Granby Street Is Norfolk's Downtown Nightlife Spine

Granby Street Is Norfolk's Downtown Nightlife Spine

Granby Street downtown has reinvented itself as a proper nightlife corridor. Hell's Kitchen is the bar-and-burger institution that's been open since the '90s. The Birch does a serious beer list and cocktails in a tight space. O'Connor Brewing has a taproom that stays loud past 11 on weekends.

For live music, The NorVa a block off Granby is the rock-and-indie touring room that punches above the city's weight. Chicho's at the Oceanfront (technically Virginia Beach, 20 minutes east) has the late-night pizza that locks the night together after the bars.

Navy town energy runs through the late-night scene — weekends are active, weekdays are quieter, and the crowd has a tolerance for noise that a quieter city wouldn't match.