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When I was in college, Colonial Williamsburg held all of the cards when it came to fine dining in Williamsburg. More recently, Merchants Square, located at the end of Colonial Williamsburg's Duke of Gloucester Street near the College of William and Mary, is the place to go. There are five full restaurants and several more cafes and coffeeshops within a two block area ... filled with lots of other fine ...

The Williamsburg Winery is located on one of the oldest farms in America, less than 10 miles from Historic Jamestowne and less than 5 from Colonial Williamsburg. The tour leaves from the retail shop and takes you through the wine operation that started in the mid-1980s. Award-winning wines were produced there within ten years. Tours start every half hour and cost $8 per person. You taste 7 wines and get to ...

Located in the New Town section of Williamsburg, the Corner Pocket is dinner and something to do/entertainment all in one. We went with out-of-town guests and 4 of our group of 6 played several games of pool after dinner. Two of us lagged at the dinner table to chat, then moved over with our coffee to the pool area to watch husbands and children pair off.

The owner and I have known ...

A fresh cup of coffee and a comfortable eatery: that's Aromas, just one block from Colonial Williamsburg's main street, Duke of Gloucester Street, and one block from the College of William and Mary. It is a favorite hangout for students, a meeting place for locals, and a "just what I was looking for" coffeehouse for visitors. Aromas is open early and closes late --- one of the few late-night places in ...

Let me begin by saying that Jamestown isn't a town today. If you remember your history, the 1600s settlers thought it was swampy and buggy, so after the village was burned, a new capital city was planned and built just up the road. Founded in 1699, Williamsburg is at the center of the James-York Peninsula.

Now, on to restaurants! So, Jamestown isn't a town: the choices are slim. That said, the choices ...

Bread ends and house dressing. Yummm. Find out why thousands of College of William and Mary alums come back year after year. The Cheese Shop of Williamsburg hasn't change the house dressing recipe since ... forever. One time I asked Mary Ellen Power, one of the owners, what people came to the Cheese Shop to buy most often and she said the Cheese! Well, really, now that our taste buds ...

You're on vacation and you can't wait to get some fresh seafood. Driving to your beach house, you pass a shopping center. You spot a pickup truck with a hand-letter "Fresh Seafood" sign. What could be fresher than seafood straight from the truck! Should you slam on the brakes and rush over to buy some?

"Might not be a good idea," said Charlie Little, operations manager at Berret's Seafood Restaurant and ...

If you're traveling to or from Williamsburg along Richmond Road, a friend of mine recommends that you stop in at the New York Deli for "dinner" --- that mid-day meal that we Southerners enjoy so much and that is often followed by a nap and light super before bedtime. Ah, the lazy days of summer. Well, our days aren't so lazy, but we can dream. So, if you are west ...

Try an Italian restaurant with something for everyone! Buon Amici pizza and fine dining entrees reflect family recipes from the owners' and chef's home regions of Italy. "My husband Tony's family had a pizzeria when he was growing up in New York," said the owner. "When we met our partners, we discovered we share a love of good food, cooking and wine and wanted to create a place in Williamsburg where ...