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TGIF Concert Series

Continuing "Visions," an exhibit of artwork inspired by visions and whimsy, continues through June 6 at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

“Still Waters Run Deep” an exhibition of works reflecting on the area’s waterways, continues at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts through July 26. The show features artist John Silver and works by various artists, including local artist Larry Saint.

The exhibit will be open for viewing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Visit www.SuffolkCenter.org for more information.

Tuesday May 20 Morgan Memorial Library will host a Board Game Extravaganza during Family Game Night at 6 p.m.

The free event will include many new and classic board games available for families to play. For more information, call 514-7323.

Wednesday May 21 The Suffolk Early Childhood Development Center will host KidsFest at the KidsZone Park, 201 Holly

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Lawn Parkway, behind the Farm Fresh shopping center on North Main Street. The free event, from 10 a.m. to noon, is especially geared toward young children and will feature arts and crafts, block building, a bounce house, Playdough tables, a petting zoo and lots more. For more information, visit www.suffolkecdc.com.

Saturday May 24 The Suffolk Division of Tourism will host a fourhour Swamp Safari from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The narrated tour, one of Suffolk’s most popular attractions, fills up quickly. A biologist specializing is the unique habitat of the Great Dismal Swamp will lead the excursion, and participants will learn about the history, lore, vegetation and wildlife of the swamp on this adventure, which includes a brief walk to Lake Drummond. Sunscreen, insect repellent, comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. A small snack and beverage are provided. This tour is not recommended for very small children. Reservations are required. Call the Suffolk Visitor Center at 514-4130.

Friday May 30 The Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber series brings Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” to the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts at 8 p.m. Experience an intimate performance of this timeless work featuring VSO violinist Simon Lapointe and conducted from the harpsichord by Benjamin Rous. Tickets are $25 and may be obtained

online at www.suffolkcenter.org. For group or membership discounts, call 923-2900.

Saturday and Sunday May 31 and June 2 Suffolk Executive Airport will be the destination for a wide variety of airplanes during the Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, with events scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Organizers have planned an air show, forums and workshops for pilots, home-built show planes, warbird and vintage aircraft, radio controlled aircraft, ultralights and powered parachutes, airplane and helicopter rides, a car and motorcycle show. There will also be vendors selling food on site. Admission is $10 per person, with children 13 and under admitted free of charge. For more information, visit www.

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June 14, 15, 21, 22 The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts will host a Community Theater production of “42nd Street” at 8 p.m. June 14 and 21 and at 3 p.m. June 15 and 22. Will the talented young chorus girl beat the odds and find her way from anonymity to stardom? It’s a stage full of excitement and action, longing and heartbreak as well as the glitz and glamour of the Broadway stage. “42nd Street” is a Community Theater partnership between the Suffolk Center and RPM Dance. Tickets are $25 and may be obtained online at www.suffolkcenter. org. For group or membership discounts, call 923-2900.

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what to do Tuesday June 17 The Suffolk Art League's will hold an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for its Open Members Show at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. The show, which runs from June 17 through July 18, will feature artwork by current Suffolk Art League members.

The reception and exhibition are both free and open to the public.

Friday June 20, 27 and July 11 Constant’s Wharf Park and Marina is the site for the first installments of the popular TGIF Summer Concert Series. The free event features family friendly activities and a variety of musical entertainment. Later in the summer, the fun moves out to Bennett’s Creek Park. Musicians scheduled to play at the Constant’s Wharf events include: Affirmative Groove (June 20), Strictly Bizzness (June 27) and The Janitors (July 11). A separate event is planned for July 4.

Saturday June 21 The Suffolk Humane Society and the city of Suffolk will celebrate the grand opening of the Lake Meade Dog Park, located at 201 Holly Lawn Parkway, from 10 a.m. to noon. Dog owners who would like to use the park must register their dogs by providing proof of current vaccinations and by paying a $10 annual fee. Owners receive special color-coded dog tags and an access code to open the locked facility. Registration must be done in person and payment is accepted only by check or money order at the Suffolk Parks & Recreation administrative office or at the Lake Meade Ranger Office. The dog park has separate fenced areas for large and small dogs, divided at 30 pounds.

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8 suffolk living Thursday June 26 Summer Art Days begin at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. Students ages 5-8 are invited to participate from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and students ages 9-14 can join the fun from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $1 per student. Summer Art Days continue on Thursdays through Aug. 7. Call 514-7284 or 925-0448 for more information.

