I’m on vacation in Virginia Beach, Virginia this week but I just had to check in with this venue tip.

The Jewish Mother, located in the Boardwalk area, is a deli full of delicious Jewish food, with a stage for live music in the evenings. In the past, they have hosted Hootie & the Blowfish, Pharrell, Dave Matthews and the Little River Band. Coming up in the next month are Ben Taylor and Tab Benoit, both of whom have recently been reviewed on this blog.

Unfortunately we won’t be able to catch a show while we’re here, but we did have an incredible lunch. I had Mother’s Sister Adele, a hot corned beef on marble rye with coleslaw, a side of macaroni salad and a kosher pickle. The corned beef was incredible and I probably would’ve been happy with just a huge pile of that! The pickle was excellent, and I am picky about pickles. Mac had a reuben that she says was at least as good as anything available in NYC (and she’s from there, so she knows reubens) and her kid had the huge Mother’s Sub. All three of our sandwiches were packed (packed!) with meat. It’s probably a miracle I can move right now (I only ate four hours ago). The two of them had fries which were pretty good, too, at least the one I stole… heheh.

I took a look at the beer and wine list. They offer several organic wines and a couple non-organics. The beer list is huge. There definitely should be something for anyone there.

If you find yourself in Virginia Beach, definitely make the time to stop by the Jewish Mother, either for lunch or for an evening of good music. And check out the photos on the walls — or just check out the photographer on myspace. Pretty cool.