Big Easy Grill & Oyster Bar Background
Big Easy Grill and Oyster Bar is housed in the historic Frank T. Clarke building, circa 1906. Originally a building supply house the building saw many uses over the many decades. The building was sold in the late nineties by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The Frank T. Clarke Building was developed into ten residential condominiums and what is now Big Easy following the guidelines established by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, the National Park Service and Norfolk's Design Review Committee. This restoration, complete in 2001 represents the first residential development East of Boush St. and set the bar for all restorations, which have followed.


New Orleans, its cuisine and its people had long been favorites of the owners who took the opportunity to bring some of the magic to Norfolk. Big Easy Grill and Oyster Bar is affiliated with 456 Fish, Bodega and Byrd & Baldwin Bros. Steakhouse.