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This Tiny Virginia Cafe Serves Up Massive Burgers That Are Almost Too Big To Eat

There are places you visit for the atmosphere, places you visit for the view, and then there’s Roy’s Big Burger in Richmond, Virginia, which you visit because the burgers are massive and your life is better for knowing that. This is not a complicated place, and that’s the...

Richmond, VA · 7d

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Muskrat for Dinner? Thompson’s Seafood Serves Up A Maryland Tradition

MECHANICSVILLE, Md. — Eating muskrat may sound strange to many, but it is a familiar tradition on Maryland tables, and while local trapping season does not open until January, you can buy frozen muskrat now at Thompson’s Seafood Corner Market. If your dinner plans have never included it, Kevin Thompson has a suggestion: onions, pepper, gravy and biscuits.

Mechanicsville, MD · 3d

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Sink Your Teeth Into The Overstuffed Sandwiches At This Beloved Virginia Deli

There’s a deli in Fairfax, Virginia, that will make you question every sandwich decision you’ve ever made in your life. Chutzpah Deli is the kind of place that doesn’t just feed you, it reminds you what food is supposed to feel like. Let’s talk about the name...

Fairfax, VA · 9d

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This Tiny Virginia Restaurant May Look Ordinary, But It’s A James Beard Award Winner

A sandwich board sign, a black-and-white checkered floor, and a cupcake frosted on the bottom walk into a Richmond restaurant, and the punchline is a James Beard Award. Sally Bell’s Kitchen on West Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, is the kind of place that makes you question everything you thought you knew about what a celebrated restaurant is supposed to look like.

Richmond, VA · 4d

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Why Do Eastern Shore Families Keep Driving To These 6 Small-Town Seafood Diners?

Some of the best crab cakes on Maryland’s Eastern Shore come from towns with fewer residents than a big-city high school. Families pile into the car and head down two-lane roads to watermen villages, island communities, and marina hideaways just to grab a booth and a plate of local seafood.

Maryland · 1d

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This Chesapeake Bay Cooking School Keeps A Family’s Food Legacy Alive

When Gwyn Novak was young, she would spend summers helping out in the kitchen at Bowen's Inn on Solomons Island, Maryland. It was owned by her grandmother, Althea McKenney, who had taken it over from her father, Mortimer Bowen. Bowen had built the inn in 1918 along the waterfront where...

Solomons, MD · 1d

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For A True Taste Of Southern Maryland, Grab A Seat At These 5 Old Country Kitchens

Southern Maryland has a food personality all its own, where crab cakes share the table with biscuits, grits, and pork chops. The best way to taste it is not at a fancy spot but at a busy diner counter or an old house with a front porch. These five kitchens,...

Charles County, MD · 5d

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Iconic Maryland crab house closes after 61 seasons on the waterfront

Maryland has lost another beloved seafood institution with the closing of The Crab Claw in St. Michaels. The family-run restaurant completed its 61st and final season on November 1, 2026,…

St Michaels, MD · 1d

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These 6 Virginia Restaurants Have Been Serving Prime Rib The Old-School Way For Generations

Some dinners never go out of style, and a thick slice of slow-roasted prime rib sits right at the top of that list. Across Virginia, a handful of restaurants still serve it the classic way, with dim dining rooms, baked potatoes on the side, and servers who know the menu by heart.

Charlottesville, VA · 2d

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Shop, Sip, and Celebrate at These 14 Northern Virginia Holiday Markets

With the holidays on the horizon, Northern Virginia comes alive with twinkling lights, bustling markets, and one-of-a-kind handmade gifts. Across the region, you can find festive gatherings that blend shopping, local flavor, and plenty of holiday cheer. Here’s your 2026 roundup of can’t-miss Northern Virginia and DC holiday markets — perfect for gift hunters, family outings, or anyone who loves the magic of the season.

Virginia · 3d

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7 Virginia Bakeries Making Homemade Sweet Potato Pie Worth Coming Back For

A shop famous for New Zealand-style meat pies also bakes a sweet potato pecan pie. I love that twist, because sweet potato pie usually gets treated like pumpkin’s quieter cousin. Virginia bakers clearly never got that memo. One spot folds the filling into hand pies you can eat while...

Virginia · 2d

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10 Virginia Barbecue Restaurants Smoking Ribs, Pulled Pork And Brisket Over Wood

A Virginia barbecue joint sells its house sauce in something called a sauce bladder. Yes, a bladder. Barbecue folks clearly don’t do boring. The names only get better from there. There’s a sandwich called Heaven on a Bun, plus a dessert called Bananamisu waiting after the brisket. But...

Virginia · 1d

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10 Offbeat Restaurants In Virginia Where A Meal Turns Into An Adventure

Searching for offbeat restaurants in Virginia where every meal turns into a real adventure?. These 10 restaurants pack in bold flavors, wild atmospheres, and experiences that’ll keep you talking for days!. 1. Fallout (Richmond) Richmond has a lot of interesting places to spend an evening, but Fallout on North...

Richmond, VA · 6d

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Families In Northern Virginia Have Celebrated Every Milestone At These 6 Italian Red-Sauce Restaurants

Every family has that one Italian spot where birthdays, graduations, and anniversaries seem to land year after year. In Northern Virginia, those places tend to share a few things: big plates of chicken parm, warm bread, meatballs, and servers who know how to make a table feel celebrated. This list...

Alexandria, VA · 1d

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Starr Hill Joins Forces With Hardywood

Virginia’s two largest craft breweries just became one. Richmond-based Hardywood Park Craft Brewery acquired Starr Hill Brewery in an all-equity deal that closed October 1, with Hardywood pledging to keep Starr Hill’s “ownership, leadership, team, and brand identity fully intact.”. Founded as Starr Hill Brewery and Music...

Charlottesville, VA · 2d

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Holiday Themed Bars in Virginia 2026

It’s officially holiday pop-up bar season! I love that so many spots are going all out for the holidays and I’m glad this trend just keeps getting bigger. I’ve updated this list for 2026 with every holiday bar I could confirm is coming back this year (plus a few new ones). Dates and details change fast this time of year, so double-check the bar’s website or Instagram before you head out.

Richmond, VA · 2d

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New fried chicken restaurant opens in Chantilly

A new Korean fried chicken restaurant has started its soft opening in Chantilly. We’re talking about BHC Chicken. The Burn first told readers about BHC’s plans to expand in NoVa last month. The brand has roughly 10 locations around the U.S. including one that recently opened in Arlington....

Chantilly, VA · 2d

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Prince William County families get a look, and taste, at proposed school lunch menu items

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (7News) — Chicken dumplings, ceviche, cinnamon banana oatmeal muffins, and waffles were some of the items Prince William County students and their families sampled on Thursday. The goal: help shape what students will see on their lunch menu next year. Prince William County Public Schools held its...

Prince William County, VA · 2d

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The Pies At This Virginia Bakery Are So Good, They Earned A Presidential Stamp Of Approval

There are places you visit once and forget, and then there are places that quietly rearrange your expectations of what food can actually be, and Red Truck Rural Bakery in Marshall, Virginia falls firmly into that second category. The pies coming out of this small-town bakery are so genuinely good...

Marshall, VA · 7d