Friday July 4 Constant’s Wharf Park and Marina hosts the city’s official Stars and Stripes Spectacular from 6 to 9 p.m. The park will open at 5:30 p.m., with entertainment, children's activities, local merchandise vendors and food choices available throughout the night to keep everyone entertained and happy until the fireworks, which begin at 9 p.m. This is a very popular event, and parking fills up quickly in the Constant’s Wharf area.

Stars and Stripes Spectacular

Wednesday July 9 Stretch your creativity while taking advantage of a dose of art history and instruction at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. The center will host an art and wine workshop, “Rothko and Rosé,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Canvas, paints, brushes, munchies and a little assistance with inspiration (adult beverages) are provided.

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suffolk scene America Rocks 3K

The first-ever America Rocks 3K Walk/Run took place at Creekside Elementary School on March 22, presented by the Salvation Army and the Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community. Clockwise from below: Arielle Reyes, 16, and Joseph Duncan, 16, enjoy catching up; the Salvation Army’s LaTasha Colander Clark with Christian Clark, 4, Kyrsten Clark, 3, and Kelvin Hyman, 6; Zumba instructor Elisa Gaillard leads a group session; Kenny Malone participated in the event with his two boys — Lincoln, 5 weeks, and Gage, 18 months; and for the Sandlers — Seth, 8, Tammy, Carson, 2, and Tracy — the event was a time for family.

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suffolk scene Nansemond Parkway ArtS Gala

Nansemond Parkway Elementary School held its second annual Arts Gala on March 18, inviting parents to the cafeteria to see the creative talents of students. Clockwise from below: Brianna Revell, 17, Clarence Revell, 13, and Brandon Revell, 11, smile for a photo; Clinton and Valerie Cobb enjoy an evening out; Sarah and Robbie West brought along their children, Lily, 7, and Jack, 4, for some culture; talented arts students Lexi Leyh, Kendall Carroll, Zack Hammond and Abigail Wilkerson show their papier-mache masks; and Brandon Sparrer and Lauren Farrar provide entertainment.

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Shamrock Stroll

Two days before St. Patrick’s Day, Irish eyes were smiling for Suffolk’s annual Shamrock Stroll on March 15. Main Street businesses were also smiling, given a steady flow of foot traffic.

Clockwise from left: after taking part in the Shamrock 8K in Virginia Beach earlier in the day, Ashleigh Kennedy, Maggie Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Eric Hayes rejoined at Baron’s Pub for some Guinness and blarney; Flossie Hilton, Gloria Mizell and Jayla Mizell, 6, stroll up Suffolk’s main drag; Karin Swoveland was out on Main Street with rescue pooch "Leo"; it was decisions, decisions for 2-year-old Liam Harper; and Jessica Mullen enjoys the sunshine with her 2-year-old son, Eli Mullen.

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suffolk scene Project Luau

Project Lifesaver held a luau fundraiser on April 25 at the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront. The organization helps find people who are prone to wandering.

Clockwise from left Cynthia and Derk Gregory get into the luau spirit; Robert and Melissa Marsiglia wait for the music to begin; Carol Johanningsmeier and Denise Brown pause from the fun evening to smile for the camera; Drake and Beth Walter enjoy the night; and Rana and Donnie Weaver get ready to hit the dance floor.

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pring is a time of new beginnings. It’s been a long winter and when this spring finally arrives, we’ll all enjoy the sights and sounds of new growth and new life. We believe that when it comes to your health, any time is a good time for new beginnings.

In fact we see that all the time. One example is a middle-age patient—let’s call her Sarah—who joined our practice last summer. When we first met her she was not doing well. In fact she later told us “I thought I was going to die.” She said she had been neglecting her health while caring for a loved one. During her initial visit she shared several concerns. These included weight gain, fatigue, multiple aches and pains, and trouble sleeping. In many ways she felt like the person she used to be was gone.

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her health, and provided her with copies for future reference, as well as educational resources. Together we charted a course forward, and Sarah began implementing our recommendations right away. She subsequently had her initial nutrition consultation at our office, and made more adjustments.

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Our teamwork has paid off, and Sarah now feels like a new person. She has lost more than 50 pounds, her energy has returned, she is sleeping well, and she is more active without all of those aches and pains. In fact, although she wouldn’t have thought it possible last summer, she is welcoming this spring on a multiple day hiking adventure in one of our most beautiful national parks!

Your concerns and the process of rebuilding your optimal health might look different than Sarah’s, but with a good partner you can make a great new start. Don’t put your health off any longer-- talk to your doctor and as the trees and the flowers wake up from their winter nap, let this spring be the start of a healthy new beginning for you!

