Experience Roanoke!

Tracey (Co-Host Stephen)
Tracey (Co-Host Stephen)
Experience Roanoke!

Our Fave Nearby Neighborhood Restaurants, Coffee Shops, Breweries and more!

Within a mile to two miles from the house, or just a block or two in some cases, there are a multitude of neighborhoods (Old Southwest, Wasena, Grandin Village, South Roanoke & Downtown) that are chock full of locally owned restaurants, cafes, bakeries, coffee shops, breweries, and honey wine, etc. We have them listed from closest to the house out - many within easy walking distance - or a ride on a Zagster bike! Our guests get 2 hours free!
Home brews, food truck, and a patio for enjoying an historic city neighborhood with the locals.
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A Few Old Goats Brewing
515 8th St SW
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Home brews, food truck, and a patio for enjoying an historic city neighborhood with the locals.
Grab a seat on the patio and enjoy burgers, pizzas, and comfort food from all over the world, along with a fabulous selection of cocktails, wine, and beer.
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food fanatics kitchen
551 Marshall Ave SW
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Grab a seat on the patio and enjoy burgers, pizzas, and comfort food from all over the world, along with a fabulous selection of cocktails, wine, and beer.
Quite a hip place! Excellent tacos, tequila bar, and outdoor patio.
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Tuco’s Taqueria Garaje
416 Salem Ave SW
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Quite a hip place! Excellent tacos, tequila bar, and outdoor patio.
Excellent burgers and brews in a hip part of Old Southwest. Patio seating also available.
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Beamer's 25
357 Salem Ave SW
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Excellent burgers and brews in a hip part of Old Southwest. Patio seating also available.
An excellent selection of brews and an impressive outdoor seating area. Near plenty of restaurants that deliver.
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Big Lick Brewing Company
409 Salem Ave SW
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An excellent selection of brews and an impressive outdoor seating area. Near plenty of restaurants that deliver.
A bike shop that serves amazing coffee, grit bowls, nachos, rice bowls, local draft beers and more at their little bar.
Downshift - Handcrafted Bikes & Brews
806 Wasena Avenue Southwest
A bike shop that serves amazing coffee, grit bowls, nachos, rice bowls, local draft beers and more at their little bar.
Amazing crepes, lattes, apple cider vinegar drinks, spinach and quinoa bowls and much more! Super healthy and delicious. Also with outdoor seating!
Garden Song Eco Cafe
808 5th St SW
Amazing crepes, lattes, apple cider vinegar drinks, spinach and quinoa bowls and much more! Super healthy and delicious. Also with outdoor seating!
Café and bakery in the cutest part of the Old Southwest neighborhood. Great for lunch or dinner. Sidewalk seating if you are looking for a place to enjoy the neighborhood outside.
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Evie's Bistro and Bakery
1212 4th St SW
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Café and bakery in the cutest part of the Old Southwest neighborhood. Great for lunch or dinner. Sidewalk seating if you are looking for a place to enjoy the neighborhood outside.
A honey wine tasting room! And locally roasted coffee too. Go in and enjoy a tasting while you play cards or a board game while there- Main St. in the neighborhood of Wasena. Easy walking distance. A new restaurant and coffee shop are on their way too!
The Hive Tasting Room
1116-A Main St SW
A honey wine tasting room! And locally roasted coffee too. Go in and enjoy a tasting while you play cards or a board game while there- Main St. in the neighborhood of Wasena. Easy walking distance. A new restaurant and coffee shop are on their way too!
Excellent eats and brews right on the Roanoke River Greenway - patio also available.
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Wasena City Tap Room & Grill
806 Wasena Ave SW
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Excellent eats and brews right on the Roanoke River Greenway - patio also available.
Adirondack chairs and fire pits right on the Roanoke River Greenway! Great food and drinks. Deck dining and occasional live entertainment.
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The Green Goat
802 Wiley Dr SW
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Adirondack chairs and fire pits right on the Roanoke River Greenway! Great food and drinks. Deck dining and occasional live entertainment.
One of our favorite places to eat downtown! Excellent craft cocktails, entrees, and we just love their bowl of mussels with crispy bread. Enjoy a window seat or right at the bar.
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Lucky Restaurant
18 Kirk Ave SW
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One of our favorite places to eat downtown! Excellent craft cocktails, entrees, and we just love their bowl of mussels with crispy bread. Enjoy a window seat or right at the bar.
Excellent place to eat downtown! True Italian food at its finest - and attached is the Stellalina Speakeasy, perfect if you like old fashioned cocktails in a vintage setting.
