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10 Hole-In-The-Wall Virginia Restaurants You’d Never Know Serve Such Incredible Food

Ready to discover hole-in-the-wall Virginia restaurants serving incredible food?. These 10 spots deliver big flavors and unforgettable local charm!. That neon sign out front might look like it belongs in a different era, and honestly, that’s exactly what makes Burger Bar so special. Bristol’s beloved Burger Bar is the...

Virginia · 25d
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Generations Of Chesapeake Bay Watermen Have Eaten Crab Cakes At Waterman’s Surfside Grille

Some beach restaurants open for one summer and vanish by the next, but one Virginia Beach seafood spot has stayed put long enough to become part of the oceanfront itself. It sits in a landmarked cottage right on the boardwalk, with old black and white photos on the walls and the Atlantic just outside the windows.

Virginia Beach, VA · 17d
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Smoked Brisket Draws Lunch-Rush Lines To This Tiny Walk-Up Barbecue Joint In Chesapeake, Virginia

Some of the best lunches in Chesapeake are handed through a window, not served at a table. In the Deep Creek area, a small barbecue spot that looks like an ordinary house pulls in a crowd three days a week, and the brisket is the reason most people show up.

Chesapeake, VA · 22d
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The Best Fried Chicken In Virginia Is Hiding Inside This Unassuming Little Restaurant

There’s a building in Virginia Beach that doesn’t look like much from the outside, and that’s exactly the point. BoBo’s Fine Chicken has mastered the art of looking humble while serving something absolutely spectacular. You’ve probably driven past a hundred places like this without giving them...

Virginia Beach, VA · 26d
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Locals Can’t Get Enough Of The Country Ham Biscuits At These 6 No-Frills Virginia Cafes

Want to find the best country ham biscuits in Virginia?. These 6 no-frills cafes serve up big flavors and even bigger Southern charm!. 1. Scratch Biscuit Company (Roanoke) Let’s start with a place that takes its name very seriously. Scratch Biscuit Company in Roanoke is exactly what it sounds...

Virginia · 20d

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Sweet Potato Biscuits Are The Reason Breakfast Crowds Wait Outside Rick’s Cafe In Fredericksburg

Some breakfast spots try hard to look important, and some just open the door at 7 AM and let the biscuits do the talking. This story is about the second kind, a plain brick diner in Virginia Beach where the tables fill fast and the coffee refills keep coming. The...

Virginia Beach, VA · 18d

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Why Do Norfolk Families Keep Ordering The Same Fried Shrimp Platter At Captain Groovy’s?

Some families in Norfolk have a dinner order they could recite half asleep. It usually starts with a fried seafood platter, with shrimp sharing the plate with fish, a crab cake, and a pile of fries. The portions are big enough that leftovers often ride home in a box, and...

Norfolk, VA · 17d

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This Virginia Dockside Spot Serves Heaping Crab Legs And Jumbo Shrimp On The Table For Sharing

One platter here carries 12 oysters, 12 clams, a full pound of shrimp, and a pound of crab legs. All of it arrives steamed. And yes, the menu calls it perfect for sharing. That platter lands on a waterfront deck along the Lynnhaven River in Virginia, where boaters and paddle boarders drift past. Every so often, a dolphin even shows up.

Virginia Beach, VA · 20d

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This Virginia Restaurant Serves Fried Seafood Platters Locals Can’t Get Enough Of

Some meals are worth the drive. Picture a quiet road heading toward the ocean, salty air drifting through the car window, and a stomach that starts growling right on time. Up ahead sits a modest little building that does not look fancy at all. That is exactly the point. Locals...

Virginia Beach, VA · 27d

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This Beatles-Themed Pub In Virginia Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

Somewhere between the Atlantic Ocean and one of the greatest rock albums ever made, Virginia Beach found a way to combine both into a single, very good restaurant. Abbey Road Pub & Restaurant sits in Virginia Beach like it was always supposed to be there, which, after all these years, it basically was.

Virginia Beach, VA · 20d

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Skip The Chain Coffee And Grab Breakfast At These 6 Virginia Bakery Cafes Instead

The drive-thru line is easy, but it rarely gives you a croissant made in-house or a barista who knows the regulars. Virginia is full of small bakery cafes turning out sourdough, flaky pastries, quiche, and breakfast sandwiches that beat a reheated chain muffin every time. This list covers six of...

Charlottesville, VA · 17d

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This Iconic Virginia Bakery Has Cinnamon Rolls So Good, People Drive Hours Just To Get A Bite

There’s a bakery tucked along Dam Neck Road in Virginia Beach that has people setting their alarms before sunrise just to make sure they don’t miss out. Heritage Bake Shoppe is the kind of place that makes you question every life decision that kept you from discovering it sooner.

Virginia Beach, VA · 27d

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9 Old-School Virginia Drive-In Restaurants Where Burgers, Milkshakes And Nostalgia Still Come Together

One drive-in on this list still makes waffle cones the same way its founding family did over a century ago. Another lets you call in your order from a phone mounted right beside your booth. I love that these details survived. Phones got smart, cars got quiet, and somehow carhops...

Virginia · 17d

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10 Best Gluten-Free Restaurants in Virginia

I keep thinking about how many bakeries and kitchens in Virginia have built their whole menus around one simple rule: no gluten. No separate shelf, no careful workaround, just a kitchen set up for people who usually have to ask a dozen questions. That changes the mood of ordering. I...

Virginia · 17d

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This Virginia Seafood Spot Stacks All-You-Can-Eat Crab Legs On The Table For Locals

Snow crab legs, all you can eat, on a buffet with more than 70 items. That sentence alone should get your stomach’s attention. The seafood lineup goes way past crab, too. Think steamed clams, crawfish, mussels, fried scallops, oysters Rockefeller, and she-crab soup. Then come the cobblers, puddings, cakes,...

Virginia Beach, VA · 20d

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You Haven’t Had Real Crab Until You’ve Cracked Them By The Bushel At These 6 Virginia Spots

Picking crabs is a Virginia summer skill, and it is best learned at a table covered in paper with a mallet in hand. Blue crabs come out of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers, and the people here take the seasoning, the size, and the steaming very seriously. This list...

Virginia Beach, VA · 20d

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Restaurant facing $250,000 in repairs after break-in and theft

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The owner of Martin’s Soul Food said it’s been a long two-year process of trying to get his Norfolk restaurant open, and now he faces a major setback in that goal after a recent break-in and theft. Tim Martin opened the first Martin’s...

Norfolk, VA · 19d

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Restaurant facing $250,000 in repairs after break-in and theft

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The owner of Martin’s Soul Food said it’s been a long two-year process of trying to get his Norfolk restaurant open, and now he faces a major setback in that goal after a recent break-in and theft. Tim Martin opened the first Martin’s Soul Food back in 2015. Eleven years and […]

Norfolk, VA · 20d