Virginia

Six booths. Two small counters. That is the entire seating chart at a little silver diner on Virginia’s…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 26

There is a place in Virginia where the morning commute happens at golf cart speed and nobody seems…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 26

Some of the best tacos in Virginia come with a side of unleaded fuel or a cart full…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 25

Some of the best burgers in Virginia come from places that opened before your grandparents could drive. These…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 25

Some brewery kitchens treat food like an afterthought, a bag of chips and a sad pretzel on the…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 25

Some beach restaurants open for one summer and vanish by the next, but one Virginia Beach seafood spot…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 24

Some families in Norfolk have a dinner order they could recite half asleep. It usually starts with a…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 24

The drive-thru line is easy, but it rarely gives you a croissant made in-house or a barista who…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 24

Some meals feel like a phone call from home, and Old Town Alexandria has a spot that cooks…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 23

Some breakfast spots try hard to look important, and some just open the door at 7 AM and…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 23

Some lunch crowds form because of a trend, and some form because of a habit that started decades…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 23

Some vacation traditions start with a map, and others start with a line of families stretching out the…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 22

Some people spend decades raking leaves and fixing gutters, then one day they simply stop. In a corner…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 22

A ten-dollar bill does not stretch as far as it used to, especially at breakfast time. Still, a…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 22

Some barbecue spots in Virginia run on a simple rule: when the meat is gone, the day is…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 21

Some people want fried chicken that is crispy and comforting. Others want chicken that fights back a little…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 21

Picking crabs is a Virginia summer skill, and it is best learned at a table covered in paper…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 21

Some places close at night, and some places simply refuse to. In Arlington, Virginia, there is a small…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 20

Some Roanoke spots earn loyal regulars with hand-cut fries and thick milkshakes, and this one does it without…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 20

Some of the best shopping trips in Northern Virginia happen in stores so small you could drive right…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 20

Some breakfast spots earn a line out front, and one in Staunton, Virginia has been earning it for…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 19

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