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A Florida-based taphouse and restaurant chain is headed to Virginia Beach as its CEO says the company is looking for more Hampton Roads franchisees.

Two neighborhood civic leagues and Norfolk's Planning Commission previously recommended denial of conditional use permits for Armed Forces Brewing Company. However, an attorney for the brewery threatened legal action if the city denied the permits, citing a case against Chesapeake and state code.

The Planning Commission recommended Norfolk City Council deny conditional use permits allowing Armed Forces Brewing Co. to operate.

After being delayed by the pandemic for almost two years, a major retail and office development project in the Lamberts Point neighborhood near Old Dominion University is finally starting to take shape. Called the Railyard at Lambert’s Point, the $40-million, 120,000-square-foot development will be anchored by a Lidl grocery store, featuring a mix of restaurants, retailers and other ...

Former O’Connor Brewing Co. employee Gayle Summerlin has an immediate answer about the company’s place in the Hampton Roads craft beer scene. “We were the OG, right?” Summerlin said. Summerlin, who handled Hampton Roads retail sales for O’Connor from September 2021 to November 2022, said an O’Connor brew was the first legal beer she had at age 21. The company, which started in 2010, was the ...

The Armed Forces Brewing Company will soon take over the O'Connor Brewery and now some are questioning tweets and other posts made the company and its leadership.

Armed Forces Brewing Co. plans to establish a Norfolk brewery in the space O'Connor Brewing said it's leaving this month.

For years, brewery leaders participated in and allowed worker mistreatment to occur, former workers say.

HISTORIC TRIANGLE — Several food trucks from the Historic Triangle continue to serve culinary creations throughout the community. From breweries, distilleries…

With a variety of amazing beers on tap, fun events on the calendar, and tasty bites, these craft breweries have it all. Here are the best to visit in 2023.