The Arlington dining scene earned quite a bit of recognition in Northern Virginia Magazine’s new list of the region’s best food spots.

Ten restaurants with Arlington locations won their respective categories, including Best Bagel, Best Deli/Sandwich Shop and Best Crabs, in the “Best of NoVA 2025” list. This is in addition to nine Arlington restaurants named as runners-up.


Mexican flavors and a new moniker have arrived at a cafe near Courthouse following a change in ownership.

Business partners Jessica Cordova and Arturo Encarnacion took the reins of Mumu Cafe late last month. Now called “Cafecito,” the coffee shop at 1924 N. Uhle Street serves new beverages, lunch items and pastries sourced from local Mexican-American entrepreneurs.


Good Tuesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 10, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Wednesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

☀️ Wednesday’s forecast

Expect widespread haze after 11am followed by sunny skies and a high temperature near 87. The calm wind will turn west around 6 mph in the afternoon. For Wednesday night, the sky will be mostly clear and the low temperature will be around 67 with a calm wind. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“We must become the change we want to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.


Pentagon City’s second annual Juneteenth Community Day is returning next week.

The free celebration, hosted by the Arlington nonprofit Challenging Racism, is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, at Metropolitan Park (1330 S. Fair Street). The event will include live music, performances and food trucks.


A Ballston fitness studio and a local mini-mart are among at least 10 local businesses that have been recently listed for sale in Arlington.

The businesses appeared for sale as blind items on the real estate marketplace BizBuySell, as did several unnamed Arlington restaurants. Here’s a look at some recent listings.


Good Monday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 9, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

⛈️ Tuesday’s forecast

Showers and thunderstorms are likely before 3pm, followed by a gradual clearing of clouds and a high near 83°F with northwest winds at 5-7 mph. Precipitation chance is 40%. Tonight, expect possible showers and thunderstorms between 7-8pm, partly cloudy skies, a low of 64°F, and light variable winds. Precipitation chance is 30%. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
– Chinese Proverb

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to discuss the day’s happenings in the comments.


A colorful new spot for Tex Mex and other Latin-inspired flavors is set to open in Crystal City this week.

La Posada, a new eatery by veteran restaurateur Julian Giraldo, plans to soft open on Thursday at 320 23rd Street S., on the ground floor of Quimby on 23rd apartments.


ARLnow Press Club members know things others don’t.

Specifically, they know that after this post we’re going to be covering a plan to lower speed limits on some local roads. Earlier today, they knew what was going to be in the daily Morning Notes post hours in advance.

Members also know that on busy days they can just browse summaries of our stories and not miss any important local developments.

That’s because Press Club members get a pair of exclusive newsletters: the Early Morning Notes, which includes a rundown of the day’s planned coverage (see below), and the Pro Update, which contains article summaries, larger photos and no display ads.

The coverage plan from today’s Press Club-exclusive Early Morning Notes newsletter (note that the 2:45 story is getting pushed to another day)

While ARLnow has seen significant readership growth, we’ve actually seen a decline in revenue this year due to local economic uncertainty and federal job losses. If it were not for the support of the ARLnow Press Club, we would have had to make significant cuts to our local news coverage.

Can you spare ten bucks a month to be better informed and to support local news in your hometown? If so, please join here.


Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 6, 2025.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. JUST IN: Police investigating bomb threat at Arlington elementary school (9662 views)
  2. Former W-L substitute teacher indicted over alleged sexual relationship with student (8226 views)
  3. Arlington streetcar critics take victory lap over D.C.’s plans to kill similar project (6903 views)
  4. Falls Church townhouse project receives skepticism from city leaders (6146 views)
  5. Poll: The best longtime Arlington institution (6321 views)
  6. BREAKING: Firefighters battling townhouse blaze in Douglas Park (5237 views)
  7. Recent FBI arrest in Arlington follows long line of local espionage cases (5103 views)
  8. Freddie’s Beach Bar founder plans to wed longtime partner at WorldPride Parade (4862 views)
  9. ACPD: Man suspected of DUI tried to scale fence after crash, then spat on officer (3702 views)
  10. Overturned vehicle closes road in Arlington Heights (3626 views)
  11. NEW: Police investigating vehicle break-ins at Arlington country club (3702 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

⛈️ Saturday’s forecast

Showers and possible thunderstorms after 2pm are expected, followed by gradual clearing and a high of 82 degrees. The northwest wind will blow at 5 to 8 mph, with a 50% chance of precipitation. For Saturday night, there’s a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, and showers may return after 2 am. Clouds will increase as the temperature drops to around 67 degrees, with calm north wind and a 30% chance of precipitation. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
– Henry Ford

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋


The weekend is here and so is a new episode of the ARLnow podcast.

In the latest episode, Lene, Dan and Vernon discuss a few notable local news stories in Arlington from the past week, including:

Let us know what you think about the new podcast format in the comments or via email.

Watch below on YouTube, or listen to the podcast via iTunesSpotifyAmazonAudacyTuneIn or your favorite listening app.


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