The applicant has won approval from the City of Alexandria to take over the old Brueggers Bagels space in the Carlyle Square Condos complex located at 500 John Carlyle Street in our neighborhood. The SUP (SUP#2010-0027) was given approval by the City’s planning department. The hours for the Italian Gourmet Market & Deli will be 7:00 [...]
In case you go to downtown Washington D.C. with hopes of hanging out at the ESPN Zone, you may want to change your plans. ABC7 News reports: The ESPN Zone restaurant is closing five of its seven restaurants, including its D.C. location, next week. A corporate spokesperson confirmed that the Baltimore, Chicago, New York, Las [...]
If you have NEVER been to the Grape + Bean at 118 South Royal Street in Old Town Alexandria, shame on you. Grape + Bean is by far one of Old Town Alexandria’s undiscovered treasures. Grape + Bean is a retail Wine Shop (a tremendous wine selection), a Coffee beanery, and a Wine + Tasting [...]
And…, you’re invited to the birthday party! Hooray for Books!, Alexandria’s independent children’s bookstore, will be two years old this month! The party is Saturday, June 19 from 10AM – 2PM. There will be balloons, face painting, and a special storytime visit from picture book favorite Ladybug Girl, on her way to the beach. Join Hooray [...]
The long awaited Hallmark/USPS store is now open on Emerson Ave just around the corner from the Zikrayet Restaurant in Carlyle. Are you tired of having to go over to the Wythe Street Post Office location and waiting in line to mail a package or letter? This new store offers all things the regular USPS [...]
We have heard from various sources that the projected opening date for the new 7-Eleven in Carlyle at John Carlyle Street and Ballenger Ave is April 25. One of the major hold ups is receiving their food service certificate. I poked my head inside the door this past Saturday while several crews were in there putting [...]
Like our previous post on the new AAA retail store just outside of our neighborhood, this post has taken me a little while to get to. With tax season upon us, I am just getting to it. If you’d like to volunteer by helping make some of these posts, shoot us an e-mail. I could [...]
One of our faithful readers JD pointed this out a little while ago but, with tax season upon us, I just couldn’t get to the post until today. AAA Mid-Atlantic recently opened a retail store on the corner of Mill Road & Eisenhower Ave just outside of our neighborhood. At this store, you can book [...]
I went by the new Frizzles Hair Salon and Spa over on John Carlyle Street, which has been under construction, and it looks very close to be ready to open. The chairs are out, mirrors are in, awning is up, front desk is in, and it looked like they were stocking the stations. There is [...]
The Butchers Block, from Robert Weidmaier, has recently opened up next door to the Brabo Tasting Room and the fancy Brabo by Robert Weidmaier. All of them are located at the brand new Lorien Hotel & Spa in the 1600 block of King Street of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. For more about this development, see [...]
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