When I was in college at Old Dominion University, the now-closed Veniziano Restaurant on Granby Street was a favorite stop for my crowd and me for large pizzas and seemingly never-ending pitchers of beer.
It was a classic mom-and-pop Italian establishment with red upholstered booths and Dean Martin singing on the jukebox.
Even more special was the appearance of the restaurant’s holiday village at Christmas. For those unfamiliar, Christmas villages are made up of small ceramic houses that look like a scene from a Thomas Kinkade painting…