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on vacation

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A group of friends from Lake Prince Woods spent some time at Epcot Center in Walt Disney World this spring, and they took along a couple of copies of Suffolk Living magazine to remind them to come back home when they were done. At left are Burt and Harriett Laskin. Above are Anne Litterst, Dorothy Hill, Judy Gallagher and Helen Riley. Below, snowbirds Steve and Patti Simons spent part of February in Oak Hill, Fla., enjoying an offshore fishing trip that produced some nice red snapper. They shared Suffolk Living with their Florida neighbors and visiting family. We’re not sure whether they shared the fish. At bottom left, Suffolk Living went underground — way underground — with Bert and Lindsey Young, who took a copy along on a road trip across Virginia during spring break. Their Luray Caverns stop took us to new lows. Next time you travel, be sure to carry along a copy of Suffolk Living and snap a photo. When you get back, send it to news@suffolklivingmag.com, and we’ll all get to enjoy the trip vicariously. And if you’ve got fish, we like it broiled, with a bit of butter and lemon.

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Healthy.

And delicious.

Chefs turn up creativity for good-for-you desserts story and photography by R.E. Spears III

H

ealthy desserts.

Let that sink in for a moment. No, it’s not a misprint.

Healthy. Desserts.

Separately the words make complete sense, and they’re easy for anyone to understand. Everybody wants to be healthy. And everybody likes dessert.

Right?

But the challenge for restaurants participating in the first Healthy Dessert Contest during Suffolk Restaurant Week was to combine the two concepts and come up with something delicious.

The guidelines were precise and unforgiving: Desserts had to come in under 250 calories, with less than 30 percent of those calories from fat and less than 60 percent from carbohydrates.

Apple pie a la mode? Off the menu.

Creamy banana pudding? Y’all must be crazy. New York-style cheesecake?

Fuggedaboutit.

Still, the chefs at 10 different restaurants pursued the $3,500 in prize money available through the Obici Healthcare Foundation and Healthy People, Healthy Suffolk, which sponsored the contest along with the Suffolk News-Herald.

Three of those chefs earned big checks for their restaurants by proving that the words “healthy” and “dessert” can, indeed, be used in the same sentence as the word “yummy.”

suffolk living Pomegranate seeds gave his winning dessert an added texture, but diced strawberries gave it a similar burst of color when Harper Bradshaw recreated his Judges’ Award-winning dessert for Suffolk Living.

Blood orange sorbet with homemade buttermilk pomegranite seeds & mint Chef Harper Bradshaw Harper’s Table Judge’s Award

Bradshaw entered the contest at the last minute, after being invited to participate by Jett Johnson, program manager for Healthy People, Healthy Suffolk.

Bradshaw had already been thinking of something along the lines of what would become the winning dish, so he was able to quickly adapt it to the contest’s requirements.

The whole thing required Bradshaw to step outside of his comfort zone, he said.

“My life’s work, really, in restaurants has been to allow people to overindulge a little bit,” he said. “This was a bit of stepping outside of the box.”

Bradshaw said his creation relied on layers of flavors and textures to make up for the richness that diners might have missed because of the strict nutritional requirements.

“I used texture as a component,” he said, noting the variations between the aerated buttermilk, the frozen sorbet and the crunchy pomegranate seeds. “We do our best to provide a pleasurable experience.”

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Jose Perez Cedar Point Country Club Presentation Award

Standing amid a scoop of frozen yogurt on a plate in front of the massive windows at Cedar Point Country Club, the lacy tuiele-batter cookie captures light from the sun like a stained-glass window.

“Tuile” is the French word for tile, which refers to the fact that cookies made with this batter often look like roof tiles, but “you can shape them any way you like,” Perez said, and incorporating the light, almond-flavored cookies into his dish helped give it some height and color that otherwise would have been lacking.

“I had to put some thought into how I could cut some of the sugar out of it, some of the carbs out of it,” he said, noting that the final combination was an entirely new dish for the country club’s restaurant.

The club’s most popular desserts are “very sweet and heavy,” Perez said, but healthy dishes like his dessert plate are growing in popularity. “I usually like to have at least one lighter item on the menu at any one time.”

Chai Tea & Chardonnay-spiced poached pear with frozen yogurt Cedar Point Country Club chef Jose Perez captured a stained-glass effect with the tuile-batter cookie that graced his Presentation Award-winning dessert in the Healthy People, Healthy Suffolk Healthy Dessert Contest.

