Beach Bully BBQ
Beach Bully BBQ is a bbq restaurant in ViBe Creative District, Virginia Beach, located at 601 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. ViBe District BBQ joint since 1986, known for the smoked-beef Beach Bully Sandwich and a covered outdoor deck.
Beach Bully BBQ opened in March 1986 at 31st and Baltic before moving to its current 19th Street location in April 1997, and the founders' catering roots — dating to 1977 — still show in the menu's pit beef sandwiches, fried shrimp, and fried chicken. The signature Beach Bully Sandwich piles smoked, sliced beef on a bun, served from a large dining room with an outdoor covered deck between the Oceanfront and the Convention Center.
- Outdoor Seating
- Family Friendly
Amenities
- Outdoor covered deck
Know Before You Go
- Best for: a family recipe with roots back to 1977 catering
- Best for: an outdoor covered deck between the Oceanfront and Convention Center
Visit
- Address: 601 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, Virginia Beach, VA
- Phone: (757) 422-4222
- Website: https://www.beachbully.com/
Last verified 2026-07-18.
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Upcoming Events Nearby
Old Beach Farmers Market
July 11, 2026 – October 31, 2026 · weekly (Saturdays 9am–noon April–October; 1st & 3rd Saturdays November–March)
The ViBe District's Saturday-morning market runs every week from April through October, 9am to noon at 611 18th Street, with local produce, seafood, baked goods, and Virginia wines from area farms and makers. When the regular season ends in late October it doesn't disappear — a winter schedule continues on the first and third Saturdays through March. Parking is easiest in the Runnymede lots on Cypress Avenue or the convention center lot.
First Friday ViBe
August 7, 2026 – October 2, 2026 · monthly (first Fridays, May–October)
On the first Friday of each month from May through October, the ViBe Creative District opens up from 6 to 10pm with local artist pop-ups, live music, open mic sets, and DJs — a chance to meet the makers and muralists who give the district its character. It's the ViBe at its most ViBe: deliberately local, a few blocks inland from the boardwalk crowds. Park in the ViBe lot on 18th Street or at the Oceanfront Library; the season's remaining 2026 dates run through early October.
Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend
September 25, 2026 – September 27, 2026 · annual
Virginia Beach's signature festival closes out September with its 52nd Boardwalk Weekend, spreading across the Oceanfront between 1st and 35th Streets. The headline draw is Neptune's International Sandsculpting Championship — 22 large-scale works by sculptors from around the world — alongside an art and craft show with more than 200 artisans, twenty-plus musical acts across festival stages, the Grand Parade, Neptune's 8K, and a surfing competition at the jetty. Most of it is free to attend, and it reliably fills the resort area for one last big weekend of the season.