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New wine shop and bar coming to J Sol apartments in Ballston

Retail space on the ground floor of J Sol at 4000 Fairfax Drive (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

A new wine shop and bar is opening on the ground floor of J Sol apartments in Ballston.

Not much is known about what is coming and when besides what’s noted in the permit application, which was just submitted last week.

What we do know is that it’s not associated with Screwtop Wine Bar, another wine-bar-slash-shop nearby, on N. Fillmore Drive in Clarendon. Also, it’s not opening in the immediate future, according to J Sol staff that ARLnow spoke to.

ARLnow has also reached out to retail leasing agents for the building, but has yet to hear back as of publication.

The 326-unit high-rise, luxurious apartment building at 4000 Fairfax Drive opened in August 2020. It replaced the popular local bar CarPool, which has since reopened a half mile walk away on N. Glebe Road.

Hat tip to Chris Slatt