Five Del Ray businesses are shortlisted finalists for the neighborhood’s coveted Heart of Del Ray award to be given this Friday, Valentine’s Day.
The Del Ray Business Association gives the annual award. Anyone can cast a vote for their business of choice here.
A new breakfast spot in Del Ray stirred up a discussion at the Planning Commission on Tuesday about whether Alexandria has too many trailers.
The plan is to add a pair of trailers for the food truck French Toast to the lot behind 1506 Mount Vernon Avenue. It was docketed for the consent calendar, but Planning Commissioner Mindy Lyle said the trailers represent a negative trend taking place across city planning in Alexandria.
The Founding Farmers location in the new Oakville Triangle development project is scheduled to open next month.
The opening is scheduled for sometime in mid-March at 461 Swann Avenue.
Saigon Rolls, a new restaurant with pho, banh mi and more is now open at 606 King Street.
The restaurant is filling a space previously occupied by another Vietnamese restaurant, Pho Nam, which opened in 2020, and Breugger’s Bagels before that.
George Washington’s cherry-filled past will be celebrated this month with the second annual GW Cherry Challenge.
The challenge is sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and requires participating venues to create the best “cherry-oriented appetizer, entrée, beverage, or dessert,” according to organizers.
NBC4 is hosting a pep rally Friday morning for the Washington Commanders in the run-up to the NFC Championship against the Eagles in Philadelphia.
NBC4 journalist Molette Green will host the pep rally at Cooper Mill (10 Duke Street), a former Civil War mess hall that recently opened as a restaurant.
Cute kitty Tigger has found his “forever home” and has the unique distinction of being the 1,000th cat adopted via Old Town’s Mount Purrnon Cat Cafe and Wine Bar (109 S. Alfred Street), Alexandria Living Magazine reported.
The cafe posted on social media that the cat marks a milestone for the cafe that started back in 2020.
A new Vietnamese restaurant is coming to King Street in Old Town.
Sandy Truong recently applied with the city to change the name of the business and ownership of 606 King Street. The space has been home to Pho Nam since 2020.
A faulty point of sale (POS) system is the cause of the November fire that destroyed three businesses in the heart of Old Town, one of the business owner’s tells ALXnow.
No one was injured in the Nov. 17 blaze at 103. S. St. Asaph Street, but it shut down three local businesses — Friends to Lovers Bookstore, Madam Coco — Emporium and Everything Chocolate and the Little Birdies kids boutique.
The Bellies and Babies consignment shop space may not be empty for long: a nearby business owner is planning on converting it to a market and garden space.
According to a new special use permit, Del Ray Hardware store owner Jay Portlance is planning on converting the space to Del Ray Farmhouse Market & Garden.
Tops of Old Town owner Sheila Mitchell says her mom tricked her with prosperity.
Sheila is the owner of not only the only hat store in Alexandria (2400 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray), but throughout Northern Virginia. There’s a hat kiosk at the Pentagon City Mall and a Hats In The Belfry in Baltimore, but that’s it for hat stores in this area.
