Morning Notes

Ovechkin Buys New House -- Capitals star Alex Ovechkin may be ditching his $1.6 million home in Arlington's Waycroft-Woodlawn neighborhood for some tonier digs. Ovechkin recently bought a $4.2...

Westover Market Butcher Shop Returns

Westover Market's butcher shop is expected to return tonight after a one week hiatus. The shop -- which offered gourmet cuts of locally-sourced meats -- closed last week after butcher shop...

Butcher Shop at Westover Market Closing

To the dismay of its loyal customers, the butcher shop at Westover Market (5863 Washington Blvd) will be closing this week. Via an early-morning announcement on Facebook, butcher shop proprietor...

Trader Joe’s Opens in Clarendon

(Updated at 9:40 a.m.) At long last, Trader Joe's has opened in Clarendon. A crowd formed outside the store entrance at 1109 N. Highland Street this morning, awaiting the scheduled 8:00 opening....

Morning Poll: Why Wegman’s?

It seems that every time we run a story on a new retailer coming to Arlington, someone chimes in in the comments, saying that they'd much rather have a Wegman's. We asked folks on Twitter why...

Clarendon Trader Joe’s Receives Building Permit

Interior work on the new Clarendon Trader Joe's is expected to finally get underway soon, after Arlington officials approved the store's building permit today. The store was originally slated to...

New Giant Opens on Columbia Pike

Cash registers are ringing at the long-awaited Penrose Square Giant on Columbia Pike. The store opened its doors to customers tonight in advance of its official opening Friday morning....

New Pike Giant Will Offer Tastings, Prizes

The new Giant food store in the Penrose Square development on Columbia Pike is "rolling out the red carpet" for its Grand Opening on Friday. The grocery store will be offering wine tastings, tapas...

Opening Date Set for New Columbia Pike Giant

An opening date has been set for the new Giant supermarket in the Penrose Square development. The 60,000 square foot store, located at the corner of Columbia Pike and S. Adams Street, is...

Trader Joe’s Signs Lease in Clarendon (Finally)

Being Trader Joe's is like being the prettiest girl in school. Everybody wants to go to the dance with you, so you can afford to be picky. So it was with the grocery chain's new Clarendon...

Morning Notes

State Senator's Husband Pens Alarming Column -- Tom Whipple, husband of state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D), has penned a column entitled "The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest" for the Falls Church...

Shirlington Harris Teeter Gets Parking Meters

The Harris Teeter in Shirlington is adding meters to its reserved parking spaces. The spaces, located on the ground floor of an adjacent parking garage, are often full, leading to complaints to...

Board to Hear Grocery Store-Related Proposal for Crystal City

It's a rather unglamorous item on Saturday's county board agenda, but behind the mundane particulars of a site plan amendment to turn retail space into office space is an issue near and dear to the...

Crystal City Trying to Attract a Grocery Store

Update at 12:55 p.m. -- We're told development at the space at 2121 Crystal Drive, referenced here, is a long-range goal and not set in stone. Vornado's current and on-going effort to attract a...

Morning Notes

It's September -- Start mourning the end of summer now -- and get to the pool while you still can. Man Goes Bananas in the Vegetable Aisle -- Police are trying to find a man who walked into...