This cozy B&B in Boyce, Virginia offers both a French bistro and a much more formal indoor-outdoor dining room setting. It’s a family-run joint, with an epic weekend brunch that includes fluffy omelets, razor-thin crepes, and Virginia-baked ham. If you’re looking to stay the night, rooms have outdoor entrances and new safety procedures for social distancing. A takeout and delivery menu includes quiche, buttermilk fried chicken, and key lime pie.

This roadside restaurant serves barbecue, pit-beef sandwiches, and warm apple butter cinnamon doughnuts. A must-stop in Linden, it also has online ordering for pickups. It’s also located near several top-notch wineries like RdV, Linden Vineyards and Fox Meadow.

This old-school drive-thru in Front Royal is the spot to load up with a smash burger and a milkshake combo before or after a day-long hike.

Brian Noyes is the cake-maker extraordinaire at this charming bakery with locations in Marshall and Warrenton. Right now people are clamoring for his caramel bundt with pecan, which is based off a recipe that was recently featured on the cover of Garden & Gun magazine. Order online and pick it up at the bakery’s side window.

Couples who can’t shell out $630 for a dinner for two at the Inn at Little Washington, the D.C. Michelin Guide’s only venue with three stars, should opt for this cozy B&B, where room rates range from the mid $200 to $300s. There’s plenty of outdoor space, and owner Klaus Peters runs the kitchen for breakfast (complimentary for guests) and dinner ($85). His ginger scones are the talk of “little” Washington too.

With just a handful of seats spaced around an open-hearth kitchen, Three Blacksmiths was practically practicing social distancing before the pandemic. Husband and wife team John and Diane MacPherson run the tasting menu experience from start to finish, featuring local, seasonal, and handcrafted food and beverages from Rappahannock County purveyors. Reservations are required and the tasting menu starts at $128 per person.

This espresso bar in Sperryville serves pastries and breakfast tacos and boasts a new gelato window for contactless pickup.

The three Carney brothers behind this wild-fermentation brewery are also alt-rock musicians who still occasionally tour in a band called Pontiak. At Pen Druid, they use wood-fired, spontaneous brewing methods and barrel-aging to capture flavors native to their hometown of Sperryville. Next door, visitors will find the Copper Fox distillery and an enormous antique warehouse, which means they’ll inevitably make a splurge purchase after a few too many beers. There’s outdoor seating from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and preorders available for Saturday pickups through the Rappahannock County farmers market.

This is a popular pizza shop en route to Old Rag mountain. There’s also an attached general store and a watering hole, Bar Francis, known for its Negronis and Manhattans.