April 30, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
Pinecrest School

Tag: restaurants

First Watch opens in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #restaurants
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First Watch, the “daytime café,” opened March 8 at the Crossroads Center in Bailey’s Crossroads.  The new restaurant is open daily 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. It serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch. The menu has healthier items, such as multigrain pancakes, a triple berry açaí bowl, and egg white omelets, as well as traditional dishes.  

Gopchang Story open on limited basis

#Annandale, #food, #restaurants
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Gopchang Story, the Korean restaurant specializing in intestines, is expected to have a grand opening within the next week or so.  Meanwhile, the restaurant, at 7356-B Little River Turnpike in Annandale, is open for indoor dining 5-10 p.m. and offers carryout beginning at 11 a.m. When the restaurant is fully open, it will offer lunch … Continued

Granddaddy’s Skillet opens in Pinecrest Plaza

#businesses, #restaurants
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Granddaddy’s Skillet, the soul food restaurant in Pinecrest Plaza, has finally opened Feb. 3 after yet another setback. The restaurant was initially supposed to open in late 2020, but installing a new ventilation system took longer than expected. The owners, Roxanne and Andre David, had to replace the ventilation system and remove the pizza oven … Continued

Jollibee, a Filipino fast-food restaurant, to open in Lincolnia

#Lincolnia, #restaurants
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A typical Jollibee restaurant. [Washington Business Journal] The vacant building on N. Beauregard Street in Lincolnia that formerly housed Boston Market will be taken over by the Jollibee Filipino fast-food chain, the Washington Business Journal reports. Jollibee’s bills itself as “the home of the famous chickenjoy,” a fried chicken bucket. The menu also features “yum burgers,” “jolly … Continued

Loyal customers of Anthony’s are contributing funds to keep the restaurant afloat

#businesses, #coronavirus, #health, #restaurants
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Like so many businesses during the COVID pandemic, Anthony’s Restaurant on Annandale Road is struggling to survive.  “It’s been a very difficult year. Business has declined tremendously,” says Ted Yiannarakis, the son of owners Anthony and Faye Yiannarakis, who founded the Italian/Greek restaurant nearly 50 years ago. “We have some wonderful customers who are very … Continued

2020: What opened, what closed

#businesses, #restaurants, #retail
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Lidl opens in Pinecrest Plaza. Many of the restaurants and other businesses that closed during 2020 couldn’t survive under the restrictions to stop the spread of COVID. Meanwhile, a fair number of businesses opened this year in spite of the pandemic. Here’s a rundown of the restaurants and other business that opened and closed in … Continued