Category: Restaurants
Chicken restaurant to open in Lincolnia
Love & Honey Fried Chicken is replacing another chicken restaurant at Pinecrest Plaza in Lincolnia. The space, at 6544 Little River Turnpike, is being renovated following the closure of Hot Lola’s, which opened in February 2023. The chicken at Love & Honey – wings, tenders, and drumsticks – is buttermilk-fried and lightly drizzled with honey. Sides … Continued
Dessert 39 opens in Annandale
Dessert 39, a new café in Annandale, has been busy since it had a soft opening earlier this month. Manager Sean Oh says the shop has drawn crowds of people curious to try the first Dessert 39 shop outside Korea. Dessert 39 is located at 7326A Little River Turnpike in the space formerly occupied by the … Continued
Celebrity Delly is a finalist for best sandwich spot
Celebrity Delly, a restaurant at the Graham Park Plaza shopping center on Arlington Boulevard, is up for a RAMMY Award in the category “Hottest Sandwich Spot of the Year.” It’s the only 2026 RAMMY finalist from the Annandale/Mason District area. The annual RAMMY awards, sponsored by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, honor “the exceptional ability … Continued
Underdog Coffee & Bread coming to Bailey’s Crossroads
Underdog Coffee & Bread, the café that opened on Columbia Pike in Annandale a year ago, is opening a second location on Carlin Springs Road in Bailey’s Crossroads next to REI. The new shop is expected to have the same menu – featuring specialty coffee drinks and sandwiches, as the Annandale location. It could open … Continued
Annandale restaurant rebranded as K Chicken
Restaurateur Eddie Ryu wants the public to know his restaurant has a new name, but the food has not changed. K Chicken, located at 6653-H Little River Turnpike in the Willow Run retail center in Annandale, was formerly known as Chi Mc. The restaurant still focuses on fried chicken – wings, drumsticks, and strips – … Continued
Chinese restaurant coming to Bailey’s Crossroads
Yeshi Kitfo, the Ethiopian restaurant at 3400 Washington Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads, has permanently closed. The restaurant is undergoing a complete renovation. According to a worker, a Chinese restaurant will open in that space, most likely in August. The building permit identifies the new tenant as Chili Wok, a restaurant that specializes in spicy Szechuan … Continued
Pasha Castle, a Turkish dessert shop, opens in Annandale
Pasha Castle, a Turkish/Middle Eastern dessert and coffee shop, is now open on Columbia Pike in Annandale. The shop offers booza ice cream, which is popular in the Middle East, and has a stretchy, chewy texture. When Pasha Castle has its grand opening in a couple of weeks, it will have 16 ice cream flavors, … Continued
Pizzato Pizza opens at Landmark Plaza
Pizzato Pizza, a brand-new casual eatery at Landmark Plaza, offers some innovative pizza varieties, such as butter chicken pizza, vodka crispy chicken pizza, and chicken tikka pizza. It’s located in a former Pizza Hut at 6226 Little River Turnpike, Lincolnia. In addition to pizza, the menu includes mac & cheese, several pasta dishes, salads, wings, … Continued
Incheon has closed
Incheon, the acclaimed, creative Korean restaurant in Annandale, has closed its doors permanently. The restaurant opened in 2021 at 7118 Columbia Pike next to Subway. Named for a city in Korea, the restaurant offered international, as well as Korean, dishes. Northern Virginia Magazine named Incheon one of the best restaurants in Northern Virginia in 2021, … Continued
Gom Shabu is now Dal Shabu
The former Gom Shabu hot pot restaurant at 4355 John Marr Drive in Annandale is now Dal Shabu. “Only the name has changed. Our food, quality, and service remain exactly the same,” says a note on the door. The change was made to avoid confusion with the Gom Shabu restaurant in Centreville. Dal means “moon” … Continued
Pike Kitchen opens in Annandale this week
Pike Kitchen is expected to have a soft opening this Thursday afternoon and a grand opening on Friday. The restaurant, located at 7023 Columbia Pike in the former O’My Chiq space, features Japanese and Korean food. Diners can order sushi and nigiri from the Roll Play menu or stone pot bibimbap and other items from … Continued
Smoothie cafe coming to Bailey’s Crossroads
A Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe is coming to a long-vacant building in Bailey’s Crossroads. Fairfax County issued a building permit for a commercial addition/alteration for the property at 5870 Leesburg Pike on Jan. 1, stating the tenant will be Bora Bora. The building housed Joe’s Place Pizza and Pasta from the early 1980s to 2007. … Continued
Marinated raw crab stars at new Annandale seafood restaurant
A new Korean restaurant in Annandale specializes in raw blue crab marinated in soy sauce. GJ2_4U is located at 7031 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, between Kabob Corner and Iron Age, in the space formerly occupied by Thai Food. GJ2_4U stands for ganjang gejang, which means “soy sauce marinated crab” in Korean, says manager Young … Continued
New restaurant concept to replace O’My ChiQ
O’My ChiQ & Bar, at 7023 Columbia Pike in Annandale, has a new owner and will reopen soon with a new name, Pike Kitchen, and a new concept. The new owner of the chicken restaurant also owns Pike Kitchen on Rockville Pike in Maryland, an employee confirmed. The Pike Kitchen in Rockville describes itself … Continued
Frozen yogurt shop opens in Annandale
A frozen yogurt shop called Yomo opened Nov. 15 at 7406 Little River Turnpike in Annandale in the former Casa d’Mama Pizzaria spot. In addition to self-serve frozen yogurt, Yomo offers smoothies and Nutella crepes. Additional crepe varieties will be added later. Yomo stands for “you only melt once,” says owner George Hayek, who immigrated … Continued