1. Goodfella’S Restaurant & Bar
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 723-4979
Address: 13 East Queens Way.
Description: This local gathering spot is noted for bring in local, regional, and national blues artists.
2. The Pub
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 838-2748
Address: 4200 Kilgore Ave.
Description: Looking for single malt scotch or an English beer on tap? The Pub at the Town Center offers it up, with wait staff clad in tartans to evoke some of that English pub atmosphere. This is part of a small chain of such restaurants and the first on the Peninsula.
3. Taphouse Grill
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 224-5829
Address: 17 East Queens Way
Description: With one of the best beer selections on the Peninsula, this is a sibling to the Taphouse Grill in Ghent. They rotate what’s on tap here, so come back often and see how many you can sample. The food is good enough to keep pace with the bar, no easy feat.
4. Saddle Ridge Rock-N-Country Saloon
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 827-8100
Address: 1976 Power Plant Parkway
Description: This is a rock and country nightclub in the same building as the Cheyenne Supper Club. On this side you can listen to live country western music while you dine. On the saloon side there are free dance lessons. Thurs is ladies night with no cover and free bull rides for ladies.
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Address: 125 East Mellen St.
6. Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 838-4203 or (757) 838-56
Address: 1000 Coliseum Dr.
Description: Another of the area’s major concert venues, in its 4 decades the Coliseum hosted everyone from the Stones to Elvis. Jam rockers Phish loved the experience so much they began their reunion tour there in 2009. The facility also hosts the annual Hampton Jazz Festival in June, three nights of musical acts, some of which even play traditional jazz. This is where the circus annually performs for Peninsula audiences.
7. Hampton University Convocation Center
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 728-6800.
Address: 700 Emancipation Dr.
Description: This is mainly used for university functions, but can seat 8,000 for concerts.
8. Hampton Coliseum
City: Hampton, VA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (757) 838-4203 (Event Informat
Address: 1000 Coliseum Dr.
Description: When big acts come to the peninsula, this is where they play, in a spaceship-looking arena about 40 minutes east of Williamsburg on I-64 (exit 263). To find out what’s happening for the dates you plan to be in town, call the box office, or visit the Web site listed above.