6 hangover cures you can find across Virginia
From Bloody Mary flights and hearty southern brunch to hydrating IV treatments and rejuvenating spa days, here are six hangover cures across Virginia.
There’s no denying that Virginia has its fair share of fun bars, wineries, and breweries. However, a fun night out can easily turn into a miserable morning if a hangover sneaks up on you. Luckily, Virginia also offers plenty of ways to recover from a hangover, whether your remedy of choice includes Bloody Marys, carbs, tea, IV therapy, a spa day, or fresh air. Here are six Virginia-specific hangover cures to turn to the next time you’ve had a little too much fun.
Morning after Bloody Marys
Virginia Beach knows how to keep the party going and cure it the next morning with some of the most unique Bloody Mary offerings in Virginia.
Bay Local Eatery
Location: 2917 Shore Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23451
If you’re in bad need of a Bloody Mary, Bay Local Eatery has you covered with four unique spins on the classic drink. The options include the traditional Bloody Mary, Bloody Bay, Hell Mary, and Matador. Toppings on drinks include Old Bay rims, spicy green beans, pickles, olives, and pepperoncini. Skewers of shrimp, slices of applewood smoked bacon, and blue cheese stuffed olives can be added for an additional charge.
The traditional Bloody Mary includes house vodka and a choice of Zing Zang or spicy hell Mary mix. The Bloody Bay consists of Belle Isle honey habanero moonshine, and a choice of Zing Zang or spicy hell Mary mix. The Hell Mary features house-infused pickled pepper vodka and a choice of Zing Zang or spicy hell Mar mix. Lastly, the Matador includes Hornitos Plata Tequila, fresh lime juice, a salt rim, and a choice of Zing Zang or spicy hell Mary mix.
Enjoy the Bloody Mary with The Hangover, a hearty meal that is sure to help ease your pain. It comes with a choice of a sirloin filet or grilled or fried chicken with two eggs, home fries, a pancake, and a can of Budweiser.
Hair of the Dog Eatery
Location: 4000 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23452
With four Bloody Mary options, Hair of the Dog Eatery surely has one that will delight your taste buds and leave you feeling better in no time.
The options include the Classic, What a Pickle, Porkys Revenge, and Goodfella. The Classic comes with house vodka, Zing Zang, and an Old Bay rim. What a Pickle features house vodka, pickle juice, Zing Zang, and a salt and pepper rim. Porkys Revenge includes bacon-infused vodka, Zing Zang, and a bacon-dust rim. Finally, the Goodfella consists of house vodka, pesto, Zing Zang, and a salt and pepper rim.
Those who can’t decide which option to go with may consider a Bloody Mary flight, which gives them one of each variety.
While there, order The Hangover to help ease your own hangover. It comes with fried egg, ham, bacon, parmesan, tomato, and American cheese on a brioche bun, plus French fries or sweet potato fries.
Back Pocket Provisions
If you aren’t in the mood to go out with a hangover, plan ahead and order some Bloody Mary mix from Back Pocket Provisions. The Richmond-based producer sources fruits and vegetables from small-scale Virginia farms to produce its award-winning mixes. Check out the build-your-own four-pack, which comes in 32 or 40-ounce bottles. Mix options include Bloody Brilliant, Bloody Baja, Bloody Blue Ridge, and Bloody Bella.
Hangover brunch
In Roanoke, southern comfort reigns supreme, making it the perfect city to soak up the previous night’s bad decisions with hearty breakfast platters and buttery biscuits.
The Hatch
Location: 32 Market Square SE, Suite 103, Roanoke, VA 24011
The Hatch offers an expansive carbohydrate-heavy brunch menu that’s ideally suited for curing a hangover. It specializes in southern food with soul. The Hatch Big Brunch is an obvious hangover cure. It comes with homemade waffles, eggs, two pieces of bacon, chicken gravy, a biscuit, and a side of breakfast potatoes.
Scratch Biscuit Co.
Location: 1820 Memorial Ave. SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
With scrumptious biscuits, Scratch Biscuit Co. is the perfect place to go to soak up a hangover. The company specializes in serving down-home, southern biscuits that are made from scratch. Go for The Crippler Platter, which comes with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and country ham, along with your choice of grits or sausage gravy and your choice of biscuit or buttered toast.
Soothing tea
Situated in the rolling hills of Central Virginia, Charlottesville offers a quiet place to recover while nursing a soothing herbal tea.
Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
Location: 414 E. Main St., Charlottesville, VA 22902
For a low-key, eclectic tea experience that will allow your hangover to slowly melt away, visit Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. The tea house carries a seasonal selection of over 40 teas from around the world, including white teas, Japanese green teas, Chinese green teas, red teas, international blacks, oolong teas, aged teas, scented teas, herbal remedies, herbal infusions, yerba mate, and house special teas.
Its teas are served in a 24-ounce pot, 12-ounce mug, or 16-ounce to-go cup. When dealing with a hangover, you can’t go wrong with the Purifying Tonic [Bloodbath], a flavorful purifying tea with blood cleansing qualities. It includes dandelion, fenugreek, red clover, licorice, pau d’arco, hibiscus, lemon, and fresh ginger.
Ethos Wine & Tea
Location: 817 West Main St., Charlottesville, VA 22903
Ethos Wine & Tea is all about creating space for enjoying beverages and good company, so it’s the perfect place to go with friends after a fun night of drinking. Its organic, loose-leaf teas are sourced from Rishi.
Tea varieties include green, white, oolong, black, herbal, and botanical. If you’re going with friends, order the 27-ounce sharing pot. Jasmine tea is a good choice with its fresh floral tones and elegant finish.
Hydrating IV therapy
Take advantage of the forward-thinking medical scene in Richmond by recovering in a wellness lounge while being treated with a vitamin-rich hydration IV.
The Feel Better Lounge
Location: 5901 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230
The Feel Better Lounge offers a variety of IV treatments that are sure to help hydrate you and lessen your hangover. The $250 Hair of the Dog IV is specifically designed to replenish your system after a night out. The $40 magnesium add-on should also be considered, as it helps combat headaches.
The lounge was opened in 2021 by Dr. Benjamin Seeman, who wanted to start a holistic wellness lounge.
Vita Pure IV
Location: 7110 Forest Ave., Suite 100, Richmond, VA 23226
VITA Pure is the perfect place in Richmond to go for a hangover cure because its office offers a calming spa-like experience.
The Reboot IV is the ideal choice for someone wanting to recover from a hangover as it helps rehydrate your body, calms feelings of nausea, detoxes your system, restores essential vitamins, and reduces inflammation.
Spa day
A spa day in Fredericksburg offers a gentle way to ease out of your hangover: healing massages and refreshing facials.
River House Day Spa
Location: 5901 River Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407
River House Day Spa offers a therapeutic setting to recover from a night on the town. Its services are geared toward renewing one’s body, mind, and spirit. It offers massage therapy, body treatments, and facial treatments.
Cure your hangover with the 60-minute River House Signature Facial, which costs $125 and includes a smoothing honey cleanser, toning, papaya enzyme exfoliation, an invigorating masque, extractions, and a hand, foot, shoulder, and neck massage. If your hangover just won’t let go, ask about adding the $45 Migraine Focus massage to your package.
Spavia Central Park
Location: 1668 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Recover from your hangover in luxury at Spavia Central Park, where you’ll be treated to plush robes, sandals, and relaxing retreat rooms. Its goal is to leave guests feeling relaxed, recentered, and renewed.
Give the Deep-Tissue Therapeutic massage, which releases muscle tension and toxins from the boxy, a try. It costs $129 for 60 minutes. If your face is looking puffy, add the 50-minute Signature Classic Refresh Facial to your treatment line-up for $109.
Fresh air in a garden
Northern Virginia’s peaceful gardens provide a restorative escape where you can breathe in the fresh air and soak up some Vitamin D.
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Location: 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct., Vienna, VA 22182
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens offers a serene setting for easing out of your hangover. The 95-acre site offers a seemingly endless supply of greenery and vibrant blooms. Consider wandering through the Experimental Meadow, where grasses and wildflowers are plentiful, or meander through the White Garden, a path that leads from the gardens to the atrium space. There, you’ll find the Terrace Garden where you can peacefully sit and look down at the Perennial Garden.
American Horticultural Society’s River Farm
Location: 7931 East Boulevard Dr., Alexandria, VA 22308
Spend some time taking in fresh air in the formal and naturalistic gardens along the Potomac River at the American Horticultural Society’s River Farm. Situated on 27 acres, the farm offers The Garden Calm, a serene retreat that is primarily shaded by a massive 200-year-old Osage orange tree. It’s the ideal place to relax as you recover from your night out in Northern Virginia. Admission is free.
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