Restaurants in Virginia

Unique Old Dominion dishes that make eating through the state such a pleasure include peanut soup, ham with red eye gravy, and peanut pie. In and around Charlottesville, outstanding fried chicken is a staple, the best of it cooked and served in gas station convenience stores. Seafood from the ocean and from the Chesapeake Bay is at its finest all along the Eastern Shore, which also happens to boast a crop of ne plus ultra sweet potatoes – the basis of sweet potato pie, sweet potato French fries, and sweet potato biscuits. In southernmost Virginia, you’ll find cafes that serve what is — let’s be kind — a challenging dish: chitlins steamed in vinegar.

Virginia’s Most Famous Dishes

Burger on a tender bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo ... car hop service

Grilled Hamburger

hot dog with hot mustard and relish

Classic Hot Dogs

Tall, gnarled-top light gold biscuit

Biscuits

Wedge of pie with tall yellow base and even taller meringue, flecked with toasted coconut

Pies

Virginia’s Best Restaurants

Virginia Diner - Peanut Pie
Virginia Diner

WAKEFIELD, VA

Chutzpah

FAIRFAX, VA

Galax Smokehouse

GALAX, VA

A plate-size slice of country ham is bathed in caramel-colored red-eye gravy
Roanoker

ROANOKE, VA

Woodruff’s Cafe & Pie Shop

MONROE, VA

Dark, syrup-sweet pecan pie is further sweetened by a crowd of chocolate chips (and, not seen, bourbon).
Red Truck Rural Bakery

MARSHALL, VA

Rudy’s

SPERRYVILLE, VA

24 Crows

FLINT HILL, VA

Ace Biscuit & Barbecue

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

Fried chicken thigh enveloped in crunchy golden crust
Wayside Takeout & Catering

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

Triple Oak Bakery

SPERRYVILLE, VA

Roanoke Weiner Stand

ROANOKE, VA

Piled-high burger includes lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and melted cheese.
Dude’s Drive-In

CHRISTIANSBURG, VA

Marshall Diner

MARSHALL, VA

Market Burger

PURCELLVILLE, VA

Orlean Market

MARSHALL, VA

Charlie’s Cafe

NORFOLK, VA

Weenie Beenie

ARLINGTON, VA

Breakfast sandwich holds chorizo sausage, cheese, eggs, and Parmesan-crusted tomato slice.
Doc Taylor’s

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

Dixie Bones BBQ

WOODBRIDGE, VA

Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie

NORTH GARDEN, VA

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