Todd Jurich’s Bistro is no stranger to the people in Norfolk. This award winning restaurant has not one, not two but 21 awards since it opened in 1992. The bistro boasts an 18 Golden Fork Award, The Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 1998, Best Dinner Wine Menu Southeast in 2003, and also the Triple AAA Four Diamond Award for 2002 and 2003. The bistro is a one man’s dream restaurant serving the perfect food and the perfect dining experience perfected with the best selections of wines.

It started with Chef Todd Jurich’s ingenuity in the kitchen. Twenty seven years of cooking in the Tidewater, Virginia area has culminated in the award-winning Todd Jurich's Bistro in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Mostly a self-made chef, Todd Jurich has been cooking professionally since 1976. He attended The Lausanne School of Cooking in Lausanne, Switzerland and The Thai Cooking School at The Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Since opening Todd Jurich's Bistro in 1992, the restaurant has been a cornerstone in the revival of downtown Norfolk, Virginia. It features a seasonal menu that changes every week with the very best of the Chesapeake Bay region. The bistro incorporates only the freshest produces from heirloom vegetable gardens and products from small producers from all over the state of Virginia, as well as the expanding global market. The chef’s skills which incorporate fusion with roots sprouting from Thai base and French cooking compliments each dish presented in their menu daily. The seafood appetizers are a must try as well as their steaks and poultry.

Todd Jurich’s Bistro offers a variety of service for its customer’s dining experience. Not only are they known for their excellent seafood and wine list, the restaurant also offers customized and personalized meals for those who have special needs. Inside the bistro is also a wine shop that is a big part of the bistro’s achievements, with a selection of wine that can put any wine collector to shame. Their in house sommelier, Marc Sauter, makes sure that their list is always up to date.

Thus far, Todd Jurich’s Bistro has been receiving nothing less than excellent reviews from food critiques from New York – known to house the toughest food critiques in the food industry.

The restaurant has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Restaurant Business, Nation's Restaurant News, Southern Living, Food and Wine, and Travel and Leisure Magazines.