by Jeff Maisey | Dec 17, 2015 | Food, Restaurant News
By Elizabeth Erschens Rob McGraw, owner of The Lynnhaven Pub in Virginia Beach, recently found out I was serious when I said I would invite myself over for anyone that loves beer and can cook great food. Like Arlo Guthrie sang in a song about another restaurant, “I’m...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 26, 2015 | Food, Restaurant News
By Jeff Maisey A restaurant my family, friends and I return to often is Andrea’s La Bella in Ghent. I can’t help but think of the Billy Joel lyrics every time: A bottle of red, a bottle of white It all depends on your appetite I’ll meet you any time you want...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 20, 2015 | Food
By Jeff Maisey Think of food from Holland and what comes to mind? Typically, Gouda cheese, pancakes with powdered sugar, pickled herring and fried potatoes (pomme frites) served with mayonnaise, right? While the answer is a resounding “yes” for...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 11, 2015 | Food, Food Reviews
Words & Photos by Stef Wasko From the two entrepreneurs who introduced Norfolk to The Handsome Biscuit and Field Guide, comes a third culinary phenomenon serving the best thing since sliced bread— Toast. This newest member of the David Hausmann and John Porter...
by Jeff Maisey | May 18, 2015 | Food
By Marisa Marsey Maybe it was the movie Babe. Or passing a truck crammed with chickens en route to the processing plant, feathers drifting onto your windshield like fresh-fallen snow. Even the most diehard carnivore may be prompted to forgo flesh from time to time,...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 4, 2015 | Food, Food Reviews
Words & Photos by Marisa Marsey Say, “Cheese!” That’s almost all you can say at hot-off-the-press Grilled Cheese Bistro in downtown Norfolk where, true to its name, the menu lists seven iterations of the feel-good, security blanket of a sandwich. If, like me,...