This city is a new destination for food pilgrims. At Pasture (shown above), nibble from small plates of creamy pimento cheese on Ritz crackers; at the Roosevelt, try the rutabaga gratin with peanut sauce; then pick up some Rappahannock River Oysters to slurp, steam, or stew.

Photo courtesy of Pasture Restaurant. This appeared in the March/April 2013 issue.