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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Coastal Virginia Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Blue Seafood & Spirits · Red Mill Commons
Named to Coastal Virginia Magazine's inaugural 2024 Top 50 Culinary Awards in the seafood cohort. Chef Bernie's modern Chesapeake cooking in a small, focused Virginia Beach room.
Coastal Grill · Great Neck
Coastal Virginia Magazine's 2024 Culinary Awards seafood pick. Chef Jerry Bryan's neighborhood fine-seafood fixture since 1989, with the blackened tuna and crab cakes CoVa singles out as the city's benchmark.
Fin Seafood · Port Warwick
Coastal Virginia Magazine's 2024 Culinary Awards seafood honoree for Newport News. Chef Kenny Sloane's tasting-menu-ready room, and CoVa's shrimp-and-grits anchor in the Peninsula.
Steinhilber's Restaurant · Thalia
A 2024 Culinary Award winner. Open since 1939, the region's benchmark for fried shrimp.
Chick's Oyster Bar · Lynnhaven
Clam-shack-style icon on the Lynnhaven River. The deck-and-sunset oyster template for the region.