So recently I took a job in Norfolk, VA at the naval shipyard.
Anyone familiar with the area and have suggestions on good places to eat/things to do?
I've tried out a couple of the local watering holes and so far I'm disappointed.

2/4/2007 4:14:30 PM

Your best bets are things downtown within walking distance of the Norva and anything in Ghent. There's also some nice stuff in Va. Beach towards the oceanfront. Ask the longtime locals for specifics. There's stuff to do there, but you'll have an easier time finding it with someone who grew up there. If you don't like to drive, you're SOL. I grew up just across the stateline from Chesapeake, so I can tell you that if you're used to other places like Raleigh, you'll continue to be dissapointed in what Tidewater has to offer with a very few exceptions. You'll be able to find a lot more to do once spring and summer comes around.

2/4/2007 4:31:22 PM

im sorry

2/4/2007 4:34:16 PM

Im gonna go out on a limb and guess you start work on Monday at 8?

[Edited on February 4, 2007 at 6:52 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2007 6:38:27 PM

I'll bet you can get Alee to come join you.

2/4/2007 7:25:06 PM

when i was in the navy, we called it "No-Fuck, Virginia".


i hope you got a girlfriend in Raleigh.

2/4/2007 8:54:20 PM

I co-oped at the shipyard in Newport News. In the summer there's a lot of festivals and like pirate conventions and stuff. But I dunno about winter.

2/4/2007 9:12:35 PM

I live here too

2/4/2007 9:19:19 PM

I will be working at NNSY Portsmouth from mid feb-early june

which yard will you be at...there are several


check your pm's

I can show you around the area.....

2/4/2007 10:22:45 PM

i live in Va Beach




sometimes this place is ok


other times i fucking hate it

2/4/2007 10:24:32 PM

two things to do:

get on 264, take it to 58 which runs to emporia...get on 95 south there and go about an hour into NC. there you can get on 64 and head to raleigh. takes about 3 1/2 hours

or

get on 64 heading north...take that to 295 north which merges with 95 north of Richmond...follow that right into DC

whatever you do, don't stay in Norfolk. every once and a while it can be ok for a weekend when you don't feel like traveling. but after my first 6 months there, I was out of town every weekend I could get away

i wouldn't sweat the no-fuck comment...never had a problem meeting women when i lived there...just distance yourself from the e-dogs...and don't get a buzz cut

2/5/2007 12:41:53 AM

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" distance yourself from the e-dogs...and don't get a buzz cut"

yeah, i guess i was an e-dog with a buzz cut

NoFuck, Virginia may be better for the longhaired hippie types.

2/5/2007 1:16:57 AM

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"i hope you got a girlfriend in Raleigh."

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2/5/2007 6:45:02 AM

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"I'll bet you can get Alee to come join you."

2/5/2007 7:50:40 AM

i just did the e-dog thing to razz you...i actually hung out a lot with some of the enlisted guys on my ship (probably a little too much for the whole frat thing, but the o's were tools)

2/5/2007 12:31:26 PM

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2/5/2007 3:27:09 PM

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"Your best bets are things downtown within walking distance of the Norva and anything in Ghent."

This is the best advice you can receive. Downton Norfolk is somewhat comparable to Glenwood South with lots of new resturaunts and bars within walking distance of each other.. The Bier Garden in d/t Portsmouth is worth visiting also. Its only a few blocks from NNSY.

2/5/2007 5:23:57 PM

you watch your back at the bier garden though. not a great neighborhood.

2/5/2007 5:26:11 PM

Many moons ago, a bar called Friar Tucks across the street from ODU used to have ten cent wings on Tuesday nights.

Ghent is pretty nice.

Years ago, Waterfront in downtown Norfolk used to be decent. The Boathouse used to be a good place to see bands.

The strip in Va Beach has a couple of decent bars.

I think the big mall there is the MacAuthor Mall in Norfolk.

disclaimer - I haven't lived there in about 7 years.

2/5/2007 6:56:10 PM

stick to real bars on the Va Beach side - the 21+ places...stay as far away as you can from the 18+ joints

i did enjoy karaoke at AJ Gators on weeknights back in the day

2/5/2007 9:43:18 PM

find me a job up there please thanks

2/5/2007 11:07:19 PM

I'll be there in late May. I'm pretty easily entertained, going to see the Tides during the summer and get tanked is always a good way to spend a summer evening as far I'm concerned. Then once baseball is winding down, the Admirals start playing.

2/6/2007 2:20:04 AM

i'm going to be at va beach this weekend, doesn't sound promising by the looks of this thread

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2/6/2007 2:34:28 AM

i hate norfolk...pretty much that whole area of virginia. grandma used to live there. and im going there this weekend for the last time in my life. she died last thursday. after that, i'll never have to go there again.

hurray!

2/6/2007 10:25:13 AM

anyone want to hit bars friday night, and then hit a party saturday at my obx beach cottage (having high school sluts from 5-6 yrs ago over)

MY PARENTS LIVE IN ELIZABETH CITY SO I HAVE NO CHOICE GRRR

[Edited on February 6, 2007 at 10:30 AM. Reason : .]

2/6/2007 10:26:43 AM

i feel sorry for people who get sucked into thinking Va Beach is a good place to go...it makes the Jersey shore look like the USVI's

2/6/2007 10:26:48 AM

I went to an Admirals game and it was awesome. There are a lot more fights in minor league hockey so it makes for a pretty exciting game

2/6/2007 10:41:01 AM

yeah they do that on purpose, wolfweb kids are welcome to join me and the highschoolers who are now 22-23 on friday night.

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2/6/2007 10:46:32 AM

when i lived in elizabeth city we would hit up va beach for everything.

2/6/2007 3:10:47 PM

There's a tidewater ultimate league up there. I played with them this past summer/fall, and they're all pretty cool. Here's their website, you can join their yahoo group and be on the mailing list for their pickup games and whatnot.

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/TideUlt/

I didn't get out too much socially, so i cant help you too much in that department. Are you working in the shipbuilding yard or the naval base?

2/6/2007 4:56:00 PM

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"I went to an Admirals game and it was awesome. There are a lot more fights in minor league hockey so it makes for a pretty exciting game"

I haven't been since they became an AHL team, but I imagine it's still pretty fun. Back when I went they were in the ECHL and called the Hampton Roads Admirals. Games between them and the Richmond Renegades were brutal, you weren't safe in the stands at those games in certain seating areas because fighting would break out there too.

2/7/2007 5:36:06 PM

I'm working in the naval base, doing the nuclear engineer training program phase I.
pretty exciting, i got to look around inside a boomer today!

2/7/2007 6:03:24 PM