1. Flamingo Creek
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 485-0551
Address: 3020 South Military Hwy.
Description: on The few blocks on 21st Street between Granby Street and Colley Avenue were once an antiques shop Mecca. A combination of gentrification and recession has hit the row pretty hard. Still there are a couple of venerable operations that have weathered the storms and are worth a visit. Don’t be fooled by the street frontage on some of these places. They tend to go deep with room after room just crammed full of collectables.
2. Grandma Had One
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 485-4134
Address: 3028 South Military Hwy.
Description: on The few blocks on 21st Street between Granby Street and Colley Avenue were once an antiques shop Mecca. A combination of gentrification and recession has hit the row pretty hard. Still there are a couple of venerable operations that have weathered the storms and are worth a visit. Don’t be fooled by the street frontage on some of these places. They tend to go deep with room after room just crammed full of collectables.
3. The Now & Then Shop
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 485-1383
Address: 3112 South Military Hwy.
Description: on The few blocks on 21st Street between Granby Street and Colley Avenue were once an antiques shop Mecca. A combination of gentrification and recession has hit the row pretty hard. Still there are a couple of venerable operations that have weathered the storms and are worth a visit. Don’t be fooled by the street frontage on some of these places. They tend to go deep with room after room just crammed full of collectables.
4. We Had That Antiques
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 485-0551
Address: 3040 South Military Hwy.
Description: on The few blocks on 21st Street between Granby Street and Colley Avenue were once an antiques shop Mecca. A combination of gentrification and recession has hit the row pretty hard. Still there are a couple of venerable operations that have weathered the storms and are worth a visit. Don’t be fooled by the street frontage on some of these places. They tend to go deep with room after room just crammed full of collectables.
5. Chesapeake Square Mall
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 488-9636
Address: 4200 Portsmouth Blvd.
Description: This mall is anchored by a JCPenney, Sears, Macy’s, and Target and serves the Western Hampton Roads area, including Suffolk, Western Branch, and the Churchland neighborhoods of Portsmouth. A number of other retailers are located on the highways around the mall.
6. Greenbrier Mall
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 424-7300
Address: 1401 Greenbrier Parkway
Description: The Greenbrier Mall sprouted on farmland while the city was still largely rural. That was in the early 1980s. Chesapeake was soon one of the fastest growing cities in America, and Greenbrier was its residential and shopping center. The anchors are Sears, Dillard’s, JCPenney, and Macy’s.
7. Crossways Shopping Center
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Address: 1412 Greenbrier Pkwy.
Description: The Crossways Shopping Center is one of those outdoor venues that sprout by many American malls. It offers such discount clothing retailers as TJ Maxx and Marshalls.
8. Chesapeake Farmers’ Market
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 382-6348
Address: 900 Greenbrier Parkway
Description: All these farmers’ markets are likely to put you in the mood to grow your own and cut that plant-to-plate time down to minutes. Again, there’s a wealth of help out there for you. And if you just want to grow fescue, the local garden shops can steer you to grass varieties able to deal with our hot, often dry summers and still stay green in winter.
9. Enchanted Forest Nursery & Stone
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 549-9667
Address: 1116 Kempsville Rd.
Description: A boardwalk leads you through this wooded nursery, which also features koi tanks and benches and tables to just relax while you ponder your plant selection.
10. White’S Garden Center
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 487-2300
Address: 3133 Old Mill Rd.
Description: This is the retail arm of the vast White’s Nursery & Greenhouses operation, a 20-acre operation that has been growing flowering plants for half a century.
11. Wears Like New Store
City: Chesapeake, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (757) 549-9567
Address: 501 Kempsville Road
Description: This giant outdoors shop is part spectacle and all business. People drive long distances to shop at a Bass Pro location, and this only store in Hampton Roads is no exception. There’s lots more than bass fishing gear being sold here. There’s a full gun shop and a Tracker Boat Center as well. The store features a cascading waterfall and a huge bass tank where experts give outdoor skills workshops. There’s a 40-foot rock climbing wall and a full archery range inside.