In the heart of Norfolk sits a culinary time machine disguised as an unassuming restaurant with a distinctive red roof.
Doumar’s Cones & Barbecue isn’t trying to be retro – it simply never stopped being what it always was: a temple of straightforward American comfort food where the ice cream cones are still hand-rolled on the original waffle machine.
The curved, diner-style building stands proudly at the corner of 20th Street and Monticello Avenue, looking much as it did decades ago.
Pull into the parking lot and you might do a double-take when you notice actual carhops delivering food to vehicles – not as some hipster gimmick, but because that’s how they’ve always done things around here…