“A lot of these guys couldn’t afford a restaurant but could buy a truck and get started. I was hooked and knew Norfolk would love something like this.” – Evan, Hubcap Grill

At the heart of thinking about these different types of folks is, for me, a sincere desire to serve them and the city with a great, honest, ethical business that delivers an excellent product for a good value.

The story of a rooftop venue in Downtown Norfolk that would have been amazing… but never got the chance to get off the ground. The former owner tells us where she went wrong, and how you can do it better.

There’s something profoundly askew in the American perception of transportation safety, an unthinking acceptance of the risks of driving, and a blindness to the accumulation of deaths that result from our car-centric policies.

Norfolk’s city manager doesn’t mind talking about cutting departments. He sees Waterside not as an independent entity, but as a key to a waterfront overhaul that *should not* be managed by government. And more…

AltDaily Food was all a-buzz over Norfolk Restaurant Week, and we’ve got a brief recap of the highlights.

Plain and simple, downtown’s residential population is the linchpin to Norfolk reaching the next level of urban greatness.

Howard Tarpey’s pictures of Charlie Restless’ of Heart of NFK at Art l Everywhere closing night.

$500 grants offered to make Art | Everywhere closing night a Spectacle of Awesome for Downtown Norfolk.

The real winners are the people of Norfolk, who get to enjoy this great art for 8 weeks. Anyways.

When a city has real energy the people have a different kind of dynamic between them: we recognize that we are drinking from the same tap, and we all got to do our part to make sure the well doesn’t dry up.

As chickens are a hot topic this week, I’d like to share the story of my Japanese chicken and the Buddhists who saved him. And more in today’s If You Read the Paper.

Four artists donate their time and talent to “artifiy” The Zedd’s Building at 776 Granby St. in Norfolk, VA.

The Greater Norfolk Corporation, Downtown Norfolk Council, and VisitNorfolk have presented the City with a position paper arguing that tearing down Waterside could be the answer.

Jesse held one of Jerrod the Bookworm’s ropes in the Grand Illumination Parade in Norfolk on Saturday night, giving him a unique view of the city and it’s citizens.

Come Parade day, when I get to hold one of Jerold the Bookworm’s ropes, it will be like holding onto a childhood fantasy.

On Wednesday we Walked The Tide, hoping to get more clarity as to how light rail may or may not fare. We can debate all we like, but at this point there’s no stopping The Tide from coming.

It’s been around for just over 25 years, and now Waterside is going through (what we at that age like to call) a quarter-life crisis of identity.