Fresh off the successful launches of Lyon Hall and Northside Social, the Liberty Tavern Restaurant Group is taking over Lee Highway institution Alpine Restaurant, two sources tell ARLnow.com.
The 44-year-old Italian eatery closed last month after owner Ermanno Tonizzo decided to sell the restaurant and retire. We hear that the new owners are trying to decide whether Alpine will remain a restaurant or will be transformed into something else.
It’s not clear what other form the property may take — a bar or a coffee shop would not be out of the realm of possibility — but so far the new owners have been very tight-lipped about their apparent acquisition.
Liberty’s Stephen Fedorchak had no comment about the group’s plans. Without explicitly confirming that a deal was made, he said it would be “months” before anything regarding Alpine is revealed.
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If they do to Alpine what they did to Whitey’s then I hope the place burns down.
Ouch, Mike, lighten up. I ate at the Alpine all of once and got food poisoning. Even Whitey’s couldn’t accomplish that.
The Guys who own Liberty, Northside Social and Lyon Hall have nothing to do with Talulla (the restaurant previously known as Whitey’s). The Neighborhood Restaurant Group are the owners.
Talulla… yes, it needs to burn.
Mike, your language suggests a lot of anger, which is hard to understand given we’re talking about a simple bar. What you wrote may be construed as a threat.
First they take away Matlock, then Sizzler, now the Alpine?
What are senior citizens in Arlington supposed to do now?
Why, they will go to the Carriage House, of course!
[...] The Alpine – This iconic (well… old) restaurant changed hands to the Liberty Tavern Group, and thus far their lips are sealed on their plans. [...]
I drive by the Alpine every day and there is no sign of progress. Any update from the new owners? I would love a second Northside.
I keep asking, but there’s still no update, unfortunately.