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Freshly cooked blue crabs, a Chesapeake Bay species, piled on a table.

2 stops · Virginia Beach

Local Restaurants Around Red Mill

Two independent restaurants sharing the same Red Mill Commons address on Upton Drive in Virginia Beach — a chef-owned seafood spot and a Food Network-featured Italian bakery, grouped by a real shared building, not a citywide guess. (A third, a Filipino restaurant once at this same address, relocated to Virginia Beach's Oceanfront in mid-2025 — see its own listing for its current location.)

A category photograph. This is not a photograph of this business."Fresh-cooked Louisiana blue crabs" by Food Group, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0CC BY-SA 2.0View sourceResized from 2592×1936 to 2000×1494 for web delivery; recompressed. No cropping or content edits.

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Stop 1 · Virginia Beach

Blue Seafood & Spirits

Why this stopA chef-owned seafood restaurant at the same 2181 Upton Drive address, in the same shopping center, named a Coastal Virginia Culinary Awards Winner 2024.

Freshly cooked blue crabs, a Chesapeake Bay species, piled on a table.Representative image

Stop 2 · Virginia Beach

Rigoletto Italian Bakery and Cafe

Why this stopAn Italian bakery and cafe at the same 2181 Upton Drive address, featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives for its homemade focaccia.

A plate of biscuits and gravy with a side of home fries.Representative image