Restaurants in Staunton

A reservation-only seasonal tasting menu in a 1926 kit house in Staunton, Virginia. Chef Ian Boden's four-to-eight course dinners lean hard into local sourcing — ramps, morels, dry-aged proteins, preserved and fermented ingredients — in a spare, intimate room. Thursday through Saturday only, with an adjoining inn. Best for a special-occasion dinner for two.

The Shack is the strongest dinner booking in Staunton, with Chef Ian Boden's New American kitchen earning a spot on Opinionated About Dining's Top 600 in North America for two consecutive years. It operates Thursday through Sunday evenings only, seats are limited, and the room is deliberately compact. Book it as your anchor reservation for any Staunton trip.