Virginia

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

Some Richmond breakfast spots come and go faster than a coffee refill, but one family-run diner has been…

By Mason Fairfax · Oct 6

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