Cuisine
Open
Breakfast & Lunch Mon.-Sat.Features
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Casual
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Lizard Cafe Restaurant Review: A colorful, cozy setting; the use of seasonal ingredients; a friendly, young waitstaff: all the components at Bill Prince’s Leaping Lizard Café on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach can be found at his location in downtown Norfolk. Connected to Prince Books --- the charming bookstore long owned by Prince’s sister, Sarah Pishko --- this spot edits out Leaping from the name. It’s heaven for those who like to dig into a juicy novel along with a field-fresh, signature salad of mixed greens, red grapes, Bartlett pears, dried cranberries, Gorgonzola, walnuts and homemade basil vinaigrette. Lizard is full-service, and a good thing, too, since you’ll want to linger over just-caught dilled tuna on homemade rosemary bread and soup made fresh daily, such as roasted chicken and cannellini beans. A simple-sounding sweet potato biscuit pays homage to local Edwards Surry ham. Leave room for an epilogue of just-baked cookies or pineapple-studded carrot cake. Prince added raised booths to window level, making the street-watching scenes as compelling as the nearby bestsellers. |
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