Fri73° / N/A° 
Sat71° / 85° 
Sun68° / 83° 
Mon64° / 85° 
Hours
Mon.-Thu. 8AM-11PM, Fri.-Sat. 8-12:30AMclosed Sun. and major holidays
Cross Street
19th St.Parking
Free Lot/Drive-InPricing
Low ($)Doumar's Cones & Barbecue
20th St & Monticello Ave
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-627-4163
www.doumars.com
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As anyone at Doumar's will be proud to tell you, theirs is the longest-running drive-in in the US. And things haven't changed that much since 1934: Six basic flavors of ice cream can be scooped into homemade cones, and the staff still waits on folks in their cars, bringing out Doumar's mouth-watering barbeque specialties by the armful. Owner Thad Doumar swears the limeades taste just as they did when the joint opened, or "as near as they can be. Have they got genetically-engineered limes yet?" No sir, they haven't.
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I'd walk a mile for 1 of ...
Doumars ts a landmark - Hard to find(?) ... open your eyes... they take up a full block. Lack of parking(?) - where were you?
Don't like their BBQ, guess its not sloppy enough for some.
I have been going there for about 60+ years (I feel like a relative - knew them when they worked there- Think there was Abe, then Al and Vic, now Thad).... not every day, month or even year, but whenever I can work a side trip in. If you want to try a real "American tradition"... you gotta get a vanilla cone.
Larry R
Fond memory
When I was a student at Maury High School,(Class of 50') every now & then we could slip away for lunch at Doumars. A fond memory.
3 hrs wait
it is very hard to find there is a small opening on the side of A1A, out, second, there is no parking, if there is more than 6 cars in the lot, turn around, third, they take nooo credit cards, fourth, there is a minimum 2-3 hour wait for burgers or anything for that matter, fifth, the waiters are the ruddest in South Florida, may be the whole United States, the cook and the waiters hate each other, it is funny to watch,
Try it...you may like it...
I have taken my sons for the simple, good food there. I didn't like the bbq (none of us did) but the shakes, hamburgers, BLT's, fries and everything else are very good. No matter what you order, having a carhop recite the order verbatim without missing a beat was amazing. We gave her 5 different orders and she got everyone of them perfect. FYI - the chocolate shakes are GREAT. It's a very nice place to visit days of the past and simple, uncomplicated, good food.