by Jeff Maisey | Oct 27, 2016 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio My 1990 arrival in Virginia Beach found me Jonesin’ for Indian food in the worst way. My late husband and I had moved here from Nashville where, for at least a year or two, every Sunday found me religiously slipping into the dark, exotic, and...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2016 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Joe Lowrey Luis Sanchez is an energetic fellow. He scurries through the aisles at Los Cuates Taqueria, head on a swivel, soaking in every detail and checking out the action at the tables. From across the crowded room he sees the kitchen door swing open and catches...
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 | Apr 13, 2016 | Food, Restaurant News
By Steve Marsey If there were a lineup to pick out chefs, Thomas Yager probably would be the least likely IDed. Tall, slender and meek, there’s none of the swagger or swelled ego that one might expect from such a young man holding the title of Executive Chef at...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 21, 2016 | Food, Food Reviews
(Photo courtesy of The Stockpot) By Marisa Marsey They say you can tell a lot by the company you keep. So even if the name weren’t a tip-off, you’d sense The Stockpot’s wholesomeness given its neighbors in this 19th Street strip near the Oceanfront: Wareings...
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...
