Virginia

Some sandwiches are lunch. Others are a two-day project that needs a plan and a takeout box. In…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 19

Some of the best lunches in Chesapeake are handed through a window, not served at a table. In…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 19

Some of the best seafood in Virginia sits at the end of a quiet country road, right where…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 18

Plenty of restaurants have dropped soup from the menu, but a good diner still keeps a pot going…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 18

On a busy Saturday in Waynesboro, a small bakery can run out of cinnamon buns by early afternoon,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 18

Ask anyone in Virginia about breakfast and the country ham biscuit will come up fast. It is salty,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 17

Some meals are worth planning a whole weekend around. Out in the hills of Franklin County, Virginia, there…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 17

Some towns have a breakfast spot that everyone seems to know about, and in Orange, Virginia, that spot…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 17

Some sandwiches are built ahead and left waiting under a heat lamp. Others hit the grill only after…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 16

Some breakfasts are worth setting an alarm for, and this one in Richmond has people lining up before…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 16

Some people spend their working years stuck in traffic, counting brake lights and dreaming of a slower pace.…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 16

Some restaurants open, close, and fade from memory within a few years. This one in Petersburg, Virginia, has…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 15

Some folks plan whole road trips around a single bowl of soup, and one Northern Virginia pho shop…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 15

Some meals show up in five minutes. Others make you wait, and somehow the wait becomes part of…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 15

Some restaurants open, make a splash, and fade away within a few years. One Norfolk spot has been…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 14

Some barbecue joints chase trends, and some just keep doing the same thing well for decades. In Fredericksburg,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 14

A good Reuben is a simple deal: rye bread, corned beef or pastrami, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and dressing,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 14

Grocery store doughnuts are fine in a pinch, but they rarely make anyone set an early alarm. The…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 13

Some families in Virginia Beach have been eating at the same waterfront table for more than 40 years,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 13

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the grill hot until 2:30 in the morning. In Charlottesville,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 13

Some dinners are worth a long mountain drive, and this one has been pulling travelers into the Allegheny…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 12

Some road trips are planned around big cities, and some are planned around a single slice of pie.…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 12

Some of the best ice cream in Virginia comes from small shops that still make it the old…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 12

Some meals end with an empty plate, and others end with a to-go box and a promise to…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 11

Picking up a prescription used to come with a grilled sandwich and a milkshake at the counter. In…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 11

A good tamale takes time, patience, and a lot of hands working masa and filling husks one at…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 11

Virginia has a quiet pie trail, and most of it runs through small towns you might zip past…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 10

Some people drive three hours for a concert. Others drive that far for a bag of steamed seafood,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 10

Some restaurants chase trends, and some simply refuse to move. In downtown Roanoke, there is a narrow counter…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 10

Some dinners come with a side of patience, a porch swing, and a herd of shaggy cows watching…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 9

On an icy January morning in Richmond, when most people would rather stay under a blanket, one small…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 9

Some of the best antique hunting in Virginia happens far from the big cities, on quiet Main Streets…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 9

Fall is when Virginia oysters hit their stride, and the best way to enjoy them might be fried,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 8

Some people plan weekends around ball games. Others plan them around folding tables, cash in a pocket, and…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 8

On a quiet country road in central Virginia, a set of brick walls stands without a roof, a…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 8

Every Virginia town has that one pizza place people defend like a hometown team. Ask around in Richmond,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 7

Some meals are worth a full tank of gas, and a few become family traditions that stretch across…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 7

Ask five Virginians where to find the best wings and you will probably get six answers. That is…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 7

Beachfront condos on the coast can cost a small fortune, but Virginia hides a different kind of waterfront…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 6