Falls Church Restaurant Week is back beginning next week, with the largest-ever number of establishments participating.
A record 66 restaurants will participate in the event Friday, Jan. 23 to Sunday, Feb. 1, offering restaurant week menus, special items and other exclusive offers. This is in addition to those participating in Metropolitan Washington Winter Restaurant Week, which returns on Monday.
A cafe and flower shop in Ballston is shuttering after four years, in the latest closure for the neighborhood.
Poppyseed Rye, which sold bouquets and hosted flower arrangement workshops in addition to serving up soups, sandwiches, salads and coffee, is closing its doors for good on Sunday at 818 N. Quincy Street. Founder Scott Parker told ARLnow that business had been down for about five or six months, despite loyal customers in the neighborhood.
More than 20 restaurants in Arlington are slated to participate in Metropolitan Washington Winter Restaurant Week when it returns next Monday.
Hosted biannually in the winter and summer by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, the week features multi-course, prix-fixe menus at participating D.C. area restaurants. This season, it takes place from Monday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 25.
A Fairlington-area bakery’s sign advertising a conservative political club has left a bad taste for some local residents.
The sign posted in the window of Great Harvest Bread Company at 1711 Centre Plaza has attracted hundreds of comments on the Reddit page for Northern Virginia and the private Fairlington Appreciation Society Facebook group this week.
An institution in the D.C. area adult entertainment scene is changing hands to a regional chain.
Crystal City Restaurant and Gentlemen’s Club (422 23rd Street S.) has been sold to Paper Moon, which operates other gentlemen’s clubs in Richmond, Northern Virginia and D.C. It’s only the second time the family-owned business has transferred ownership in its 62-year history.
A Ballston lunch spot and corner store has shuttered after five years.
D.C.-based Union Kitchen closed its lone Arlington location at 4104 Wilson Blvd last week. The business opened at 4104 Wilson Blvd, between Punch Bowl Social and Compass Coffee, in summer 2020.
A seafood restaurant in Clarendon has had its locks changed and the landlord has retaken possession of the property.
A note posted on the door of Seamore’s yesterday (Monday) informed the tenant that Regency Centers has initiated a “self-help eviction” at 2815 Clarendon Blvd, in The Crossing Clarendon shopping center.
An Afghan restaurant across the street from Ballston Quarter has closed after a little less than three years in business.
Grill Kabob, which opened in early 2023 and was one of 14 D.C.-area locations for the family-owned chain, is now listed as “permanently closed” on Google. It provided the following storefront message.
The Little City has big flavors, and so does Arlington, according to one recent list of Northern Virginia’s best restaurants.
Twelve restaurants in Falls Church and Arlington made Northern Virginia Magazine’s list of The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia for 2025 — including three establishments in the top 10.
Only a few days remain for wine lovers to patronize a longtime Ballston bistro.
Grand Cru Wine Bar and Bistro, located on the first floor of 4301 Wilson Blvd, will shutter this weekend to make way for a new tenant after nearly two decades in business.
Former President Joe Biden had dinner Sunday night at Carbonara in Virginia Square, according to the restaurant’s Instagram account.
Stories posted by Carbonara (3865 Wilson Blvd) show Biden dining with a man who appears to be former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, though the dining companion is not identified by name in the videos.
An entrepreneur behind some big names in D.C.’s nightlife scene has turned his attention to Arlington, taking the reins of a Clarendon restaurant.
Antonis Karagounis became the new owner of Wilson Hardware earlier this month at 2915 Wilson Blvd, where he intends to introduce a different, as-yet-unnamed restaurant concept in the new year.
