Route 17 Gloucester VA

Busy intersection here in Hayes. Note the gas prices? Photo taken on Christmas day.

Juan's Mexican Restuarant, Mexican Cafe and Cantina

Juan's Mexican Cafe and Cantina. If your into Mexican food, you should really consider trying Juan's Mexican Cafe and Cantina. The service is good, the atmosphere is decent and the food is great. It's been a while since we have been there, but it was a really enjoyable experience. We chose a slow time of day to go so we received the best service. The staff was very friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. The menu selection is broad and appealing. Hard to choose what to order it all sounded so good.

Prices are in line with market conditions. So next time you are driving by and wondering where to eat, give Juan's a try.

Carolinia BBQ House, Carolina Barbecue House

We just ate at the Carolina BBQ house. The staff was friendly enough. There is no menu, everything is buffet. The food was very hit and miss with much more miss than hit. As the name would suggest, they have pork barbecue that was average at it's best. If you wanted to make a sandwich, you had to contend with some pretty nasty rolls. They have ribs that were just poor quality and that is being nice. The scallops were good, as was the pot roast as long as you could find the meat. The sweet potatoes were worth a second helping, the shrimp was hard to find underneath the batter.

They had fish that didn't look to good. The hush puppies were good. We all passed on the salad as it was to much white lettuce that had no appeal. The cheese tasted funny. Plates took forever to be removed from the table. When you went up to the buffet, many of the plates were still wet, the silverware didn't appear all that clean and many of the plates had chips out of them. Napkins were nowhere to be found so we all used paper towels. (Very classy). Some folks sitting at a near by table were wiping off their silverware with baby wipes before using it. If you are looking for atmosphere, this isn't the place.

We had seen some bad reviews on line for this place but I prefer to find out for myself. Seems the reviews are justified. What little selection of deserts they had were not very appealing either. We went for some sort of chocolate cake and my wife found a nice long hair in it. (Happens in buffet settings). I couldn't bear the taste of it. Given the price for the meals, I would have rather given the money to charity. If you are picking the best and worst of Gloucester County, this one is on the list for worst.

We have friends that go to this restaurant on a regular basis and really like it. It is a country style restaurant with some, (but very little) down home cooking. If you have never tried this place, consider yourself lucky. Spend your money somewhere else.

Gloucester County Community Page Is Now Launched

We have just launched the Gloucester County Community site. This site has been designed to offer a search area for services such as babysitters, house cleaners and other services. Ads are free for this site. Ads will run for up to a year unless the pages get to clogged. We will ad more pages as the site grows. This site is kind of like a bulletin board. Please use the contact us at the bottom of this site for now until we add that section in to that site. Again, this is a free site.

Seeking Contributing Writers To Our New Sites

We are presently seeking writers for our new sites now going up. We need writers for all kinds of formats from law, food, entertainment, accounting, engineering, contractors, real estate, automotive, photographers, artists, history buffs, you name it. These are not paid pieces. What we are looking for are people who make their living in these fields and want to expand their presence on the web. We are opening a number of new expansion sites, each particular to a specialty field such as automotive, lawyers, and so on.


Our goal is to eventually create the most comprehensive search and practical information sites available on the web for the Gloucester County community. Each contributing writer will be featured on the front page of each site and be given full credit for the work you submit. Each piece must be original and we reserve the right to edit, re write and or reject any piece based on inappropriate or mis directed work.


If interested, please use the contact us form at the bottom of this page to contact us.

ABC Liquor Store, Gloucester VA

ABC Liquor store. Located by Food Lion in Hayes. A nice selection of spirits. I've always found the staff to be nice and friendly the few times I've been in there. If you are new to Virginia, beer and wine are sold pretty much everywhere. Liquor however is state controlled and only sold in state controlled ABC stores. This brings me to a few questions. One, even though I understand the need to control a substance that has extreme potential danger, isn't state control a form of monopoly hence legalizing a monopoly which in other cases is against the law? Also, ABC stores are run for a profit. If a store is not making money, I've seen these stores shut down. So these stores are run for profit. Okay, so where are the profits allocated to? In these times of rising taxes, just some questions to ponder.

Hong Kong, Chinese Restaurant, Hayes, Gloucester VA

Hong Kong restaurant. No web site found. We've been there a number of times and there is good reason for that. The food is good, the service is decent and the prices are in line. You can eat in or take out. A nice and extensive menu selection and the place is always clean. This restaurant has been serving Gloucester for years and for good reason. Please be sure to stop in.

Pet World, Gloucester VA

Pet World by Food Lion, next to Big Bob's flooring Outlets. No web site found. Carries a nice line of pet foods and supplies. Well worth checking out if you have never taken the time to stop in before.

Big Bob's Flooring Outlets

Big Bob's Flooring Outlets located next door to Food Lion in Hayes. This may be a franchise store. We looked for a web site and found the franchise opportunity site. Interesting site with a lot of flash animation. Click Here if you want to see it.