July 18, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Tag: restaurants

Annandale Blog celebrates fifth anniversary with Blogapalooza party

#businesses, #community events, #entertainment, #restaurants
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Swell performs at Blogapalooza Thanks to everyone who came out for Blogapalooza last night. It was an awesome way to celebrate the Annandale Blog’s fifth anniversary—with more than 100 blog readers, community leaders, neighbors, and friends. The bands, the food, the volunteers, the setting—even the weather all turned out great. The bands—Space Junk Jammers, Swell, … Continued

New projects in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners

#Bailey's Crossroads, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #Seven Corners, #shopping
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An illustration of the proposed Triple-A center. Members of the Bailey’s Crossroads Revitalization Corporation (BCRC) got a glimpse of the proposed Triple-A retail center June17. The center is slated for the stand-alone building in the shopping center at the corner of Route 50 and Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners. The long-vacant building was most recently … Continued

Shopping center planned for Route 7, Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #shopping, #traffic, #zoning
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An illustration of the proposed shopping center viewed from Washington Drive and Leesburg Pike. [Spectrum Development] More details have emerged on the shopping center proposed for Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, as representatives from Spectrum Development outlined their plans before the Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) May 27. The retail center will take up … Continued

Smashburger coming to Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #zoning
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The Geico Claims Center at 5885 Leesburg Pike The new retail center planned for Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, on the site of the Geico claims center, will have a Smashburger restaurant and a CVS drugstore, said Peter Batten, a principal with Spectrum Development. Smashburger, based in Denver, is a fast-growing hamburger chain with 256 … Continued

BonChon Chicken opens in Annandale

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BonChon Chicken is back in Annandale. A new BonChon outlet opened April 30 at 7215 Columbia Pike in the building accessible from the Giant parking lot that used to house the Bukyungwon restaurant, and before that Suldoga. The interior has been completely redone. The previous BonChon restaurant in Annandale, in the Willow Run Shopping Center … Continued

More dining options planned for Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #real estate, #redevelopment, #restaurants

There are plans to modify Skyline 7, the office building at 5275 Leesburg Pike in the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads to accommodate three restaurants. The leasing agreements haven’t been finalized, so the names of the restaurants can’t be announced yet, Brian Robinson, construction manager with Vornado/Charles E. Smith, told the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization … Continued

Subway shops hit by burglars

#crime, #restaurants
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Police photo Burglars have been targeting Subway sandwich shops throughout the D.C. region, Fairfax County Police reported. The most recent crime occurred Monday, April 7, at the Subway at 8960 Burke Lake Road, near Rolling Road. Someone broke the door at around 2 a.m. and stole cash. The suspect is described as male, unknown race, … Continued

High school teams face off in culinary competition

#Falls Church High School, #food, #restaurants, #schools

Chef KN Vinod of Indique contemplates the Chantilly culinary team’s entry. [Photo from Real Food for Kids.] Teams of students from the culinary arts programs at five high schools—Annandale, Falls Church, Chantilly, Edison, and Marshall—competed in the second annual Feeding Academic Success Culinary Challenge March 13 at Falls Church High School. The teams created vegetarian … Continued

Annandale native has fond memories of growing up in an idyllic small town

#Annandale High School, #businesses, #children, #entertainment, #history, #restaurants, #schools
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Annandale Elementary School students in 1953. Annandale might be a transient, traffic-clogged suburb poised for redevelopment, but for many people who grew up here in the middle of the last century, it’s fondly  remembered as an idyllic small town where everyone knew one another. That’s now it was for Nikki McDonald, 72, whose family moved … Continued