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Fortunato
104 Kirk Ave SW
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Excellent place to eat downtown! True Italian food at its finest - and attached is the Stellalina Speakeasy, perfect if you like old fashioned cocktails in a vintage setting.
Great food and live entertainment downtown.
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Blue 5 Restaurant
312 2nd St SW
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Great food and live entertainment downtown.
Amazing food and beverages right downtown in the Market Square portion of downtown, right beside the Farmers Market.
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Table 50
309 Market St SE
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Amazing food and beverages right downtown in the Market Square portion of downtown, right beside the Farmers Market.
Beer!
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Deschutes Brewery Tasting Room
315 Market St SE
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Beer!
More beer!
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Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen and Brewery - Roanoke
24 Campbell Ave SE
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More beer!
Huge brewery with lots of beer and lots of outdoor seating!
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Soaring Ridge Craft Brewery
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Huge brewery with lots of beer and lots of outdoor seating!
The best cream puffs ever, breakfast pizza, coffee, fresh baked breads and more!
On the Rise Bakery Grandin
1302A Grandin Rd SW
The best cream puffs ever, breakfast pizza, coffee, fresh baked breads and more!
Coffee, salads, pastries, sandwiches, bakery items! A delicious place for breakfast and lunch right downtown.
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Bread Craft
24 Church Ave SW
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Coffee, salads, pastries, sandwiches, bakery items! A delicious place for breakfast and lunch right downtown.
Tasty breakfast place downtown
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Scrambled
32 Market Square SE
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Tasty breakfast place downtown
The best biscuits ever
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Scratch Biscuit Company
1820 Memorial Ave SW
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The best biscuits ever
One of the reasons we moved to Roanoke and one of our favorite places to enjoy craft cocktails and delicious food. Outdoor dining available. Located in Grandin Village - one of our favorite neighborhoods.
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Local Roots
1314 Grandin Rd SW
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One of the reasons we moved to Roanoke and one of our favorite places to enjoy craft cocktails and delicious food. Outdoor dining available. Located in Grandin Village - one of our favorite neighborhoods.
Delicious and attached to the Little Green Hive Coffee Shop.
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Rockfish Food and Wine
1402 Grandin Rd SW
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Delicious and attached to the Little Green Hive Coffee Shop.
Yummo - and outdoor seating!
Bethlehem 2
1329 Grandin Rd SW
Yummo - and outdoor seating!
The best Indian food around, excellent Indian inspired cocktails, and incredible lunch buffet!
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Taaza Indian Cuisine
1910 Memorial Ave SW
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The best Indian food around, excellent Indian inspired cocktails, and incredible lunch buffet!
Pizza!
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Grace's Place Pizzeria
1316 Grandin Rd SW
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Pizza!
Coffee, tea, lattes, pastries in a big old house in South Roanoke. Fridays nights they have live music and a food truck. Super cool place!
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Sweet Donkey Coffee
2108 Broadway Ave SW
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Coffee, tea, lattes, pastries in a big old house in South Roanoke. Fridays nights they have live music and a food truck. Super cool place!
Pickled everything, chicken liver mousse, grilled octopus, need I say more!?
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The River and Rail Restaurant
2201 Crystal Spring Ave SW
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Pickled everything, chicken liver mousse, grilled octopus, need I say more!?
Flights of ice cream in delicious and creative flavors! Right off of the river and greenway. Outdoor seating right on the greenway.
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Blue Cow Ice Cream Co.
1115 Piedmont St SE
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Flights of ice cream in delicious and creative flavors! Right off of the river and greenway. Outdoor seating right on the greenway.
Outdoor seating and food truck - right beside a Starbucks, and Moe's Burritos - a quick jaunt off of the greenway near the hospital.
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Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage
6 Old Whitmore Ave
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Outdoor seating and food truck - right beside a Starbucks, and Moe's Burritos - a quick jaunt off of the greenway near the hospital.

