Atlantic Park, awash with entertainment options (notably a state-of-the-art surf park and The Dome, a reinvention of Virginia Beach’s bygone performance venue), recently welcomed two splashy new restaurants: Mexican-souled Mi Vida and The Grill, a next-gen steakhouse. Both belong to Knead Hospitality + Design, a James Beard-nominated firm known for cocooning customers in their concepts around Washington, D.C., exclusively. Until now.
“Virginia Beach is a great tourist hub that can bring folks from all over the country to our restaurants; it made sense to plant our flag here,” said Jason Berry, Knead cofounder and principal.
Vibrant Mi Vida, with 270 seats on two levels, prides itself on authentic, regional Mexican cuisine. “It’s not hard tacos and queso dip and a combo plate number one,” Berry said. “But that’s Tex-Mex. This is the real taste that you would find in Mexico.”…