The Culinary Scoop

World-Famous South African Chicken Restaurant Brings Its Signature Flame-Grilled Spice and Art-Filled Interiors to Virginia Beach Town Center

Nando’s PERi-PERi, the beloved South African restaurant brand recognized around the world for its spicy flame-grilled chicken, is hatching in Virginia Beach. The restaurant, in the Virginia Beach Town Center, is set to open in late fall 2022.

The location will mark Nando’s first restaurant in the Hampton Roads region and the brand’s latest new-market opening. Earlier this month, Nando’s announced it is opening two Houston-area restaurants next year, in advance of future expansion throughout Texas. The new Virginia Beach and Texas Nando’s are a testament to the global company’s commitment to growth in the US market, and are the first new-market openings in seven years.

A daring, visionary blend of cognac made in celebration by Courvoisier’s Sixth Chief Blender Patrice Pinet and Fifth-Generation Chief Blender of the House of Suntory, Shinji Fukuyo

Maison Courvoisier, the Most Awarded Cognac House*, introduces Courvoisier® Mizunara to the world, a truly revelatory blend to its range of expertly crafted and celebrated cognac which offers a complex and unique experience that brings together two cultures and traditions united by the artistry of blending.

Made using Grand Champagne, considered to be the most prestigious cru from the Cognac region, Courvoisier Mizunara begins its journey aging in French oak barrels and is then transferred to one of House of Suntory’s award-winning Mizunara casks made of superior Japanese Mizunara wood for a second maturation resulting in an exceptionally harmonious and aromatic cognac.