After heaping praise on Ethiopian spot Feru Bar and Restaurant (512 S. Van Dorn Street) in a review earlier this year, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema listed the restaurant as one of the Top 40 Restaurants In and Around D.C.
The review praised the atmosphere of the Van Dorn Shopping Center restaurant, the awaze tibs (a meat stew dish), and the hart work of owner Firehiwot Bireka.
After 10 years in Del Ray, the Bellies & Babies consignment boutique could soon close for good. That is unless owner Lee Raynes can find a buyer in the next two months.
Raynes didn’t renew the lease for the shop at 1913 Mount Vernon Avenue, and said that a potential buyer recently backed out after a six-month negotiation. The move means that unless Raynes can find someone to buy her brand and take all of the store merchandise off her hands, the store’s last day is Dec. 15.
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, two Alexandria businesses just made Washingtonian’s list for making the best desserts in the D.C. area.
The Washingtonian food editors chose the olive-oil cake at Thompson Italian (1024 King Street) and “the big apple” at Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats (200 Commerce Street) as their go-to last course.
After a month-long renovation, The Westin Alexandria Old Town has reopened its Trademark Restaurant.
The renovations at 2080 Jamieson Avenue include a standout central bar, a new café space, a semi-private dining room and a dog-friendly street-side patio. There’s also a new menu featuring American and French fare.
Eries Interiors, a new shop focusing on interior design and home decor, is opening today in Old Town.
The new shop is at 101 S. St Asaph Street just south of King Street, between Bluemercury and Madame Coco. The store is named after the Erie Canal near where co-founders Jessica Moak and Elena Rall grew up.
A new head spa just opened on King Street in Old Town.
Meraki Head Spa soft launched last week at 320 King Street. Owner Kathleen Le has held onto the space since moving her beauty parlor Salon Meraki to 1101 Queen Street in 2021, and started renovating the 900 square-foot space in August. She added eight beds, seven staffers, ambient music and turned off the lights.
Alexandria is considering making trailers permanent structures.
The city’s special use permit process currently allows commercial businesses and schools to use temporary trailers for two years, followed by an option to extend the use for an additional period.
Three years after purchasing the building, Mudhouse Coffee Roasters could finally be moving into 1119 King Street.
The owner filed a new special use permit this week to renovate the existing retail/mercantile space into use as a coffee shop. The shop will have 20-25 maximum patrons, according to the permit.
Hispanic Heritage Month just returned to Alexandria, and here’s how to celebrate.
Live music, author discussions and book readings are just a few of the offerings for the annual month-long recognition that officially kicked off this past Sunday (Sept. 15) in Del Ray.
The goal of ALX Live Studios (no relation to ALXnow) is making high-quality live streams and podcasts more accessible and affordable to produce.
Ricardo Alfaro, co-chair of Agenda Alexandria and co-founder of one of Puerto Rico’s first podcasts, has launched a Kickstarter for a new production studio for podcasting, livestreaming and content creation.
Old Town Books Junior recently opened at 130 S. Royal Street, and its owner says that last week’s first story time under the new indoor reading tree was packed.
“It looked like a nightclub for toddlers in here,” store owner Ally Kirkpatrick told us. “We soft-launched last week and had more than 40 families come out for story time.”
