by Jeff Maisey | Jul 20, 2016 | Food, Restaurant News
By Jim Roberts Martin Marron is adamant that opening Grace O’Malley’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in downtown Norfolk is not the culmination of a life-long dream. “It was—years ago,” he said after giving a tour of the nearly finished surroundings (Official grand...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 20, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema Many of our local cultural and performing arts organizations are on hiatus for their summer vacations. To help fill the void, the Naro has programmed a plethora of artistic film events and summer film series. Along with our annual...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 18, 2016 | Beer News, Drink
By Jeff Maisey When Gordon Biersch opened its brewpub in Virginia Beach Town Center ten years ago, a much need void was filled for consumers looking for freshly brewed beer in the resort city. Since then, of course, a sea change has occurred and the craft beer craze...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 8, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
(From Minnesota to Louisiana to Dallas, tensions between police and the African-American community are at a boiling point) By Tom Robotham If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, recreated from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us:...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 5, 2016 | Beer News, News, News & Views
By Jeremy Bender The Hampton Roads area craft breweries now have an official beer trail dubbed Coastal Virginia Beer Trail at COVAbeertrail.com. The site – with the tagline “Where craft beer and water meet – is designed largely as a tool for tourists and...