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Wayne and Melinda Powers Suffolk BBQ People’s Choice Award

Dessert is not what most folks have on their mind when they arrive at Suffolk BBQ, where smoked meat is the obvious order of the day.

But by the time they left the diner during Restaurant Week, many were so pleased with Suffolk BBQ’s healthy dessert that they logged in to the online polling system set up by the Suffolk News-Herald and cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award, making the barbecue restaurant a surprise winner in the contest.

Melinda Powers developed the recipe (husband Wayne is in charge of the smoked meats). “I’m a Weight Watchers fan, so I have a lot of experience pulling calories out of food and have it still taste good,” she said.

The parfait proved so popular that the Powerses added it to their catering menu.

“Yeah, it was good,” Wayne Powers said. “It was a little bit smaller portion, but it was delicious.”

Cherry Cheesecake Parfait

Wayne and Melinda Powers put together a powerfully popular cherry cheesecake parfait to bring home the People’s Choice Award in the Healthy People, Healthy Suffolk Dessert Contest.

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through the lens: eric brooks

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ric Brooks started taking photos in 1962 at Suffolk Raceway, and he took pictures at drag races and other places around Suffolk — including for the Suffolk NewsHerald — for the next 47 years. Brooks was largely self-taught in his craft, but he became proficient enough to teach photography at the community college for 14 years, and he wrote a book about 35mm cameras that was sold in bookstore chains. When he died in 2009, he left a widow, Annette, a son, Dodd, and daughter, Kris, both of Suffolk , and four grandchildren. He also left an indelible mark on many of the people of Suffolk, whom he had captured on film for so many years. “I would come home and tell him I had seen the neatest picture opportunity,” Kris Brooks recalled recently. “And he would tell me, 'Too late! That's why you should always carry your camera with you — because you never know when the Statue of Liberty might do a back flip.'" On these pages, in honor of the fifth anniversary of his passing, we offer a few of Eric’s favorite images.

Through the Lens is a monthly Suffolk Living magazine feature that highlights a single photographer’s views of Suffolk.

Participation is open to both amateurs and professionals. To have your work considered for publication, email editor Res Spears at news@suffolklivingmag.com. ←

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n each edition the Suffolk Living staff provides a challenge of sorts, testing how much of Suffolk you really know. We photograph some location in Suffolk that is readily accessible and open to the public, and see if you can tell us where it is.

If you know where this photo was taken, submit your answer, along with your name and contact information to news@suffolklivingmag.com. If you’re right, you will be entered for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to any one of our partner advertisers.

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urning Suffolk on to ethnic tastes is all about education, according to Lynn Carbonell’s experience.

In 2008, she and husband Ronald Felipe established Totoy’s Filipino Store, which includes a Filipino restaurant, at The Market Center at Harbour View shopping center.

“People in our area have been really good — they’ve been willing to try,” Carbonell said.

Totoy’s gives away samples of its fare, which includes an array of traditional Filipino dishes, to cultivate return customers, according to Carbonell.

“I tell them (that) if they don’t like it, it won’t hurt my feelings,” she said. “I’d rather them try it here than they take it home and they don’t like it, because then they won’t come back.”

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A buffet of Indian culinary delights awaits patrons of Rajput Indian Cuisine in the Harbour View section of North Suffolk.

Suffolk has a wide range of ethnic restaurants.

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With about eight Italian eateries, half a dozen Mexican restaurants, a quintessential soul food joint, a Thai place and a slew of Japanese and Chinese restaurants — not to mention the Indian eatery that just opened in Harbour View — Suffolk’s ethnic menu is growing as the city grows.

Comparing censuses, Suffolk has become more ethnically diverse in recent years, though very modestly. In 2000, 0.2 percent of the population was Asian-Indian, while in 2010 it was 0.3 percent. For Filipinos, it’s been 0.3 percent to 0.6 percent.

Paul Chhabra opened Suffolk’s first Indian restaurant, Rajput Indian Cuisine, in March.

He already had restaurants in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, but said that folks had been asking him to come to Suffolk for five years.

“I told them, ‘Later on,’” Chhabra said.

When the demographics — he paid for research — had grown favorable, he became a man of his word: “This was the time we saw developments going in,” he said. “I included Chesapeake and Portsmouth in my demographics. If it was just Suffolk, maybe not. This area is a little triangle.”

