Elise's Waynesboro Essentials
Food scene
Kline's Dairy Bar - Waynesboro
1235 W Main StGreat frozen custard, made daily. Four daily flavors.
Basic City Beer Co.
1010 E Main StMartin's Food
2035 E Market StClosest full-service grocery with good organics selection.
Great local burger joint— no frills but excellent burgers and fries, and amazingly inexpensive!
Tailgate Grill
1106 W Broad StGreat local burger joint— no frills but excellent burgers and fries, and amazingly inexpensive!
The kombucha is SO GOOD. If you like Kombucha, or just need a break from the hard beverages constantly peddled in this area, stop by and fill your growler!
12 residents recomanen
Blue Ridge Bucha
1809 E Main StThe kombucha is SO GOOD. If you like Kombucha, or just need a break from the hard beverages constantly peddled in this area, stop by and fill your growler!
A nice, very pleasant restaurant with an extensive, modern menu in a very open, modern space. The outside doesn’t quite match the inside, so prepared to be a little surprised! Great service. Perhaps the most big city of Waynesboro food options.
19 residents recomanen
Heritage On Main Street
309 W Main StA nice, very pleasant restaurant with an extensive, modern menu in a very open, modern space. The outside doesn’t quite match the inside, so prepared to be a little surprised! Great service. Perhaps the most big city of Waynesboro food options.
This is such a comfortable, friendly restaurant— steak, crab cakes, burgers, and excellent bloody Mary’s. My favorite brunch spot!
13 residents recomanen
The Green Leaf Grill
415 W Main StThis is such a comfortable, friendly restaurant— steak, crab cakes, burgers, and excellent bloody Mary’s. My favorite brunch spot!
Entertainment
This is the closest movie theater to the cottage— 8 screens, clean, run by an enthusiastic teen crew! If the weather turns on you, it’s a good place to hide out!
13 residents recomanen
Zeus Digital Theater LLC
120 Osage LnThis is the closest movie theater to the cottage— 8 screens, clean, run by an enthusiastic teen crew! If the weather turns on you, it’s a good place to hide out!
Restored theater hosting local theater, dance, and music. Classic movie series Mondays at 2 pm & 7 pm, Science and History talks Tuesdays at 7, and other films throughout the week. Check their website for details.
16 residents recomanen
Wayne Theatre
521 W Main StRestored theater hosting local theater, dance, and music. Classic movie series Mondays at 2 pm & 7 pm, Science and History talks Tuesdays at 7, and other films throughout the week. Check their website for details.
Sightseeing
Abandoned Italiante mansion on the mountaintop that is the local favorite photo shoot spot. Build by Virginia Millionaire James Dooley in 1913, it’s also the former home of famous New Age cult leaders Lao and Walter Russell (Google them!!) Decaying formal gardens, a Rapunzelesque tower, and an incredible collection of mature conifers. The mansion is often open for tours on weekends in warmer months, and the owners post road signs near the mansion when that’s happening. They also host a Halloween event that looks intriguing, but we haven’t been to!
20 residents recomanen
Swannanoa
497 Swannanoa LnAbandoned Italiante mansion on the mountaintop that is the local favorite photo shoot spot. Build by Virginia Millionaire James Dooley in 1913, it’s also the former home of famous New Age cult leaders Lao and Walter Russell (Google them!!) Decaying formal gardens, a Rapunzelesque tower, and an incredible collection of mature conifers. The mansion is often open for tours on weekends in warmer months, and the owners post road signs near the mansion when that’s happening. They also host a Halloween event that looks intriguing, but we haven’t been to!
A new museum on Main Street about the eccentric Russells who had a new-age health cult in the Swannanoa mansion in the early 20th Century. I don’t think they use the word “cult” in the museum…
The Russell Museum
518 W Main StA new museum on Main Street about the eccentric Russells who had a new-age health cult in the Swannanoa mansion in the early 20th Century. I don’t think they use the word “cult” in the museum…