A New York-style diner in Clarendon looks to have closed after two years in business.
Signage on the door of UnCommon Luncheonette at 1028 N. Garfield Street states the restaurant is “closed today,” but the sign has been in place for multiple days. Phone calls to the restaurant, which normally opens daily at 7 a.m., also went unanswered.
Ruffino’s Spaghetti House is under new ownership, with plans to spruce up the menu and decor while still serving up customer favorites, management said.
New owner Henry Saavedra is reviewing the menu of Italian cuisine and plans to cut some items and add a few new ones — but regulars shouldn’t fret, he told ARLnow.
The Liberty Tavern is closed as it undergoes maintenance on the floors and ceilings, among other repairs.
The Clarendon mainstay, open for 17 years, will reopen in about two weeks — around mid-September — after floors, ceiling tiles and bathroom surfaces are updated, co-owner Stephen Fedorchak told ARLnow.
Arlington merchants generated over $50 million in DoorDash sales in 2023 as local businesses continue to adapt to changing consumer expectations.
Hundreds of restaurants in Arlington currently turn to the third-party service to deliver food to customers’ homes, a spokesperson told ARLnow. In a marketplace that increasingly privileges convenience, DoorDash and other third-party apps have helped Arlington restaurants diversity their revenue and combat mounting costs, said Erinn Tucker-Oluwole, co-founder of DMV Black Restaurant Week.
A fire in a small strip mall has blocked Glebe Road during the morning rush hour.
Firefighters were dispatched to a restaurant at 71 N. Glebe Road around 6:30 a.m. for a report of a business on fire. They found smoke coming from below the roof, fire in the basement and a hole in the floor, according to scanner traffic.
Though Summer Restaurant Week has now come to a close, some restaurants in Arlington and Falls Church are continuing the deals for a little longer.
Sabores Tapas on Columbia Pike, SER in Ballston and The Falls in Falls Church are among several businesses in the area to extend discounts on multi-course brunch, lunch and dinner menus past the official end of Restaurant Week last weekend.
Green Pig Bistro is relocating from its home of more than 12 years, but might not be going far.
The restaurant’s last day at 1025 N. Fillmore Street is scheduled for late September, an employee told ARLnow. Green Pig may then move down the road to 2900 Wilson Blvd, where it will share a building with Buena Vida Gastrolounge, we’re told. But the deal is not final and at least one other location is being considered, the restaurant’s ownership says.
Fire Works Pizza in Courthouse is partnering with a D.C. area blood donor service to host a blood drive next week.
People who donate blood to Inova Blood Donor Services from 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, will receive $5 off any menu item at the pizzeria. Appointments will take place in Inova’s Bloodmobile, which will be parked outside the restaurant at 2350 Clarendon Blvd.
Tivoli Gourmet & Pastry in Ballston has reopened after about two months of renovations.
The bakery above the Ballston Metro station at 901 N. Stuart Street returns with a simple, revamped interior design and new menu items alongside its usual breakfast offerings, assorted pastries and decorated cakes.
Forty years since its founding, the Eden Center remains a community pillar of Falls Church and thriving destination for visitors from throughout the D.C. area and beyond.
Known for its immigrant-run restaurants and grocery stores, the expansive commercial center — situated just over the Arlington border on the 6700 block of Wilson Blvd — is a landmark of Northern Virginia’s Vietnamese community.
An Arlington-based pizza chain, now under a new CEO, has set its sights on further expansion in the D.C. area and beyond.
Jim Biafore, who became CEO of Pupatella last month, told ARLnow that the chain — which already operates 10 restaurants in D.C. and Virginia — is in “growth mode.”
Steps above the Rosslyn Metro station is a new food hall with hopes of becoming Arlington’s favorite destination for food, drinks and fun.
Upside on Moore debuted in late March, transforming the nearly 30,000-square-foot space of former Assembly food hall with a new slew of D.C.-area based vendors including Ghostburger, Lucky Dangr and La Michoacana.
