Williamsburg and Hampton Roads Restaurants
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1. Aberdeen Barn
$$$ | |Saws, pitchforks, ox yokes, and the like hang on the barn walls, but the wood tables are lacquered, and the napkins are linen. Specialties include slow-roasted prime rib; baby-back Danish pork ribs barbecued with a sauce of peach preserves and Southern Comfort; and shrimp Dijon. An ample wine list offers a wide variety of domestic and imported choices. After dinner try one their specialty coffees including Tennessee Mud with Jack Daniels or Franciscan Coffee. A children's menu is available.
1601 Richmond Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA757-229–6661Restaurant Details
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2. Freemason Abbey Restaurant and Tavern
$$ | |This former church near the historic business district has been drawing customers for a long time, and not without reason. It has cathedral ceilings and large windows, making for an airy and dramatic dining experience. You can sit upstairs, in the large choir loft, or in the main part of the church downstairs. Beside the bar just inside the entrance is an informal sort of "diner" area, but with the whole menu to choose from. Regular appetizers include artichoke dip and crab-stuffed mushrooms. There's a dinner special every weeknight, such as lobster, prime rib, and wild game (wild boar or alligator, for example). Vegetarian fare is also offered.
209 W. Freemason St., Virginia, 23510, USA757-622–3966Known For
- Award-winning she crab soup
- Sunday brunch
- Gluten-free
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3. The Trellis
$$$ | |With vaulted ceilings and hardwood floors, the Trellis is an airy and pleasant place. The imaginative lunch and dinner menus change with the seasons. A good wine list complements such dishes as homemade sweet red pepper soup, beef tenderloin with cabernet sauce, and grilled market fish. The seafood entrées are particularly good, and many patrons wouldn't leave without ordering the rich Death by Chocolate, the restaurant's signature dessert. There's also great people-watching from the terrace.
403 Duke of Gloucester St., Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA757-229–8610Restaurant Details
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4. Aromas
$ | |The cool name is rather appropriate—if you weren't hungry before entering this cozy place, you will be after the enticing smells reach you. A rich-looking dining room outfitted with plush leather couches and stone walls makes you want to linger. Breakfast burritos and Belgian waffles are nice ways to start the day. Or end it with Southern caramelized barbecued shrimp over a mound of grits, and snack on fondue. You can even order a colorful cake if you're celebrating a special occasion.
706 Town Center Dr., Newport News, Virginia, 23606, USA757-240–4650Restaurant Details
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5. Chowning's Tavern
$$ | |A reconstructed 18th-century alehouse, Chowning's serves casual quick fare for lunch, including traditional pit-style barbecue, beef brisket sandwiches, and Smithfield ham and Gloucester cheese on a pretzel roll. You can eat either inside the tavern or under a grape arbor behind the tavern. After 5 pm, Chowning's becomes a true Colonial tavern where Gambols (18th-century entertainment), a program presented for 25 years, operates throughout the evening. Costumed balladeers lead family sing-alongs, and costumed servers play popular games of the day. From 8 pm until closing, Chowning's caters to a more mature audience.
109 E. Duke of Gloucester St., Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USARestaurant Details
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6. Five 01 City Grill
$$ | |Not a grill in name only, this restaurant has an open-grill kitchen in the dining room. It can be noisy on the bar side when live bands play in the evening. Locals get comfortable in padded chairs and booths as they relax with happy-hour specials nightly or order from the extensive wine vault. The California-inspired fusion menu offers a variety of price ranges, with excellent homemade pizza from wood-burning ovens, sandwiches, pasta, chicken, steaks, and seafood, followed by sinful desserts such as homemade bourbon chocolate-chip pecan pie. Try the yellowfin tostada rare, with black-bean-and-corn salsa, guacamole, and goat cheese, a manager's favorite.
