Please join Tidewater Fiats & Alfas on Saturday, July 26, 2025, as your host Bill Dennis leads his Central Virginia Drive! As always, bring what ya got, Fiat, Alfa, whatever!!!
Overview:
Bill Dennis invites all y'all for a sultry Virginia summer drive, from Williamsburg to Powhatan! We’ll gather at the Williamsburg Panera Bread in the Lightfoot Marketplace to kick tires, share coffee and bagels, and shoot the bull. There’s a convenient Harris Teeter gas station next door and Wawa on Richmond Road, as well as other eats nearby like Dunkin, Wawa, McD’s, and Hardee’s. We’ll depart at 1100 to hit the gentle curves of route 5 along the James River. A brief stop at Indian Fields, then we’re on through the high corn of southern Chesterfield county to Powhatan, VA. Our destination, a longtime Tidewater Fiats & Alfas favorite, Three Crosses Distilling, has a nice restaurant now, with easy return to I-64/I-95 for those coming from north or south.
As always, if you can’t make the whole drive, meet up with the crew at any of the stops, we’ll be glad to see you!
Here are the basics...
Starting point:
Panera Bread
6399 Richmond Rd #100, Williamsburg, VA 23188
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ibJpgdDEgkBMZokk7
Meet up- 10:00 am
On the road- 11:00 am
First stop:
Indian Fields Tavern
9220 John Tyler Memorial Hwy, Charles City, VA 23030
https://www.indianfieldstavern.com
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uGySQSWWqhufRj2W6
Last Stop:
Three Crosses Distilling Company
3835A Old Buckingham Rd, Powhatan, VA 23139
https://threecrossesdistilling.com/ (American cuisine avalable)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/X9zUgsyz1NrhREmP8
Navigation:
Google maps on smartphone or mobile device should manage well. Bill will have printed paper directions.
Fuel and Utilities:
Please arrive FUELED UP. There’s gas next to the Panera, and restrooms inside.
Head count:
Please hit “GOING” or “NOT GOING” so we’ll know how many to plan for. “Interested” gets confusing.
Also check out other Food & Drink events in Williamsburg, Meetups in Williamsburg.
