A new spot for sushi, ramen and poke is open for business in Crystal City.
Okinami opened recently on the ground floor of The Grace and Reva apartments, primarily operating as a takeout restaurant near other establishments such as Flight Wine Bar, Bar Chinois and Toastique.
The McCormick & Schmick’s location in Crystal City has shut its doors for good.
The seafood restaurant and steakhouse closed on Sunday after more than two decades at 2010 Crystal Drive. As of today (Wednesday), crews had already stripped the storefront of all signage and were repainting parts of the exterior.
After 14 years in business, the Crystal City Wine Shop is closing down at the end of the month.
A sign in a storefront window indicates that Saturday, Oct. 31, will be the last day of operation for the business that has offered gourmet wine and beer, with a special emphasis on Virginia wines, since 2012.
Fights broke out as police and mall security cleared a large group of teens out of Ballston Quarter on Friday night.
Officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of Wilson Blvd shortly after 9 p.m. Friday (Oct. 9) to help security get the group off the property, according to preliminary incident summaries the Arlington County Police Department provided to ARLnow.
Los Tios Grill has closed its doors for good on Crystal City’s Restaurant Row, ending a seven-year run.
The spot for Tex-Mex and Salvadoran dishes opened at 515 23rd Street S. in early 2019, serving up bites like fajitas and quesadillas, plus drinks such as margaritas, sangria and draft beer.
A man is facing felony charges after an Arlington County police officer allegedly came upon him choking a robbery victim in Courthouse early yesterday morning (Monday).
The attack happened at 15th Street N. at N. Courthouse Road, a block from Arlington County police headquarters.
A vehicle caught fire after a crash in a Crystal City apartment parking garage last night, leading to DUI charges against the driver.
It happened shortly before 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at a parking garage on the 2200 block of S. Clark Street.
A new sushi restaurant has opened in Crystal City, offering a wide menu of sushi rolls and other Japanese dishes.
Seki Sushi serves nigiri, sashimi and sushi rolls such as The Pentagon Roll, with snow crab, avocado, cucumber, scallops, jalapenos and a poke sauce. It opened at 480 11th Street S. in late June and offers a dinner experience where patrons can sit at the bar and watch sushi chefs at work.
An Arlington woman is alleging that a Tesla dealership’s negligence was responsible for her crashing into a Crystal City storefront in September 2024.
Alemzewd Lawgalet, 59, filed a federal lawsuit last month over the crash, in which a Tesla Y slammed into a salon on the ground floor of the Lenox Club apartment building at 401 12th Street S., catching fire and prompting an evacuation.
Two men smashed the windows of four vehicles inside a Crystal City parking garage and made off with a gun, credit cards and a cellphone.
That’s according to the latest Arlington County Police Department crime report.
The latest location of a growing Uyghur restaurant chain has opened in Crystal City.
Dolan Uyghur soft opened at 320 23rd Street S. about two weeks ago, marking the business’s fifth location — including another spot in Falls Church that opened in 2024.
A pop-up book sale with live music and deals at local businesses is happening in Crystal City this week.
Stalls selling over 5,000 donated books, DVDs, CDs and vinyl records, all for under $8, will be set up in the courtyard between the Grace and Reva buildings at 19th Court S. from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday.
