It appears a new grocer has its eyes set on the vacant Giant at the Lyon Village Shopping Center.
A commercial addition permit application filed Monday on behalf of Sprouts Farmers Market calls for “tenant improvement of an existing grocery store into a new grocery store” at 3115 Langston Blvd.
It’s the end of an era for the McDonald’s at 4834 Langston Blvd.
The fast food chain’s aging Langston Blvd location just closed and is now blocked off with fencing, ahead of its scheduled demolition to make way for a long-planned, modernized building.
A new Thai restaurant hopes fill the shoes of a longtime Chinese eatery that closed on Langston Blvd in November.
Thai O-Cha Express signed a lease at 4775 Langston Blvd in January and hopes to open there by early April, owner Chugiat Udommana told ARLnow. The space was previously home to Hunan Village for nearly 40 years.
A new Iranian restaurant hopes to open this spring on Langston Blvd, where plans to open a fast food restaurant and hookah lounge never materialized.
The eatery, Alvand, is expected to open as soon as April at 5009 Langston Blvd, owner Mohammad Esfahani told ARLnow. Esfahani had originally hoped to open an All About Burger at the location but faced years-long delays related to construction and the building’s electrical system.
A family-owned Arlington institution for pastries, cakes and other sweet treats turns 50 years old tomorrow (Tuesday).
In celebration of its anniversary, Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe will offer special miniature donuts tomorrow, blueberry muffins on Wednesday and free cupcakes from 9 a.m.-noon this Saturday, Feb. 15. There, Arlington County Board Chair Takis Karantontis will present the owners with a key to the county.
A number of Arlington and Falls Church restaurants were honored this week as some of “The 100 Very Best Restaurants” in the D.C. area.
Taking into account both food and atmosphere, Washingtonian’s annual rankings recognized 20 Northern Virginia restaurants as the best of the best. Three Arlington spots and a half dozen Falls Church spots are repeat winners — but the list includes a couple of newcomers.
A shuttered auto repair shop on Langston Blvd is being replaced with… an auto repair shop.
Signs for Metro Motor — a D.C.-area chain — now adorn the building at 5618 Langston Blvd, four months after the closure of Westover Service Center in the same space.
A longtime family-owned Thai restaurant on Langston Blvd has taken on a new name and look, along with some new menu items.
Thai Thai rebranded to Thai Leaf this fall under the ownership of Pichamon Dobson, a family friend of the previous owner. While Dobson spent months renovating the restaurant at 5123 Langston Blvd, much of Thai Thai’s cuisine lives on under the same chef.
A new halal Indian restaurant opened recently on Langston Blvd, adding some South Asian flavors to the corridor’s diverse lineup of local restaurants.
At 5645 Langston Blvd, Curry & Clay Oven offers mainstays like biryani, palak paneer and curry, as well as fusion dishes such as paneer cheesesteaks, butter chicken pizzas and masala fries, manager Khalid Oylid told ARLnow.
A Chinese restaurant that spent 39 years on Langston Blvd has closed following the owner’s involvement in a car crash.
Hunan Village shuttered this past month at 4775 Langston Blvd, property manager Robert Gamzeh confirmed with ARLnow. For privacy reasons, he did not disclose the owner’s identity.
A Walgreens near Lyon Village is closing today (Wednesday) to make way for redevelopment plans.
The convenience store at 3130 Langston Blvd is on track to be replaced with a 12-story tower with retail on the ground floor and apartments above.
Langston Blvd is partially blocked due to a two-vehicle crash that left one car overturned on its roof.
The crash happened shortly after 2:15 p.m. at the intersection with the Spout Run Parkway and N. Kirkwood Road.
