The work of local artists has a new home at The Crossing Clarendon.
The Arlington Artists Alliance opened a 1,000-square-foot boutique gallery this past Thursday, July 18, to showcase the work of professional artists in the area.
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A developer is seeking to build fewer parking spots at a Clarendon apartment building, despite objections from two civic associations.
A requested site plan amendment for the Joyce Motors project would remove a portion of a planned parking garage, reducing the number of residential parking spots from 155 to 119. Developer Orr Partners also seeks to build 10 fewer residential units — 231 as opposed to 241 — but increase the project’s gross floor area by 1,629 square feet.
Change appears to be coming to the Clarendon building housing music venue B Live and rooftop bar Coco B’s.
The property at 2854 Wilson Blvd, built in 1951 and formerly home to longtime local bar Whitlow’s, has been listed for sale or lease online. A brochure says the first floor and rooftop space, totalling nearly 8,000 square feet, “can be leased separately or together.”
Efforts to open the long-awaited Clarendon Wine Club are once again underway.
The planned establishment at 1114 N. Irving Street has applied for two work permits this summer, including one last week. However, the bar’s interior buildout was already completed during the pandemic, according to one of the owners.
The Paris Olympics start later this month and tomorrow (Saturday) in Arlington, a new competition will emerge: the Grabber Olympics, for Northern Virginia’s litter-picker-uppers.
The inaugural event will begin at 11 a.m. by the Clarendon Metro station for a two-hour community cleanup with volunteer nonprofit NOVA Cleanups, sister of District Cleanups. Anyone is welcome to sign up and participate.
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A new pool hall is coming to Clarendon.
Billiards, Bites and Beverages is expected to open at 3200 Wilson Blvd, the distinctive former site of the neighborhood’s Silver Diner location, according to permits.
At long last, Wagamama is opening its doors.
The long-awaited restaurant, located at 2950 Clarendon Blvd, will start serving the general public on Friday, Aug. 2, a PR rep said. A private, ticketed grand opening event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Aug. 1.
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Bobalicious Cafe, an eatery and bubble tea shop, opened for business at 3000 Washington Blvd in Clarendon last week.
The new cafe serves a variety of milk teas, fruit teas, smoothies, coffee and other chilled drinks. “Favorites” on the menu include milk tea, brown sugar milk tea, taro slush, cappuccino smoothie, Thai tea, sea salt coffee, passion fruit green tea, lychee green tea, peach black tea, and mango slush.
Five juvenile suspects were detained by police Wednesday evening, potentially in connection to the series of thefts from the Clarendon Lululemon store.
It started with officers observing a group of teens outside of the activewear store at 2847 Clarendon Blvd, which since mid-June has seen at least four thefts involving groups of young suspects grabbing armfuls of merchandise and fleeing.
Eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker is slated to fill a vacancy at The Crossing Clarendon that was once an Ann Taylor.
The shop is likely to open in November, a Warby Parker representative tells ARLnow. The storefront at 2800 Clarendon Blvd, located near Barnes & Noble and Sephora, is currently undergoing construction.
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An eight-story apartment building could be replacing an aging Clarendon office building, where a new restaurant just opened.
A development application for 3033 Wilson Blvd, filed last week by Carr Properties, calls for 312 units of housing ranging from studios to two-bedroom apartments. The building across from the Clarendon Metro station would have a parking garage with 344 spaces, plus almost 7,000 square feet of retail space.
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After missing its goal of a June opening, returning Clarendon mainstay Mister Days still expects to open this summer.
August is the new target for the watering hole’s grand opening at 1101 N. Highland Street, in the former Clarendon Grill and Pinemoor space.