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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.


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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.


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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.


Events

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.


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Crystal City residents will have to wait a little longer for the neighborhood’s latest Thai restaurant.

Tiki Thai was originally expected to open sometime this summer or fall at 244 19th Court S., on the ground floor of the Reva apartment building. The owner now says that timeline has been pushed back to summer 2027.


News

With a promised community library for Crystal City on the sidelines for now, one library advocate has floated an alternate proposal.

Speaking at the July 7 public hearing on the county’s new 10-year, $4.3 billion capital improvement plan, Crystal City resident Michael Skros urged county leaders to focus instead on upgrading the nearby Aurora Hills branch library.


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The award-winning burgers from D.C. gastropub Duke’s Grocery are coming to Arlington this week.

Duke’s Burgers, a fast-casual spinoff of the East London-inspired restaurant, opens this Wednesday (July 1) at Water Park, the outdoor venue in Crystal City, at 1621 Crystal Drive. It will be the brand’s first Virginia location.


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Arlington County is seeking feedback on plans for a new park near the forthcoming east entrance to the Crystal City Metro station.

Design concepts for Metro Market Square focus mostly on pedestrians, envisioning a “promenade” with lots of plantings, seating and “entrance zones” on either end of the narrow recreation area along 18th Street S., which will contain an exterior elevator to the Metro stop.


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A new wine bar with a menu inspired by Northern Italy and decor hearkening back to the golden age of air travel has opened in Crystal City.

With an on-site sommelier offering suggestions on wines from around the world, a bar modeled after a cross-section of an airplane wing and a listening room with a wide library of vinyl records, Altitude has opened its doors at 2011 Crystal Drive.


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A new restaurant promising “elevated American coastal cuisine” opens next week at the Westin hotel in Crystal City.

Stillwater & Stone, a new “land and sea”-inspired restaurant and bar, will hold its soft opening starting Tuesday, June 16, on the ground floor of the recently renovated Westin hotel at 1800 Richmond Highway. It’ll be open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails, offering a variety of meat and seafood entrees.


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County Board members are approaching a vote on whether to provide a historic designation at the Melwood property, where they previously approved an affordable housing project.

A final vote on the property at 750 23rd Street S., in Aurora Highlands, is likely to come at the Board’s June 17 meeting, following a required public hearing.


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