Tag: food
Vietnamese sandwich shop to open on Annandale Road next week
Lee’s Sandwiches, at 3037 Annandale Road, invites the public to its grand opening, Thursday, April 28, at 9 a.m. The first 100 customers will receive special gifts. Anyone who buys a sandwich April 28-30 will receive a free cup of coffee or hot baguette. The 80-seat, fast casual restaurant will be open 24 hours a … Continued
Date set for 2016 Taste of Annandale
Crowds descend on Tom Davis Drive at the 20015 Taste of Annandale. If you missed the Taste of Annandale last year, you’ll have another chance to take part in a community celebration featuring great food and entertainment from a variety of cultures. The inaugural Taste of Annandale, June 13, 2015, drew thousands of residents to … Continued
Rotary Club seeks volunteers for Stop Hunger Now event
Volunteers package meals The Rotary Club of Annandale invites the public to take part in the Stop Hunger Now event, a fun way to help the needy. It’s April 16. 9 a.m.-noon., at the Annandale United Methodist Church, 6935 Columbia Pike. Participants will work in teams to fill plastic bags with dried food and vitamins … Continued
Former Hess station in Annandale is now Speedway
The former green and white Hess gas station at 7100 Little River Turnpike in Annandale is now a red and white-trimmed Speedway station. Actually, the Marathon Petroleum Corp., the owner of the Speedway convenience store chain, bought Hess Corp.’s retail operations over a year ago for nearly $2.9 billion. “We’ve been operating as Speedway since … Continued
Church members help Annandale Terrace families with weekend meals
AUMC volunteers assemble meal packages for students’ families. Lower-income families in the Annandale Terrace community have enough food to get through the weekend, thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers from Annandale United Methodist Church. Once a week, church members gather at the AUMC Heritage Campus to put together 52 packages of food for students … Continued
Stuff the Bus campaign will be at Annandale Giant Feb. 13
ACCA volunteers at the Annandale Giant in February 2015. Stuff the Bus, the countywide campaign to collect food donations for needy families, will be at the Annandale Giant, Saturday, Feb. 13, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Shoppers are encouraged to purchase a few extra items to be donated to the food pantry operated by Annandale Christian Community … Continued
New restaurants coming to Mosaic District
Schlow By Mark Kawar of the West of Falls Church blog The Washington Business Journal reports that the Mosaic District will get two new restaurants soon: Chef Michael Schlow will open a third of his Alta Strada Italian restaurants (the first in the D.C. area). Schlow also owns Tico and The Riggsby in Washington. The … Continued
District Taco coming to Bailey’s Crossroads
District Taco will be at the right corner of the building next to Buffalo Wild Wings. District Taco is coming to the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads. A new branch of the local Mexican chain is expected to open in May in the Skyline 7 building at 5275 Leesburg Pike, which had been renovated to … Continued
Lotte Market opens in Ravensworth Shopping Center
Shoppers enjoyed a variety of samples cooked in the store on opening day. Shoppers at the new Lotte Plaza Market at the renovated Ravensworth Shopping Center found a wide selection of exotic fruits, vegetables, and seafood – and lots of free samples – on the Asian grocery store’s opening day Dec. 19. The Ravensworth Plaza … Continued
BonChon: Korean fast food in Annandale
By the editors of the Northern Virginia Restaurant Blog The first time we tried BonChon chicken wings was at Northern Virginia Magazine’s Chicken Wings NoVa Wars. They were so flavorful, so perfectly baked, and the spicy wings were way out of this world terrific, that we just had to follow our taste buds to their … Continued
Barcroft Plaza Starbucks to serve beer and wine
The Starbucks coffee shop at Barcroft Plaza will be selling beer and wine – although don’t expect this to be happening right away. It’s set to become one of a growing number of “Starbucks Evenings” locations that will offer wine and craft beer along with savory small plates, like flatbreads, bacon-wrapped dates, and truffle macaroni … Continued
Help a needy family enjoy the holidays
Boy Scouts collect food for the ACCA food pantry during the Scouting for Food event earlier this month. How about embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year by “adopting” a needy family for the holidays? The Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA), a coalition of local churches, is coordinating a program matching donors with … Continued
Food pantry will help NOVA students
A food pantry is being established at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College by the Roteract Club, the college version of Rotary. The food pantry is supported with donations from the college and the community. It’s in the C-F building and will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. It serves the … Continued
Help local Boy Scouts collect food for those in need
Cub Scouts collect food at a Safeway. You might want to do a little extra grocery shopping to help the needy during the Scouting for Food campaign sponsored by the National Capital Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be going door-to-door Nov. 7 dropping off plastic bags and … Continued
Fire stations’ crab feast a huge success
The crab and shrimp fest in the AVFD social hall. [Photo by Rachel Martin of PR Performance Fitness, one of the event’s corporate sponsors. The first ever all-you-can-eat crab legs and spiced shrimp feast hosted by the Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads volunteer fire departments Oct. 25 was “a tremendous success,” says AVFD President Gary Moore. … Continued