Rosslyn’s new celebrity chef-partnered food hall has set a grand opening date.
Wonder announced plans today (Tuesday) to open for business later this month at 1771 N. Pierce Street. The New York-based hall promises dine-in, delivery and takeout from celebrity chef concepts and “the country’s best restaurants.”
Arlington and Falls Church are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and Flash Flood Warning as mid-afternoon Tuesday.
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect until 3:30 p.m. A strong storm packing 60 mph wind gusts and lots of lightning is approaching the area from the west.
When Eddie Kaufholz and his family moved to Arlington nearly five years ago, they were not thinking about starting a business. They wanted to live in a place that was diverse, interesting and full of opportunity, with a school system they could rely on. Arlington fit.
In the years that followed, working out of a home office off Columbia Pike, he consulted with organizations across Northern Virginia and around the country: nonprofits, advocacy groups, mid-sized companies, agencies of various sizes. The work itself was good. But somewhere across all those projects, he started to notice a pattern.
”The agency model has gotten really bloated,” Kaufholz says. ”Layers, handoffs, middle management. The senior people who pitch the work often disappear once it starts. The idea with PILLAR was to strip all of that down; keep senior people on the work, approach each client with humility and care, do world-class strategy and execution, and pass the efficiency back to the client instead of absorbing it as agency margin.”
That thinking, slowly, became PILLAR, the Arlington-headquartered creative, communications and marketing agency Kaufholz founded.
PILLAR, he says, is built on an old idea. ”An idea that has always been possible but rarely practiced: that an agency should be structured to serve the work itself.” The team that delivers the work is assembled around the specific needs of each client and only stays as long as the work calls for them.
”The senior strategist on your kick-off call is the senior strategist writing your messaging,” Kaufholz says. ”Every person on a project is there because the work specifically calls for them.”
PILLAR’s recent work has spanned human rights, executive leadership, higher education, advocacy and direct-to-consumer ecommerce. The roster has included national nonprofits, a national multimillion-dollar direct-to-consumer brand and a number of institutions navigating significant moments of strategic change. The model is built to scale up to be the agency of record for a national brand, or to scale down to design a logo for a neighborhood nonprofit. PILLAR takes equal pride and care in both.
What Kaufholz did not understand when he started, he said, was how much the County itself would matter in making any of it possible. (more…)
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An award-winning Falls Church restaurant is previewing a new spinoff eatery in time for the Fourth of July.
Side Chick is a new a fried chicken carryout and delivery by Ellie Bird. The concept, based out of the restaurant’s kitchen at 125 Founders Avenue, blends Southern comfort foods, Asian American-inspired flavors and tongue-in-cheek attitude.
Join Jadin O’Brien, Olympic athlete, 3x NCAA pentathlon champion and 10x All-American (heptathlon) winner for this in-person and virtual 5K. This event is sponsored by The Alex Manfull Fund to raise awareness and advance research on debilitating infection-associated neuroimmune disorders (including PANS and PANDAS) that affect young people. The 5K is part of the organization’s 36 Hours for PANS and PANDAS Advocacy in Motion event. Runners will receive a Finisher’s Medal, Technical (Drifit) Event Shirt and A Chip Timed Event. The event commemorates the life of Alex Manfull, who died at age 26 due to PANDAS. Susan and William Manfull established the Fund in their daughter’s name with the vision that no life ever again be cut short—or interrupted—by these illnesses. Learn more at TheAlexManfullFund.org.
The ARLnow Daily Debrief was launched in October 2022 with three goals in mind:
There are now some reasons to question the third goal. What we envisioned as a free form discussion venue for local issues mixed with some discussion of what’s happening across the Potomac has devolved into a preponderance of back-and-forth fighting about national politics.
Of course, such a trajectory for a relatively open online forum is not unique — or new. In 2020, we reported on the increasingly toxic levels of discourse on local Facebook groups, local listservs, the social network Nextdoor, and the ARLnow comments.
