Restaurant, Alcohol and Entertainment Conditional Use Permits

At a glance

What: routine conditional use permits for restaurants, alcohol service, entertainment and craft production.
Where it stands: Planning Commission, 2026-10-08: Vazo Wine Social (112 Granby Street) approved 4-0; De Rican, Boss Queens Soul Cafe, Martin's Soulfood, Dockside Social and Be A J Juice Bar recommended 4-0. Planning Commission, 2026-10-22: recommended 4-0 The Slover (235 E. Plume Street, banquet, live entertainment and alcohol) and YourSpace Partners hotel alcohol (2630 Almeda Avenue). Council: a restaurant permit for Macondo on 2026-09-15, craft-production permits on 2026-09-29, and restaurant permits on the 2026-10-27 consent list (outcome not read).
Update 2026-11-06: The Slover and the Almeda Avenue hotel are on the Council consent agenda of 2026-11-10, and about nine more permits are on the Planning Commission agenda of 2026-11-19; outcomes not yet posted.
Next: Council action on the October Planning Commission recommendations; no dates in the records read.

Consent items 4 to 11 and regular item 6: a kennel (4211 Colley Avenue); The Bird (renewal); Break Bread (banquet hall, 350 W. 22nd Street); Chelsea Bakehouse (9567 Shore Drive); Sushi King; Victoria's Food Restaurant; Magoo's Cigar Lounge (200 E. Plume Street); OLM Tattoo (5660 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard); and QR Code Bar and Grill (5018 E. Princess Anne Road).

Consent items C-6 and C-7: permits for The Slover (235 E. Plume Street) and a hotel with on-premises alcohol at 2630 Almeda Avenue.

Staff previewed the afternoon's permits and briefed the Slover Library permit (235 East Plum Street): banquet hall with live entertainment, 8 AM to 11 PM, room-by-room occupancy caps, security and staff for each event, alcohol supplied by caterers or banquet licensees.

Consent items C-1 to C-12: short-term rental conditional use permits (241 W. Ocean View Avenue and Dey Street), restaurant permits, a right-of-way dedication, refunds and a right of entry for Hampton Roads Connector Partners.

Conditional use permits recommended 4-0: The Slover (235 E. Plume Street; banquet, live entertainment and alcohol) and YourSpace Partners hotel alcohol (2630 Almeda Avenue).

Five items recommended 4-0: De Rican (renewal adding a dance floor; a second-floor yoga studio owner raised sound and vibration concerns, entertainment limited to after 7 PM, no outdoor amplified sound), Boss Queens Soul Cafe (new permit with a DJ after the old one lapsed in 2023; two-year expiration), Martin's Soulfood (reissued after an ownership change; patio enclosed during entertainment), Dockside Social (4300 Colley Avenue; indoor entertainment to 2 AM, patio closed by 9 or 10 PM, doors and windows closed during entertainment; neighbors across the water raised bass-sound concerns) and Be A J Juice Bar (small banquet hall renewal, no speakers).

Consent items C-1 to C-4 covered the organizational meeting schedule, a refund, craft-production permits and a mace and honor guard request; the consent action was not individually verified.

Consent items C-1 to C-6: encroachments, a right of entry, short-term rental conditional use permits and a restaurant permit for Macondo.

Five permit renewals or new-operator permits previewed, each recommended 4 to 0 by the Planning Commission, with reduced hours and two-year expirations in most cases.

The Slover (banquet, entertainment, alcohol; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; two-year term) and the Almeda Avenue hotel alcohol permit (guests only, 10 a.m. to midnight; civic league supportive) recommended with conditions.

Previewed permits for 8020 Burger Bar, The Bird (hours to 1 a.m.), a 22nd Street banquet hall, QR Code Bar and Grill, 9567 Shore Drive, Sushi King, Victoria's Food Restaurant, a cigar lounge at 200 East Plum Street and a tattoo parlor; most on preliminary consent.