Crabs, Craft Beer and a Crush Round Out the
Virginia Beach Boardwalk Food Tour

Indulge in fresh seafood and produce while learning area
history with the newest Coastal Food Tour of Virginia

(Virginia Beach, Va., September 6, 2011) - Coastal Virginia is full of amazing cuisine, from succulent seafood pulled straight from the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, to fresh produce grown and harvested by local farmers. With all the wonderful restaurants, sustainable farms and rich culinary history Coastal Virginia offers, the Coastal Food Tours of Virginia's themed progressive culinary programs fuse together cuisine, history and architecture in several different venues and neighborhoods. The Virginia Beach Boardwalk Tour is the most recent option added to the roster and features the best bounties of land and sea.

The Virginia Beach Boardwalk Food Tour offers a "Surf & Turf" exploration along the resort city's famed thoroughfare. The two and a half hour tour starts at JT's Grommet Island Beach Park & Playground located at 2nd Street and continues along the boardwalk with the Atlantic Ocean as a glistening backdrop and a guide narrating the area's history. The three stops along the tour include Waterman's Beachwood Grill, Mahi-Mah's Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Saloon and Black Angus where you will enjoy small meals and alcohol pairings all for $59 per person. While dishes will change based on seasonality, recent offerings included fresh backfin crabcakes, bronzed mahi-mahi with coconut rice and julienned local veggies, Waterman's signature Orange Crush cocktail, a locals' favorite made with freshly squeezed orange juice, and a sampling of craft beers by two locals, Beach Brewing Company and O'Connor Brewing Company.

While in Virginia Beach, experience many other activities that make it unique. Virginia Beachboasts 35 miles of wide beaches and a 3-mile long boardwalk, both of which are free to vacationers. The resort area is perfect for sunbathing, sandcastle-building, volleyball, strolling, biking, rollerblading or good old-fashioned people-watching!

As fall approaches in the East Coast city, the temperature stays mild making it the perfect time to plan a getaway. Challenge your skills on the hiking trails, kayak through the waves alongside bottlenose dolphins or explore 800,000 gallons of aquariums at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center.

Virginia Beach offers vacationers more than 12,000 hotel rooms, sumptuous coastal cuisine, a long list of year-round events and boundless things to experience, all of which makes it easy to plan the perfect vacation. To book a package or for more information on Virginia Beach, visit www.VisitVirginiaBeach.com.

Coastal Food Tours of Virginia is sponsored by the Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau (VBCVB), along with partners from the Virginia Tourism Corporation, VisitNorfolk, the Food Tour Corporation, and the Virginia Beach Agriculture Department. For more information about Virginia Beach or the new Coastal Food Tours of Virginia, visit www.CoastalFoodTours.com or http://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/visitors/articles/coastal-food-tours.asp, or call 202-683-8847.

The Food Tour Corporation is the premier provider of culinary-based tours and events throughout Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. Their products have been developed in order to help preserve and maintain the time-honored culinary history and traditions of each region represented with tours. The ultimate goal is to promote local and regional history, architecture, culture and cuisine by presenting it in a fashion appreciated by both locals and visitors.

Virginia Beach entices visitors to "Live the Life" year-round! Located in the southeastern corner of the state, Virginia Beach is four hours southeast of D.C. by car and within a day's drive or less from two-thirds of the U.S. population. For visitor information, call 1-800-VA-BEACH (800/822-3224) or visit www.VisitVirginiaBeach.com for online trip planning. For media information and digital images, click on www.VisitVirginiaBeach.com/pressroom. Please follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vabeachcvb and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/VirginiaBeachVA.

One of the Mid-Atlantic's most exciting destinations, Norfolk, Virginia attracts thousands of travelers each year to enjoy its lively waterfront downtown which is easily walk able and alive with eclectic dining options, a rich arts scene, high-end shopping and fun, year-round special events. For four hundred years this dynamic heart of Virginia's storied sea front region has offered a vibrant blend of history and heritage, contemporary attractions, outdoor adventure and the Commonwealth's most revered cultural institutions. For more information about Norfolk, visit the city on the Web at www.visitnorfolktoday,com or call 757-664-6620 or toll free at 800-368-3097.

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