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Enjoy Caribbean heat at Lola's

The VirginianPilot

I get a little nervous when I drive up to a restaurant at 7 p.m. and there are no cars in the parking lot. So as we approached a sparse lot, we prepared ourselves for the worst. Little did we know we were in for a most memorable evening at Lola's Carib... »

Norfolk woman honored by Urban League for work with Lost Boys

HamptonRoads.com Community

By Gary Ruegsegger Correspondent A chance meeting at a grocery store in 2002 changed the path of Norfolk resident Julie Hill's life - and the lives of those she would help in Africa. It was at the Ghent store that Hill met two "Lost Boys" - a moniker f... »

Norfolk coffeehouse soon to be Elliott's in name only

Hamptonroads.com Business

NORFOLK Elliot's Fair Grounds keeps on perking, but without Elliot. Elliot Juren, the curmudgeonly kibitzer of Colley Avenue, has sold his 10-year-old coffeehouse in Ghent to Todd Arnette, the owner of Williamsburg Coffee & Tea. Both declined to disclo... »

Norfolk coffeehouse soon to be Elliot's in name only

Hamptonroads.com Business

NORFOLK Elliot's Fair Grounds keeps on perking, but without Elliot. Elliot Juren, the curmudgeonly kibitzer of Colley Avenue, has sold his 10-year-old coffeehouse in Ghent to Todd Arnette, the owner of Williamsburg Coffee & Tea. Both declined to disclo... »

Mouth of babes: Norfolk preschool puts on Nativity

HamptonRoads.com Entertainment

NORFOLK For 15 years, Betty Casey has led the children of Ghent United Methodist Preschool in telling the Christmas story. And it came to pass that on Wednesday, it was time again for 70 children ages 1 through 4 to dress up as animals, shepherds and a... »

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Chipotle Mexican Grill to open Tuesday in Ghent

HamptonRoads.com Biz Buzz

A new Chipotle Mexican Grill fast-food restaurant in Norfolk’s Ghent is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. next Tuesday in the former San Antonio Sam’s space at 1501 Colley Ave. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., based in Denver, has six other Hampton Roads locati... »

Christmas Eve Thoughts

Michael In NorfolkComing Out MidLife

It's not exactly Christmas like weather here in Hampton Roads (upper 50's). To be more in the winter time mood I posted a photo taken today at the lake -which has frozen over - where our summer house is in the Adirondacks. The law office closed Thursda... »

We Were Here - A Documentary

Michael In NorfolkComing Out MidLife

This evening, the boyfriend and I - and many of our friends - attended a local "We Were Here" movie premiere at the NARO Cinema on Colley Avenue in Norfolk's Ghent neighborhood. For readers, I strongly recommend that if the movie becomes available wher... »

Marcus Calabrese Announces Candidacy for Norfolk City Council

Michael In NorfolkComing Out MidLife

It has been ironic that even though Norfolk has perhaps the largest LGBT population of any of the cities of Hampton Roads and is the home to the artsy, trendy and LGBT-friendly Ghent neighborhood - which is the envy of many neighboring cities - other t... »

Ghent eatery set to close after five years in operation

HamptonRoads.com Biz Buzz

The Boot, a restaurant on 21st Street in Norfolk’s Ghent area, plans to serve its last meals Wednesday, according to its Facebook page. “When we started the Boot, it was mostly an experiment,” the page reads. “After a lot of work and certainly a lot of... »

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