Family-run since 1981, with the kind of wood-and-brass interior that has not changed in decades — and is the better for it. The cuts of beef are good and the seafood platter — fried shrimp, scallops, oysters and a soft-shell crab in season — is the local benchmark. Reservations are sensible at weekends, especially before any event at the Ferguson Center.
Schlesinger's Steak and Seafood
Old-school Newport News steakhouse on Jefferson Avenue