Virginia

Virginia has a long history with salt-cured ham, and a handful of old country stores still keep that…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 15

Frozen custard is not the same thing as soft serve, even though it looks close. It uses egg…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 15

Fish camps are one of Virginia’s most comforting food traditions, and they still fill plates with fried catfish,…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 14

Virginia does mornings well, and coffee is a big part of the reason. Across the state, you will…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 14

Out where the Chesapeake Bay meets open water, a weathered stone tower has kept watch for more than…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 14

Summer in Virginia means one thing at the produce table: peaches so juicy you need a napkin, and…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 13

Real Neapolitan pizza is a whole style of its own. Think a soft, blistered crust cooked fast in…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 13

There is something wonderfully old-school about ordering food without ever leaving your car. In Virginia, a handful of…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 13

Virginia sits right on the Chesapeake Bay, which means good crab is never far away. Some of the…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 12

Some sandwiches are meant to be eaten alone. Pastrami piled sky-high is usually not one of them. Across…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 12

There is a spot in the Virginia countryside where families roll in with empty wagons and roll out…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 12

Cars start rolling into a small Norfolk parking lot well before lunchtime, drivers hoping to snag a spot…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 11

A great cheeseburger does not need a fancy menu or a long list of toppings. Sometimes all it…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 11

A donut shop opened along a busy Virginia avenue, and Northern Virginia showed up in droves, circling the…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 11

There’s a riverside spot in a small Virginia marina town where regulars come back year after year, and…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 10

Virginia takes its hot dog chili seriously, and a few old-school stands have kept the exact same recipe…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 10

Somewhere along a bustling brick-paved walkway in Virginia sits a shop that has barely changed in decades, where…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 10

Some restaurants win you over with polish and price tags. Others just keep the lights on, feed a…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 9

There is a spot in Virginia where you order lunch by picking up a telephone bolted to your…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 9

Virginia’s coastline is dotted with small towns where the seafood comes fresh and the crowds stay friendly. From…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 9

Virginia takes its barbecue seriously, and some of the best spots have been serving pulled pork and ribs…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 8

Some shopping trips last an hour. This one can swallow an entire Saturday, and people still walk out…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 8

Some restaurants stay busy for decades, and there is usually a good reason behind it. In a Virginia…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 8

Virginia does barbecue a little differently in every corner of the state, and some of the best smoke…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 7

Virginia has a quiet talent for keeping old diners alive, the kind of places where families slide into…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 7

Some of the best morning meals hide in towns you might drive right past. Tucked into a small…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 7

Some waterfalls make you earn the view with hours of climbing and sore legs. This one asks for…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 6

Somewhere along a quiet Virginia highway, drivers keep pulling off the road for a plate of country ham…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 6

A great ribeye can turn an ordinary drive into a full-on road trip, and Virginia has plenty of…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 6

Along a quiet stretch of the Rappahannock River sits a small town where the water still shapes daily…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 5

Virginia takes its barbecue seriously, and some of the best pork in the state comes out of small…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 5

Tucked along a quiet waterway on a small Virginia island sits a restaurant that regulars talk about long…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 5

Some mornings the sidewalk fills up before the doors even open, and the crowd is not there by…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 4

Tucked along a quiet stretch of Virginia mountain highway sits a small country store where the food does…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 4

Some small towns hide a place where the trains roll past every fifteen minutes and dinner feels like…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 4

A warm cinnamon roll straight from the oven has a way of making an early alarm feel worth…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 3

Some drivers slam on the brakes and swing a U-turn the moment they spot a little country store…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 3

Virginia is famous for its pulled pork, but a quiet brisket movement has been building across the state.…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 3

Virginia has more lakes than most people realize, and many of them are made for exactly the kind…

By Mason Fairfax · Sep 2