Value is easy to talk about and harder to find. Plenty of restaurants claim to serve big portions at low prices, and plenty of them fall short.
But there are still places in Virginia where the food is honest, the plates are full, and the bill does not make you wince. These are the spots where construction crews stop for lunch, where factory workers grab dinner before heading home, and where nobody leaves hungry.
This list has ten of them, from diners that have been serving the same recipes for decades to newer spots that have figured out how to keep prices down without cutting corners. The menus lean toward comfort food, with fried chicken, meatloaf, burgers, and sides that come in generous scoops…