Virginia

Long drives on the East Coast have a way of shrinking dinner choices down to the same drive-thru…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 6

Some restaurants earn their fans with flashy menus, and others simply win by sitting in the right place…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 5

Some Saturday mornings start with a list, and some start with no plan at all except finding a…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 5

Some meals are worth a detour, and a few are worth planning a whole morning around. Out in…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 5

Ask five Virginians where to get the best cheesesteak and you will probably hear six different answers. From…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 4

Virginia has a lot of coastline, and a lot of places claim to serve the best crab cake…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 4

Virginia is not the first place most people picture when they think about great bagels, but that idea…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 4

Some people check the clock while they wait for a table. In one Richmond neighborhood, people check the…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 3

Some meals in Blacksburg start with a menu, but the best ones start with a basket of ham…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 3

Fall in the Virginia mountains means one thing for a lot of folks: apple season. And when the…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 3

Tucked away in the quiet countryside of central Virginia sits a neighborhood built around its own private lake,…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 2

Tucked into the mountains of western Virginia sits a town small enough to explore on foot yet packed…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 2

Some restaurants chase every new trend, and others hold onto their character like a favorite pair of boots.…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 2

Some towns keep their history behind museum glass, but Wytheville lets people sit down to a meal inside…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 1

By the time the clock nears 8:30 on a Saturday morning in Richmond, a line has often formed…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 1

Most beach days in Virginia Beach follow the same script of sand, boardwalk, and a long search for…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 1

Near the spot where two big Virginia interstates meet, a pie case has been pulling road-trippers off the…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 30

Anyone who has bitten into a crab cake and found mostly bread crumbs knows the letdown, because a…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 30

Naples sits more than 4,000 miles from Northern Virginia, yet one pizzeria in the small town of Vienna…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 30

Pumpkin pie gets most of the fall attention, but plenty of Virginians will tell you that sweet potato…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 29

Some days call for a menu, and some days call for a tray, a clean plate, and the…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 29

Virginia has a long love affair with the hot dog, and the best proof is still sitting on…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 29

A great bowl of pho is decided long before anyone sits down, because the broth needs many slow…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 28

Some of the best fried chicken in Virginia is served at counters with no tablecloths, no fancy signs,…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 28

Some kitchens chase every new trend, but one little counter in Winchester, Virginia, has spent more than seven…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 28

Your grandparents may have been in diapers, or not even born yet, when a small counter in downtown…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 27

Down a quiet stretch of Virginia road, past marshes and mailboxes, sits a modest little spot that locals…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 27

Some mornings in downtown Roanoke start with a race, and the finish line is a tray of warm…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 27

Some restaurants chase trends, and others just keep the griddle warm and let the decades do the talking.…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 26

Virginia does barbecue a little differently depending on where you are, and some of the tastiest sandwiches come…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 26

Virginia takes its hot dogs seriously, and some of the best ones come from counters that have been…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 26

Somewhere in the foothills of southwest Virginia sits a working farm where families have been marking the seasons…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 25

Some folks spend their whole working lives dreaming about the day the alarm clock stops ruling their mornings.…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 25

Some restaurants earn their reputation with a single dish, and in downtown Norfolk there is a soup that…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 25

Some small-town spots have a way of turning a quick road trip stop into a reason to circle…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 24

Virginia is best known for pulled pork and vinegar sauce, but some of the best brisket in the…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 24

Roast beef is one of those things people get quietly protective about. In Virginia, there are sandwich shops…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 24

Tucked into a small mountain town in the Blue Ridge, there is a shop where old wooden floors,…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 23

A small shop in downtown Bristol has been quietly winning over travelers with rows and rows of homemade…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 23