Seattle’s Best, California Tortilla Coming to Crystal City

A new coffee shop and a new eatery are coming soon to Crystal City. Interior construction is underway at a new Seattle's Best Coffee location at 2450 Crystal Drive. The owners were originally...

South Block Smoothie to Add Espresso, Change Menu

(Updated at 10:35 p.m. on 10/27/11) South Block Smoothie and Wrap Co. (3011 11th St. N.) in Clarendon is adding to its list of offerings. South Block's new espresso machine just arrived today...

Morning Notes

Free Coffee Today -- 7-Eleven stores are offering a free medium coffee, any flavor, from 7:00 to 11:00 this morning. Marshals Service Sheds Staff Cars -- The free ride is over for dozens of...

Cafe Caturra Now Open on Glebe Road

Cafe Caturra, a Richmond-based coffee shop/wine bar/soup-salad-and-sandwich restaurant, is now open in the Arlington Ridge Shopping Center. The 3,400 square foot eatery, which features a decor...

Another Coffee Shop Coming to Crystal City

Crystal Drive might as well be called Coffee Drive. Another coffee shop is planning to open on the southern end of the office-heavy thoroughfare later this fall. We're told that a coffee shop...

Larry’s Homemade Ice Cream Now Open in Clarendon

Larry's Homemade Ice Cream (3018 Wilson Boulevard) opened in Clarendon over the weekend. The store offers a wide variety of ice cream flavors, as well as sundaes, milkshakes, frozen yogurt, fruit...

Cafe Caturra Coming to Arlington Ridge

A Midlothian, Va.-based coffee shop/wine bar/soup-salad-and-sandwich restaurant is coming to the Arlington Ridge Shopping Center (2901 South Glebe Road). Interior construction is underway on...

Greenberry’s Becomes “Bean Good: The Coffee Pub”

Say goodbye to Greenberry's (1737 Wilson Blvd) and hello to "Bean Good." After about eight years in business as Greenberry's, the new owner of the coffee shop between Rosslyn and Clarendon has...

Boccato Gelato Expanding with Boccato Lounge

When the adjacent El Chaparral Meat Market closed earlier this year, the owners of Boccato Gelato & Espresso in Clarendon (2719 Wilson Blvd) spotted an opportunity. They signed a lease for the...

Online Fundraiser Seeks New Router for Pike Coffee Shop

Jason Gooljar, the technology director for a D.C.-based environmental non-profit, is on a mission. Gooljar wants to raise $200 to get local, independent coffee shop Rappahannock Coffee &...

Ballston’s Buzz Bakery Will Open Monday

Buzz Bakery will open its new Ballston location on Monday. That's the word from Neighborhood Restaurant Group, the company that runs Buzz and its next door neighbor on the 4000 block of Wilson...

Morning Notes

Petition Contractor Waives Extradition -- The man whose company was hired to collect signatures for a petition to change Arlington's form of government is likely headed to the Arlington County...

Morning Notes

Free Coffee for Earth Day -- To celebrate Earth Day, Starbucks is offering a free coffee or tea to anybody who brings a reusable mug or tumbler. Caribou Coffee, which has locations in...

UPDATED: Bayou Bakery Hopes to Open Thursday

Update at 6:40 p.m. -- Bayou Bakery is experiencing a delay in getting its Certificate of Occupancy, according to spokesperson Simone Rathle. That may force the hoped-for Thursday opening to be...

More Dunkin’ Donuts Stores on the Way?

Dunkin' Donuts wants to expand in Arlington and several other D.C.-area counties, and is looking to recruit franchise owners to help with that expansion. Next week Dunkin' Donuts will hold an...