Craft brewery opens in Mosaic
Caboose Commons, a three-story craft brewery in the Mosaic District, celebrated its grand opening Sept. 29.
Caboose Commons, housed in a former warehouse at 2918 Eskridge Road, Fairfax, is an outgrowth of Caboose Brewing Company in Vienna.
It serves as a coffeehouse, as well as a taproom, and serves breakfast every day, small pates, a few lunch and dinner entrees, late-night snacks, cocktails, and wine.
Caboose Commons is community minded and dog friendly (at least in the outdoor seating area), says manager Andrew Young.
All the good stuff is happening in Mosaic. And what do we have in Baileys….zero! Is it possible to get the Providence District supervisor to take over Mason to trigger some commercial activity and clean the place up?
just stop
Mosaic exists because it was built on a large relatively undeveloped stretch of land. Mason doesn't have anything comparable. Development in Mason is more difficult because it is limited to infill. – Sparky
Dont fool yourself, Its limited because of homeless men wandering around and crime being created as a result of that Culmore ghetto.
Baileys and Severn corners are already thriving commercial areas. It's like you want the county to build new things just for your tastes.
That is dumbest comment I have seen w regards to redevelopment. There is a comprehensive plan for these areas. I suggest you look at that before commenting. And by the way it does not include vacant occupancies and lots.
Sounds like you need to calm down and have a beer, I know just the place!
This place is awesome, I’ve been twice in 24 hrs. So nice to have an outdoor brewery local and not have to drive a billion miles. I hope their business does well, I’m a fan!
WOW – first time Adam that you and I have ever agreed on anything here. This place does rock tho
WOW
Fantastic addition to the area! It's also worth asking if such development will come to Annandale and Mason District writ large. What needs to change if the answer is no. When I drive through "downtown" Annandale, I see numerous empty sites that might support a brewery or other destination of interest to a wide-swath of the community. I also think the industrial area behind Ravensworth Shopping Center is a good spot for a brewery or distillery – Port City Brewery is thriving in Alexandria with a similar profile. Anyone know a brewer and/or entrepreneur with some vision?
It took years to get Glory Days to locate at Barcroft Plaza. We had to fight the awful plan of moving the DMV there and destroying the retail sector of that shopping center. Our supervisor was no help, she didnt even come to community meeting to support her constituents and protest that DMV location. Thanks to Harris Teeter and the community we won out and now have a local watering hole to drown our sorries about the unfortunate fate of Mason District under the autocratic rule of our current supervisor.
There are structural problems redeveloping Mason like having many individual owners for each parcel of land and business owners who don't want it because they don't want to pay more for commercial space which would inevitably come with redevelopment. Not to mention transit issues. Until stakeholders can be convinced Mason will not be able to redevelop. So while residents all want change the businesses want status quo. The plan needs to be comprehensive and the stakeholders need to be on the same page. It isn't all Penny Gross' fault as is so often mentioned here.
THANK YOU. That is one of the most reasoned, fact-based posts on this topic that this blog has seen in a long time.
Of course, the whiners, like cockroaches, will come skittering back as soon as the light you've shed on the issue has faded.
I would appreciate more of your participation on this site in the future, if you are moved to join in again.
–KDA
I would agree that Mason is more challenged with regards to lot ownership. However, so is Arlington and the City of Alexandria, and new development is springing all over those two localities likes tulips in April!
I would like to see a task force that does community surveys and actively seeks input from businesses & individuals alike to come up with a vision and bring these stakeholder's together. I believe we can keep the small town feel of Annandale but improving it to make it be the vibrant locale we all hope for. But it's alot of work to bring about the changes we all want to see our community reach its potential. Having a village centre would allow businesses to begin to see the vision and see that potential. If you started with three designs and allowed input and voting by everyone, it might be a place to begin so that everyone is included and working towards the same goal.
That is how the comprehensive plans were done for 7 Corners and Baileys, and yet we have nothing a put a Penny Park. All the potential developers keep bailing and head for DC, Arlington and Alexandria.
Can we get back to talking about the brewery? Went again today, I really like the QR ordering process, it's really pretty neat. I wonder how it will hold up when they're slammed. I guess they were pretty busy when I was there over the weekend and I felt like I barely had to wait more than 3 minutes for my order to arrive. Neat concept.
Love that our area is close enough to get to this brewery, looks awesome. Would absolutely love to walk to something like this off of Columbia Pike without fear for my life. The old antique store would be perfect. Can't b/c the sidewalks are deathtraps and something like this in our area– with outdoor seating– would greatly complement Silverado and the Block. Doesn't sound too difficult. Come on Wegmans, make it happen!
If Penny Gross would get off her kick for a Social Services Emporium, Penny Park and a deluxe homeless shelter; and incentivise commercial developers through tax credits we could actually get one in the DUMP. We could even call it the DUMP. But until leadership gets out of the business of being a landlord and in the business for stimulating local commecial activity we will have to live with the limited number of waterholes that are in Mason.
Additionally the county would have to find funds for an all inclusive one way ticket on Space X to send all the complainers about new development to Mars.