by Jeff Maisey | May 14, 2017 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio For years, when my schedule allowed, I would head to Norfolk from VA Beach on Saturdays after exercising to slip into a favorite shop to two and then into Yorgo’s Bageldashery to snag lunch for the drive home. My to-go order was perennially the same...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 20, 2017 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Jeff Maisey First there was the gas-line explosion in Selden Arcade that zapped the historic building’s electrical system and created structural damage. Then came the delayed construction of the adjoining hotel/conference center project of The Main and...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2017 | Food, Restaurant News
By Marisa Marsey “What’s the best restaurant in Hampton Roads?” I’ve been asked that question countless times over the decades. Invariably, before I can hone my inquisitors’ focus (special occasion, seafood, Italian, French, Indian, etc.) to reply most meaningfully,...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 2, 2016 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Marisa Marsey The Bee & The Biscuit is a honey of a place, corny as that sounds. Not just because those titular flakey, cakey quick breads are graced by butter compounded with local honey. Or because this picturesque Pungo bungalow dishing up breakfast and...
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...