by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2026 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
(Devine Cauliflower dish is a vegan’s wish come true. Photo by Betsy DiJulio) By Betsy DiJulio Are you like me: always looking for something interesting to order in a restaurant without having to omit everything that makes it order-worthy? We vegans have bounteous...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2026 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
(Tikka Masala pizza is one of the signature Indian-inspired pies distinguishing Cool Flames Café) By Marisa Marsey Give me a Cool! Give me a Flames! Give me a Café! What have you got? A friendly, family-owned spot, opened last spring in Norfolk’s Best Square, sporting...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 26, 2026 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
(An impress dinner at Mi Vida. Photo by Rey Lopez.) By Marisa Marsey A raft of restaurants at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront’s Atlantic Park, the Pharrell Williams-backed mix use development anchored by North America’s first Wavegarden Cove surf lagoon, is sure...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 15, 2025 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio Vegan fare is perhaps not what one would go searching for in a Baja surfer bar in Ghent, but if that surf-hut-meets-urban-storefront happened to be Colley Cantina, that’s exactly what you should seek out. In fact, their website lists “Baja Cuisine and...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2025 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
(Yogev Kremisi brings much needed dining menu to Ghent.) By Marisa Marsey “Are you Charlie?” Yogev Kremisi gets that question a lot. The trim, swarthy 38-year-old chuckles as he clarifies he’s not. But he is the new proprietor and chef of Charlie’s, the venerable...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2024 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
(Chef Zack Close adds pepper sauce over the Hanger Steak) By Jeff Maisey The “food is phenomenal.” That was a common comment quickly spreading on Instagram following the friends-and-family soft opening of ilo, a neighborhood bistro located in the Historic Freemason...
