The Subway restaurant at 3829 Mount Vernon Avenue closed on Nov. 19.
The business has been in the Del Ray North shopping center for decades. The owner of the Arlandria franchise said that paying rent was becoming increasingly difficult and that he was forced to shut down.
The holidays officially brightened up in Alexandria with the annual lighting of the city’s Christmas tree on Saturday night.
Mayor Justin Wilson joked with Santa Claus onstage in front of City Hall (301 King Street) before the official countdown to spark the 40,000 lights on the 40-foot-tall plastic tree.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a sunny day with a high near 59 degrees and calm winds shifting south at 6 mph in the afternoon. The night will bring a 50% chance of showers after 1am, mostly cloudy skies, and a low around 48 degrees with south winds at 3 to 7 mph.
The biggest story this week was the fire at 103 S. Saint Asaph Street.
The fire destroyed three businesses including Friends to Lovers Bookstore, a highly anticipated bookstore that had opened just four days earlier.
A new roundabout in Alexandria’s Warwick Village neighborhood has resulted in a surge of near-miss complaints.
The Alexandria chapter of NoVA Families for Safe Streets saw a surge of reports in its crowd-sourced Near Miss and Dangerous Locations Reporting and Dashboard. The dashboard is intended to identify roadways with high risks for pedestrians.
A crash at the intersection of Potomac Avenue and Richmond Highway had knocked over a traffic signal and reduced traffic on the street to one lane in each direction.
The driver of a white truck struck the pole around 1 p.m.
The King Street Pedestrian Zone’s expansion to the 200 block opened today in Old Town.
The expansion is currently in a pilot stage. The first phase started today (Nov. 22) and will run through Jan. 6.
If you haven’t looked outside: it’s snowing in Alexandria.
A light dusting of snow is coming down outside, the first for this season.
Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
🌨️ Today’s weather: Expect snow showers before 10am, transitioning to rain and snow between 10am and noon, and mainly rain after noon. Clouds will increase, with temperatures near 44°F and winds from the west at 10-15 mph, gusting up to 24 mph. Precipitation chance is 70%, but little to no snow accumulation anticipated. For Friday night, scattered showers are expected before 10pm, followed by gradual clearing and lows around 38°F. West winds will remain at 11-14 mph, gusting up to 24 mph, and precipitation chances are at 40%.
Bark Social, a small chain of dog-friendly bars that bought Barkhaus (529 E. Howell Avenue) last year, has suddenly closed.
Bark Social announced late yesterday that the end of business on Thursday, Nov. 21, would be the chain’s last day.
There’s a lot that people want to see out of the renovations to City Hall and the adjacent Market Square. Fundamentally, though, most respondents to the city’s survey want Market Square to continue operating as a real market.
Market Square regularly hosts activities on the plaza, including the ever popular Old Town Farmers’ Market — the oldest farmers’ market in the country continuously held at the same site.