Back at Totoy’s, regular customer Bobby Dunn, who lives a few streets away, comes through the front door. “I didn’t know what to order (the first time), but now I love everything,” Dunn says. “I come here once a week, at least. Sometimes twice.”

Carbonell’s husband and three sons, aged 17 to 24, work with her in the restaurant.

Folks from the nearby U.S. Navy commands and Joint and Coalition Warfighting at Lakeview Technology Park and various defense contractors help keep them busy.

“I get them used to my cooking, then they get sent somewhere else,” Carbonell, a former Navy child herself, says of her military customers. “Then they will come back and say, ‘In the area I got sent’ — Texas or Washington state — ‘they don’t have a Filipino restaurant.’

“I know that I have opened up people’s minds to Filipino cuisine.”

May Chen, manager of Tokyo Grill in downtown Suffolk, said most of her customers are regulars who come “once or twice a week.”

“A lot of customers come to be friends, they come so often,” she said. ←

At Totoy's Filipino Store (top) in North Suffolk, Lynn Carbonell helps her sons Reggie Felipe— on the knife—and Ryan Felipe prepare some tasty traditional dishes; Mary Chen (left), the manager, sits at a table at Tokyo Grill in the city's downtown; and (below) Paul Chhabra, seated inside the restaurant during a recent busy lunch period, owns Rajput Indian Cuisine at Harbour View—Suffolk's first Indian eatery.

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ethnic food guide JAPANESE/SUSHI Iron Chef Japanese Restaurant 1024 Centerbrook Lane 923-1588 A Japanese favorite just off Goodwin Boulevard Koi Sushi & Hibachi 3575 Bridge Road, Suite 23 686-9009 www.koisushiva.com Sushi artists prepare from a varied menu Nana Sushi 6255 College Drive, Suite J 686-1560 www.nana-sushi.com Signature rolls include the Tokyo Love Story Ninja Japanese Restaurant 7386 Harbour Towne Parkway, Suite 35 484-6888/484-2988 www.ninjasuffolk.com Full bar and hibachi grill Sapporo Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi 729 N. Main St. 539-9968 A friendly favorite in a convenient downtown location Tokyo Grill 1409 N. Main St. 539-8266 Customers become friends, the manager says YoYo Sushi 5886 Harbour View Blvd.

483-8859 Sushi and pho noodles, too CHINESE China Moon Chinese Restaurant 938 N. Main St. 934-1800 www.chinamoonsuffolk.com A varied menu and online ordering

China Village 217 E. Washington St. 538-2888 Good food, attentive staff and inexpensive Dragon Chinese 827 W. Constance Road 925-1818 Classic Chinese in the heart of Suffolk Great Wall 1524 Holland Road 923-0016 Another Chinese favorite Hong Kong Restaurant 3215 Bridge Road, suite 2A 638-7788 Longtime North Suffolk location Hong Kong II 1008 Portsmouth Blvd.

934-8008 Hit Chinese favorites

ITALIAN Amici's Pizza Café 157 E. Washington St. 923-5300 www.amicissuffolk.com Brick-oven pizzas are a specialty Al Forno Pizzeria 1523 Holland Road 925-2829 www.al-forno-pizzeria.com Born in Palermo, Italy, owner Nunzio has been a restaurateur since 1977 Atlas Pizza 3575 Bridge Road, Suite 15 483-0101 www.atlaspizza1.com Thin-crust and thicker, Sicilian-style Bella Napoli Pizza 6550 Town Point Road, Suite 101 483-0720 Convenient to Huntersville

Peking House 3575 Bridge Road, Suite 16 686-8818 Serving the Route 17 area

Gianna's Pizzeria & Restaurant 7386 Harbour Towne Parkway, Suite 33 394-1255 Elegant atmosphere, good food and comfortable booths

Shun Xing 2815 Godwin Blvd.

539-6590 Convenient to the King’s Fork area

Sal's Pizza 148 Burnett's Way, Suite 115 934-6006 Popular eatery near Obici Hospital

Super China 6550 Town Point Road, Suite 102 638-1133 Near Harbour View

Sal's Pizzeria by Maurizio 920 N. Main St. 539-6111 www.salspizzeriasuffolk.com Pizza, cold and hot subs, wraps and more

Win Wok Chinese Restaurant 1238 Holland Road 925-2135 A fixture near the Suffolk Golf Course INDIAN 5860 Harbour View Blvd.

