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Specialty Grocery Store and Beloved NYC Bakery Filling Open Retail Space in Crystal City

Published December 3, 2020 at 3:45PM

An unnamed specialty grocery store and Mah-Ze-Dahr, a bakery said to have some of New York City’s best doughnuts, are two of the businesses coming to Crystal City as part of a major redevelopment.

JBG Smith is giving a block of Crystal Drive between 15th and 18th streets — also known as “Crystal Square” — a facelift and a new name: Central District Retail. The redevelopment, approved by the County Board in 2018, will blend retail, public spaces and transit services, according to the developer’s website.

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French Pastry Shop Now Open in Rosslyn

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Published September 15, 2020 at 11:45AM

Eclairons in Rosslyn on Sept. 4, 2020 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Eclairons, a new French pastry shop, opened in the former Bean Good space in Rosslyn earlier this month.

The restaurant, at 1737 Wilson Blvd in the Colonial Village Shopping Center, serves coffee and baked goods. Signs posted earlier this year, near the start of the pandemic, said it would also serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Cinthia’s Bakery II Closes on Columbia Pike

By Sydney Hawkins

Published September 10, 2020 at 1:30PM

Cinthia's Bakery II in Columbia Pike Plaza has closed for good (Staff Photo by Jay Westcott)

Cinthia’s Bakery II has closed shop in Arlington amid road construction and the pandemic, but will continue to serve local customers at its original Bailey’s Crossroads location.

The restaurant announced the closure of its second location (5037 Columbia Pike) on its Facebook page this week. A sign in the window says it closed on Aug. 31.

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Bayou Bakery Reopens After COVID-Conscious Remodel

By Joseph Ramos

Published August 26, 2020 at 3:30PM

Bayou Bakery in Courthouse (photo courtesy Bayou Bakery)

Courthouse’s Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar and Eatery has reopened after its storefront was remodeled with COVID-19 precautions in mind.

During the restaurant’s nearly five month closure, its kitchen was remodeled to allow for physical distancing between employees and to minimize the amount of germs in the air. With the changes in place, Bayou opened its doors on Monday for takeout and patio dining.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published June 1, 2020 at 6:00AM

Dorsey on Death of George Floyd — Arlington County Board member Christian Dorsey posted the following on Facebook Sunday afternoon: “Why is it when we are bird watching, retrieving mail, swimming in a pool, walking down the street, or living in our own homes that you view us as a threat? Why do these routine activities see us being reported to police and losing our lives? It is a question my daughters ask, as do the children of every black person in America. Yet that question needs to be seriously be pondered non-Blacks. We then need you to transform episodic outrage into all-the-time anti-racism.” [Facebook, Blue Virginia]

Apple Store Boarded Up in Clarendon — Workers placed plywood over the entrance to the Apple Store in Clarendon Sunday, as a precaution, after the weekend’s clashes in D.C. [Twitter]

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Hard Work and Tight Knit Community Keeps Bakeshop in Clarendon Thriving 10 Years On

By Vernon Miles

Published January 23, 2020 at 2:30PM

Bakeshop in Clarendon is celebrating its 10 year anniversary (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

In some ways, Justin Stegall has a hard time recognizing his bakery — Bakeshop at 1025 N. Fillmore Street in Clarendon — today, given how it started.

When the shop opened, in 2010 during the middle of the Snowpocalypse, it was just him in the kitchen and a guy working in the front. Over the next ten years, that staff grew and each of them left their mark on the bakery. A tableau of printed pictures on wall is a silent testament to the years of memories.

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Acme Pie Company Taking Over Former Twisted Vines Space on Columbia Pike

By Alex Koma

Published March 8, 2019 at 1:30PM

Sol Schott, owner of Acme Pie Co.

For the last few years, pie chef Sol Schott has relied on the kitchen space at Columbia Pike’s Twisted Vines Bar and Bottleshop to whip up his wares — now, his Acme Pie Company is taking over the storefront.

Schott told ARLnow that he signed a five-year lease this week for the space at 2803 Columbia Pike. It’ll be the first brick-and-mortar location for his baking business, after he spent years selling his pies wholesale and offering them up at local farmers markets.

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New ‘Sidekick Bakery’ Looks Bound for Ted’s Bulletin Location at Ballston Quarter

By Alex Koma

Published March 6, 2019 at 1:30PM

The new Ted’s Bulletin restaurant that will soon open up shop in the Ballston Quarter development also looks to be getting an attached bakery.

Signs posted at the storefront, located at 4238 Wilson Blvd, advertise a new “Sidekick Bakery” bound for the space next to the Ted’s location.

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Bread & Water Opens In Pentagon Row

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published February 27, 2018 at 10:45AM | Updated February 27, 2018 at 12:01PM

The new location of Bread & Water had a “soft opening” the past weekend on Pentagon Row (1201 S. Joyce Street).

The eatery, the original location of which is in the Belle View section of Fairfax County, sells pastries like fruit bars, danish, muffins, key lime pie, plus sandwiches, salads, and more.

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Bread & Water Coming to Pentagon Row

By ARLnow.com

Published January 22, 2018 at 9:55AM

Artisan bakery Bread & Water appears to be coming to Pentagon Row.

According to a sign, the bakery and cafe is opening in one of the glass-and-steel kiosk building of Pentagon Row’s central plaza, which was formerly occupied by Capital Teas and sunglasses store Specs.

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Clarendon Bakery LeoNora Closes Ahead of Move to Falls Church

By Chris Teale

Published January 5, 2018 at 11:30AM

A Clarendon bakery closed at the beginning of this year ahead of its move into local stalwart Northside Social’s new Falls Church location.

A sign posted on the door of LeoNora (1108 N. Irving Street) said it closed as it prepares to open a new bakery at the forthcoming Northside Social in Falls Church (205 Park Avenue).

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New Cafe May Replace Mother’s Macaroons

By Tim Regan

Published January 25, 2017 at 4:55PM | Updated January 26, 2017 at 3:13PM

The business, described only as a “coffee bakery,” is coming together in the former Mother’s Macaroons Bakery space at 2442 N. Harrison Street, according to building permits issued last month.

There has been recent construction activity in the space, a tipster told ARLnow.