I first stumbled into Doumar’s on a sticky August afternoon, chasing rumors of a waffle cone machine older than my grandparents. Turns out those rumors were true.
Tucked along Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, sits a red-roofed drive-in that has been rolling cones by hand since before air conditioning was standard in cars.
The place smells like caramelized batter and nostalgia, and once you taste a cone still warm at the edges, you understand why three generations of families have kept this spot alive…