Whether you want to check out an oyster bar, a brewery, a coffee shop, a winery, a dessert café or a fantastic seafood restaurant, food and drink in Coastal Virginia is plentiful. Everything you want and more is available to locals! Check out the articles below for food and drink inspiration. We’re sure you’ll find a mouth-watering restaurant your family and friends will love!
What’s in a Dish? Spiros’ Chicken
Black Angus Dish: Spiros’ Chicken The Dish: Spiros’ Chicken The Origin: Created by and named for former Chef Spiros Boubas...
Belvedere Coffee Shop Next Gen
Pharrell’s Something in the Water wasn’t the only major Beach comeback this year. The Belvedere Coffee Shop & Diner...
French-Inspired in Phoebus
By Leona Baker. Photos by Jacqui Renager/Performance Foodservice Virginia Chef and restaurant owner Dana Clark Epstein’s...
Pedal or Perambulate to Gunner & Marley’s
Downtown Norfolk’s Granby Street is buzzy with word that Codex, a haven for haute cuisine that’s down-to-earth and...
Old Fashioned Steakhouses Our Readers Love
Sometimes you want to go wherever everybody knows your name. Or maybe where a friendly smile and a familiar crock of pub...
Taste Test: In Their Prime
I recently had the opportunity to try Prime 255 on Granby, which opened in early 2022 in downtown Norfolk. My companion...
Restaurant News: Fired Up for Flavor
They’ve Arrived… Nando’s (photo above) Virginia Beach If you haven’t tried peri-peri, Nando’s is the place to prime your...
Coffee Talk in Merchants Square
From their signature espressos to an invitingly floral lavender mint café latte, illy Caffè in Williamsburg’s Merchants...
Dine & Brine: Oyster Dining Guide
Pictured above: The famed Oysters Rockafeller at Rockafeller's Restaurant at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront (Photo by Leona...
Zinnia Opens at Chrysler Museum
The restaurant located inside the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk has a new name, new look, new menu and even expanded...
Fresh Starts: 12 New Restaurants
SEAFOOD AND CHEESE, PLEASE: Pictured above, the Seafood Mac at Chef's Kitchen & Cocktails. Photo by Jacqui Renager...
Unexpected Wine Finds
Dionysus could dine sumptuously in Coastal Virginia, given the breathtaking depth and breadth of nationally acclaimed wine...