In response to the more recent rise in political pugilism, we recently disabled image uploads in the comments after copy-and-pasted memes became overly disruptive to substantive discussions. We also have started using the AI moderation tools offered by Disqus, our commenting system.
Now we’re contemplating another move: disabling comments on the Daily Debrief altogether to put more focus on local issues, while making moderation a bit easier (we generally do not moderate comments on nights and weekends, leading to big moderation queues).
But we first want to hear from readers: what do you think about comment-less debriefs?
Today marks the start of the state government’s new fiscal year, and brings into effect numerous new laws that won approval during the 2025 General Assembly session.
State legislators introduced just under 2,000 measures during the 2025 session. A total of 727 were enacted into law, according to state data.
Arlington County police are investigating another series of car break-ins in the area of Washington Golf and Country Club.
It happened this past Friday morning, on the 3000 block of N. Glebe Road.
Fish Die-Off in Four Mile Run — “County environmental staff have determined a noticeable fish die-off along Four Mile Run from S George Mason Dr to Shirlington Road is the result of conditions from a water main break yesterday in nearby Fairfax. Expected rains should clear the area.” [Arlington DES/X]
Meals Tax Increasing Today — “On April 9, 2025, the Arlington County Board voted to increase the Meals, Food and Beverage Tax (MEA) rate from 4% to 5%. Therefore, effective July 1, 2025, each provider collecting MEA in Arlington County is required to collect and remit 5% on the total cost of prepared food and beverage sales.” [Arlington County]
Air Defense Exercises — “The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) Continental US Region will conduct the routine live-fly air defense exercise Falcon Virgo in the National Capital Region during two consecutive two-hour periods on July 1 and July 2, between midnight and 2AM, and then again between 3:30AM and 5:30AM.” [PoPville]
MCM Nears Sell-Out — “The Marine Corps Marathon has hit a new registration record and is on track to sell out for the first time since 2015. This year’s record-setting field was expanded to 40,000 entries as the People’s Marathon — the nickname for the 26.2-mile race that finishes in front of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Rosslyn — celebrates its 50th anniversary, said Alex Hetherington, director of the Marine Corps Marathon Organization. More than 36,000 slots have been claimed as of last week.” [WBJ]
Control in Richmond Up For Grabs — “Control of state government in 2026 will hinge on which political party better connects with voters’ top concerns in coming months. That’s the view of Del. Marcus Simon (D-13), speaking at a June 28 forum sponsored by NAACP’s Northern Virginia branches.” [FFXnow]
Free Fares on Night of July 4 — “Ring in the Fourth of July with Metro! Heading to a barbecue or fireworks on the National Mall? Don’t stress about holiday travel. Let Metro get you where you need to go. To mark the occasion, fares will be FREE on Metrorail, Metrobus, and MetroAccess from 5 p.m. until the system closes.” [WMATA]
Humidity Capital of the U.S. — “CONGRATULATIONS, Washington D.C.! As of this writing, you’re the MOST HUMID major city in the nation. LUCKY US! Every cubic meter of air is holding half a shot glass’ worth of water.” [Matthew Cappucci/X]
It’s July — Showers and thunderstorms are likely, with a high near 91 and southwest winds around 9 mph. Precipitation chances are 80%. For tonight, anticipate showers and thunderstorms, a low of 71, and southwest winds between 3-6 mph. Nighttime precipitation likelihood is 60%. [NWS]
Good Monday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 30, 2025.
Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, with a high near 91 and southwest winds around 9mph. Precipitation chances are 80%, with potential rainfall between a quarter and half an inch. For tonight, anticipate showers and thunderstorms until 2am, followed by a chance of showers, a low of 71, and southwest winds between 3-6mph. Precipitation likelihood is 60%, with similar rainfall amounts as earlier. See more from Weather.gov.
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
– Bob Marley
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
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