The popular D.C.-area restaurant Founding Farmers is preparing to bring an on-site distillery to its Alexandria location.
The Founding Farmers Alexandria location at 461 Swann Avenue plans to operate a distillery, according to a license application filed with Virginia ABC. The farmer-owned restaurant group is pursuing similar plans at its Tysons and Reston locations.
“Our plans are still taking shape, and it is exciting to explore opportunities with our farmer-owned distillery,” a Founding Farmers spokesperson told ALXnow. “We love having our Founding Farmers locations in the various communities throughout Virginia, so finding ways to enhance our offerings is a high priority for us.”
The location already serves a variety of drinks from spirits produced at Founding Farmers & Distillers, the company’s D.C. location on Massachusetts Avenue in Chinatown. The D.C. distillery, called Founding Spirits, touts its use of “age-old techniques mixed with modern-day expertise” for production of vodka, dry gin, bourbon, rye, rum and whiskey.
Founded in 2008, Founding Farmers operates eight locations in D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Its Alexandria location in the Oakville development, the third in Virginia, opened in March 2025.
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