by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2018 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio “It needed some love,” said “Cowboy” Neil Waranch of the former home of Stoley’s on Great Neck Road in Virginia Beach. For six weeks, he loved up the grungy space, maintaining the long bar and overall footprint, but giving it an appealing update...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 13, 2018 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Marisa Marsey Dining is theater; everyone plays a role. There are settings, choreography, presentations. Open kitchens bring backstage to center. But most folks rarely see preproduction; the late-night set-building and rehearsals leading to the invitational dress...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Food, Restaurant News
By Jeff Maisey A single, 450-foot long table cloaked in pristine white linen stretches down the center of America’s most famous road — Duke of Gloucester Street — in the heart of the pedestrian-friendly Merchants Square in historic Colonial Williamsburg. Strung...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 28, 2018 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
By Betsy DiJulio If you went looking for a tasty vegan Philly Cheesesteak in a punk rock-leaning pizza and beer joint—with a custom 33 tap bar—you’d be wasting your time. That is, unless you went looking at Cogans Pizza in Ghent (where its known as a Philly Sub)....
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 7, 2018 | Food, Food Reviews, Restaurant News
Words & Photo by Betsy DiJulio Until the 1960s, Norfolk’s West 35th street was a thriving commercial destination located within the solidly middle class neighborhood of Park Place. But then the strip of storefronts fell victim to urban decay and small business...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 7, 2018 | Food, Restaurant News
By Marisa Marsey An osprey languidly beats its wings against a pristine blue sky above a fringe of wetland grass silent with serenity. Gazing at nature through wall-high windows here at four-month old Decoys Seafood in Suffolk, it’s tough to tell where outdoors ends...
