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By Bruce Sloane
Special to the Rappahannock News
Sperryville’s newest restaurant, the Thornton River Grille, serves upscale meals at moderate prices, featuring signature dishes by chef Tom Nash. It is the culmination of a long-term dream by owner Andy Thompson, who also owns the adjacent Corner Store grocery.
The Corner Store has been providing goods and services on Sperryville’s Main Street for more than 50 years. Old time residents may remember when the store sold clothing and other goods along with groceries and the store willingly made home deliveries of food, socks, shirts, and kerosene to nearby hollows back when many folks didn’t have autos.
When Thompson acquired the business in 1999 from Randolph Clater he wanted to maintain the store’s history of being a helpful member of the community. He wondered what he could do with the extra space on both sides of the store. He leased out one side of the building to the Corner Boutique.
On the other side, he visualized a restaurant, an enterprise that dovetails with a grocery store. Now, after several months of building and renovating, the Thornton River Grille is open for business.
Handling the spatula as head of the enterprise is chef Tom Nash. He comes here after stints as chef at the Rail Stop in The Plains and Mollie’s Irish Pub in Warrenton.
Nash was reluctant to take the position when first contacted, but after talking with Thompson and making a visit, Nash said, “I liked what I saw and I liked the community.” He hopes to relocate to Rappahannock County soon.
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