501 N. Birdneck Rd., Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23451, USA757-425–7195Restaurant Details
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7. Kings Arms Tavern
$$$$ | |This 18th-century-style chophouse is where the gentry dined, and is still the finest of the historic area's four Colonial taverns. Colonial delicacies include roast prime rib of beef, pork chops, Cornish hen, game pie, and favorites such as peanut soup. Mrs. Vobe's Tavern Dinner, named after the tavern's 18th-century proprietress, Jane Vobe, is a fixed-price three-course meal.
409 E. Duke of Gloucester St., Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USARestaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Tue. and Wed., Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential -
8. No Frill Bar and Grill
$ | |This expansive café is in an antique building in the heart of Ghent. Beneath a tin ceiling and exposed ductwork, a central bar is surrounded by several dining spaces with cream-and-mustard walls and wooden tables. Signature items include the ribs; the funky chicken sandwich, a grilled chicken breast with bacon, tomato, melted Swiss cheese, and Parmesan pepper dressing on rye; and the Spotswood salad of baby spinach, Granny Smith apples, and blue cheese.
806 Spotswood Ave., Norfolk, Virginia, 23517, USA757-627–4262Known For
- Salads and sandwiches
- Sunday brunch
- Comfort food Tuesdays with meatloaf
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9. Old Chickahominy House
$ | |Reminiscent of old-fashioned Virginia tearooms, this Colonial-style restaurant has delectable goodies served in an 18th-century dining room. For breakfast there's Virginia ham and eggs, made-from-scratch biscuits, country bacon, sausage, homemade pancakes, and grits. Lunch brings Brunswick stew, Virginia ham biscuits, chicken and dumplings, fruit salad, and homemade pie. There's a gift shop adjacent to the restaurant. It's a great, inexpensive, and filling place for families on a budget; lunch reservations are recommended.
1211 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185, USA757-229–4689Restaurant Details
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10. Rockafeller's
$$ | |The Down East architecture of this local favorite with double-deck porches hints at the seafood that's available. The restaurant has a bar, a raw bar, and alfresco dining in good weather (in cool weather, the large window wall still gives you a view of the water). Seafood, pasta, chicken, and beef share the menu with salads and sandwiches. Rockafeller's (and several others) are on Rudee Inlet. Go on a Thursday night for the lobster special, the best their menu has to offer. To get here, go south on Pacific Avenue and turn right on Winston-Salem immediately before the Rudee Inlet bridge. The street ends at Mediterranean Avenue.
308 Mediterranean Ave., Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23451, USA757-422–5654Restaurant Details
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11. Shields Tavern
$$$ | |Proprietor James Shields served the lesser gentry and upper middling ranks of locals and travelers in the 1740s. Today, the largest of the colonial taverns now serves more than just light fare, though soup, salads, wrap sandwiches, and pie are still popular. This tavern closes at 9 pm.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA757-229–2141Restaurant Details
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12. The Grey Goose Tearoom
$ | |Beside the Hampton History Museum, you're greeted by an enticing aroma and a gift shop with tea-related items when you enter this cozy room decorated with Victorian tea-party prints in gilded frames, antique teapots, and knickknacks. Brunswick stew, creamy Hampton blue-crab soup, and biscuits are permanent fixtures on the "everything-homemade" menu, and daily specials, such as chicken and dumplings, are posted on the wall. Desserts are especially good, but avoid the canned fruit salad on iceberg lettuce. The tearoom is open for lunch only.
118 Old Hampton La. at History Museum Way, Hampton, Virginia, 23669, USA757-723–7978Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No dinner, Credit cards accepted -
13. Vintage Kitchen
$$ | |The Vintage Kitchen focuses on local foods, artisanal cheeses, and microbrews. It's a place where you can order five-spice duck breast and also a superb cheeseburger. All the spices and sauces come from an outdoor herb garden. A special seven-course tasting meal is available by appointment Monday through Wednesday. Huge windows with tables facing the Elizabeth River make for great ambience.
999 Waterside Dr., Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, USA757-625–3370Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No lunch Sat. Mon.–Wed. dinner by appointment., Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential
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