484-4444 www.rajputonline.com Suffolk’s first Indian restaurant has proven popular

MEXICAN Cazadores Mexican Restaurant 1701 N. Main St. 923-9440 www.cazadoressuffolk.com A family favorite near Elephant’s Fork

Chipotle Mexican Grill 6216 College Drive, Suite 101 484-6051 A new contender in North Suffolk East Coast Taco Company 116 West Washington St. 935-5275 Downtown destination for authentic Mexican food La Parrilla Mexican Restaurant 7386 Harbour Towne Parkway, Suite 9 394-1400 and 3575 Bridge Road, Suite 32 www.laparrillamexicangrillva.com Two locations for this popular eatery Moe's Southwest Grill 1217 North Main St. 925-4405 www.moes.com Chain restaurant with a tex-mex appeal Plaza Azteca 1467 N. Main St. 923-1222 www.plazaazteca.com Fun atmosphere and good value Santa Fe Grille 1024 Centerbrooke Lane 923-5331 Convenient location near Route 58 SOUL FOOD NDulge Eclectic Soul Cuisine 200 E. Washington St. 925-3780 www.ndulgeesc.com Soul food favorites in a familyfriendly environment THAI FOOD Thai Erawan 3575 Bridge Road, Suite 27 686-2888 Thai favorites in an elegant setting

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Bill Barrera fell into the work of making dentures by accident, and soon found he had a taste for it.

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This craftsman makes people’s smiles

story by Tracy Agnew photography by Troy Cooper

B

ill Barrera is in the business of improving other people’s smiles.

But he’s not a stand-up comedian, or a photographer. He’s not a dentist, either, but you’re getting warmer.

If you’ve ever gotten a denture, partial, bridge or crown in the Hampton Roads area — especially in Suffolk — there’s a good chance you’re wearing his work.

Barrera’s Central Dental Laboratory makes dentures, partials, bridges and crowns that dentists order. He has two drivers that spend all day, every day, picking up impressions of patients’ mouths from dentists across Hampton Roads. Then his staff of eight goes to work in a secondfloor lab in the heart of downtown Suffolk.

It’s not an easy job.

“Sometimes it’s very difficult to reproduce what God gave us,” Barrera said. But, he added, it’s important work.

“It improves people’s appearance, the way they look, the way they feel, their self-esteem,” he said.

Barrera is a native of Bogota, Colombia. He moved to New York with his mother when he was 17.

About five years later, he visited friends in Virginia and decided to stay.

“When you come to Virginia, everybody likes you,” he said of the South’s hospitality.

He got into the denture business soon after moving to Virginia.

“I was going to school for business administration,” he said. “Friends of mine owned a dental lab, and I used to come in and help them out.

But I needed something to make a living.”

He started working at various dental labs, crafting smiles for folks all over the area. At one of the first labs where he worked, he met Brenda Wright, with whom he would later partner to buy Central Dental Laboratory from an older couple.

Wright retired from the business more than a year ago, making it all Barrera’s.

The process of making a denture takes about a week, he said, but less than half of that time involves actual work by an employee. The rest of the time, the material is being allowed to set.

Craftsmen work from the impression provided by the dentist to create a metal framework on which the piece will be built. They then build See DENTURES page 34

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onto the framework and add fake teeth, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes and shades to match the patient’s natural teeth.

There are no schools for this work except for hands-on experience, Barrera said. Most folks, when they hear what he does for a living, say, “So, you’re a dentist?”

Many are surprised to hear their dentists do not make the dentures, Barrera said. But his lab works closely with dentists so they can get a better idea of the patient’s needs — without ever actually seeing the patient.

The lab once had about twice as many employees, Barrera said, but the economy and technology have affected the business. More people are putting off dental work, he said, because they are unable to pay for it.

Even so, Barrera said, “It has been enjoyable.”

Even thought he’s 62 and has a wife, two grandchildren and a 100-pound white German shepherd named Lola — a dog bed for her is one of the personal touches at Barrera’s work station, along with Dallas Cowboys memorabilia — Barrera won’t hear talk of retiring.

“Retirement’s not in my vocabulary,” he said. “What am I going to do? I don’t play golf. I like to travel some, but after 10 days, I miss my bed.”

Barrera and his wife still get back to Colombia every once in a while to visit family, he said. When he’s in the States, he’s an active participant in the Churchland Rotary Club, having been president in 2004-2005 and named Rotarian of the Year in 2002-2003.

And he still finds time to make hundreds of Virginians smile. ←

Above, a mold formed from an impression of a patient's mouth. At right, Barrera shows off the metal framework on which dentures will be built.

Above right, a partial in the works.

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