Outdoor Adventure

In town we have bike rental kiosks, consistent sidewalks, bike lanes, the Roanoke River, the Roanoke River Greenway, a rock climbing wall, the Mill Mountain Star (views, a nature center, hiking and mountain biking trails) The Blueridge Parkway. We also have places to rent any equipment you do not have - mountain bikes, kayaks, paddle boards and more. Right outside of the city there is Explore Park for kayaking or paddle boarding the river, hiking, cycling, and yurt and cabin rental - as well as Carvins Cove Nature Reserve - which is acre upon acre of hiking and biking trails and a lake for fishing and boating. We are also quite near the Appalachian Trail and some of the best known and most photographed hikes in Virginia.
There are easy to use bike rental kiosks all over the city and our guests get 2 free hours - inquire about the password with the hosts. The brochures with code are also located in the guest suite.
RIDE Solutions
313 Luck Ave SW
There are easy to use bike rental kiosks all over the city and our guests get 2 free hours - inquire about the password with the hosts. The brochures with code are also located in the guest suite.
Miles and miles along the Roanoke River, and through a multitude of neighborhoods - a paved trail for cycling, running, walking, exploring, getting ice cream, having a meal, etc.
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Roanoke River Greenway
Roanoke River Greenway
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Miles and miles along the Roanoke River, and through a multitude of neighborhoods - a paved trail for cycling, running, walking, exploring, getting ice cream, having a meal, etc.
So many great parks here!
Play Roanoke Parks and Recreation
215 Church Ave SW
So many great parks here!
Roanoke Outside Foundation
111 Franklin Plaza
Great views of Roanoke, nature center, zoo, hiking trails and more!
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Mill Mountain Ster
2000 J B Fishburn Pkwy
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Great views of Roanoke, nature center, zoo, hiking trails and more!
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Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
56 Roanoke River Pkwy
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The best view on the AT!
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Mcafee Knob TrailHead
Catawba Valley Drive
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The best view on the AT!
Our favorite hike! Very diverse trail with impressive views and rock structures as your reward
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Dragons Tooth Trail Head
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Our favorite hike! Very diverse trail with impressive views and rock structures as your reward
Easy 3-4 mile hike
Chestnut Ridge Trail
Easy 3-4 mile hike
Yurts, cabins, cycling, hiking and river fun!
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Explore Park
56 Roanoke River Parkway Road
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Yurts, cabins, cycling, hiking and river fun!
Acre upon acre of hiking and cycling trails through all sorts of terrain - boating and fishing too! A stunning oasis.
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Carvins Cove Recreation Area
State Route 648
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Acre upon acre of hiking and cycling trails through all sorts of terrain - boating and fishing too! A stunning oasis.
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Carvins Cove Natural Reserve
9644 Reservoir Rd
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Rent mountain bikes, tubes, paddle boards and more! They also take groups out tubing, kayaking, etc.
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Roanoke Mountain Adventures
806 Wasena Ave SW
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Rent mountain bikes, tubes, paddle boards and more! They also take groups out tubing, kayaking, etc.
Rock climbing gym! They also do a "boulders and brunch" on Sundays. Check it out!
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River Rock Climbing
806 Wasena Ave SW
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Rock climbing gym! They also do a "boulders and brunch" on Sundays. Check it out!

Entertainment

Movie theaters, music venues, museums
A charming old fashioned movie theater in a quaint neighborhood.
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Grandin Movie Theater
1310 Grandin Rd SW
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A charming old fashioned movie theater in a quaint neighborhood.
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The Jefferson Theater
110 E Main St
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Opera Roanoke
20 Church Ave SE
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5 Points Music Sanctuary
1217 Maple Ave SW
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Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Ave SE
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Harrison Museum of African-American Culture
1 Market Square Southeast

Shopping!

Market building
213 Market St SE
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Center in the Square
1 Market Square SE
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In addition to a fabulous farmers market there are an abundance of cute, fun shops in this area.
Market Square Southeast
Market Square Southeast
In addition to a fabulous farmers market there are an abundance of cute, fun shops in this area.
Urban Gypsy
1320 Grandin Rd SW
16 West Marketplace
16 Church Ave SW
Check out their cable TV show! This place is amazing and a must see!
55 locals raden deze aan
Black Dog Salvage
902 13th St SW
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Check out their cable TV show! This place is amazing and a must see!
Delicious and fun!
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Chocolatepaper
308 Market St SE
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Delicious and fun!
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Walkabout Outfitter
304 Market St SE
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