Virginia Beach: Practicalities
Greyhound stops at 1017 Laskin Rd, off 31st Street, while the Amtrak bus connection from Newport News arrives at 19th Street and Pacific Avenue. The visitor center is at the east end of I-264, half a mile west of the beach on 21st Street (daily: summer 9am-8pm, winter 9am-5pm; tel 757/437-4888 or 1-800/446-8038). Beach trolleys are the best mode of transportation in the area; there are four different routes covering the city, the most useful being up and down Atlantic Avenue (daily noon-midnight; 50ยข; tel 757/222-6100).The town also offers some great restaurants and a frenetic nightlife . Capt. John's Crabhouse , 33rd and Atlantic (tel 757/425-6263), has a fine seafood and meat evening buffet for $16.95, while Mahi Mah's , by the ocean at Seventh and Atlantic (tel 757/437-8030), has a creative menu of sushi, sashimi and other seafood, plus a wide selection of beers. Baja Cantina , 206 23rd St (tel 757/437-2920), is a friendly bar serving tasty Mexican food to a decent rock soundtrack. Check Port Folio , the listings newspaper, for details of live music events; the Abbey Road Pub at 203 22nd St (tel 757/425-6330), is a lively bar with over a hundred different beers and nightly live rock'n'roll; hostelers congregate most nights at the Jewish Mother , 3108 Pacific Ave (tel 757/422-5430), a daytime deli and late-night beer bar with free live music.
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