Non-chain Dining spots (I'll include more info as I go along)

GHENT
Colly Cantina
No Frill Bar and Grill
Green Onion
Luna Maya
Rajput
Cogan's Pizza
80/20 Burger bar
La Bella
The Public House
YNot Pizza
Kotobuki
Azar's Market and Café
Tap House Bar and Grill
Pasha Mezze
A.W. Shucks
Doumar's
Charlie's Café
Volcano Sushi
Handsome Biscuit
Chanello's Pizza

ODU/RIVERVIEW

Smalls Smokehouse and Oyster Bar
Night of the Iguana
Chow
University Pizza
Le Grande
Fellini's Italian Food
Cogan's Pizza
O'Sullivan's Wharf
Mazzika
La Herradura
Sakura Sushi Bar
Raising Cane's
Perfectly Frank
YNot Pizza
Borjo Coffeehouse
Mojo Bones
Monarch Sport's Grill
Charlie's Cafe
Brickhouse Pizza and Subs
Lin's Garden
Mi Hogar Mexican Food
Café M
Crackers
Bent Fork Grill
Taste Cafe
D'Egg Diner
DOWNTOWN/WEST GHENT
Machismo Burrito Bar
Viola
Cure Coffeehouse and Brasserie
Omar's Carriage House
Pagoda Tea House
Todd Jurich's Bistro
The Vineyard's Norfolk
Freemason Abbey
Sirena Cucina Italiano
Mo and O'Malley's
D'egg Diner
Vintage Kitchen
Brickhouse Diner
3-Way Café
Shula's 347 Grill
Chartreuse Bistro
Hell's Kitchen
Byrd & Baldwin Brothers Steak House
Big Easy Grill & Oyster Bar
An Olive & Grape
Tortugaz
Domo Sushi
Havana
Empire Little Bar Bistro
Luce
Granby Street Pizza
Hokkaido Sushi
Granby Bistro & Deli
The 219 Bistro
Kinkaid's Chop and Steak House
Bite
Bodega
Monastery
456 Fish
Nana Sushi
Rama Garden Thai
Scottie Quixx Bistro & Lounge
Catania Pizza
Press 626 Café and Wine Bar
Tortilla West
Birch
Orapax

KEMPSVILLE
Pulcinello's
Mannino's
Frankie's Place for Ribs

NAVAL STATION LOCAL SANDWICH 'N LUNCH SPOTS
Thirsty Camel, Ocean View
Greenies, Ocean View
Franco's by the Bay, Ocean View
905 Café & Grill, Ocean View
Nick's Diner, Ocean View
El Rey Taqueria, Chesapeake Blvd.
Philly Style Steaks and Subs, Tidewater Dr.
Pollard's Chicken, Tidewater Dr.
Thai Best, Hampton Blvd
Mike's Pizza, Hampton Blvd
Oro Azteca, Hampton Blvd
Taste Café, Hampton Blvd
D'egg Diner, Hampton Blvd
Orapax, Orapax St., West Ghent