffee. The other’s ready to unwind with a glass of malbec. Where do they go?
The Workshop—a combo coffee shop/wine shop that’s part of The Wool Factory complex—wants to be the answer to that dilemma. It’s all things to all craving-afflicted people: a café serving locally roasted Grit coffee, a pastry shop with delectable bites made by Cou Cou Rachou, and a wine shop where you can pick up a bottle of Domaine Fino. There are beers on tap from Selvedge Brewing.
It’s even, says The Wool Factory’s Claire Johnson, a “general store”—so if you need a jar of Cou Cou Rachou preserves or a Wool Factory hat, they’ve got you covered. Most wine selections run between $19 and $29, and many are side projects by noted winemakers from Virginia and beyond—like Early Mountain’s Ben Jordan, who sells his Lightwell Survey vintages here at The Workshop.
Folks tend to nurse their drinks of choice in the outside courtyard as often as they take them to go, says Johnson. As for us, we recommend the mystery box of day-old pastries: four goodies for $6. Now that’s worth the trip to Woolen Mills.