Tag: shopping
Crowds converge on Annandale for annual Fall Festival and Parade
Annandale was a hub of activity yesterday, with the annual parade in the morning and the Fall Festival all day. The festival brought crowds of people to the Little River Plaza shopping center parking lot for children’s games, craft vendors, food, live music, a NASCAR demonstration, antique cars, fire department vehicles, children’s entertainment, and displays … Continued
Public urged to avoid Bestway, support rights of fired workers
Fired workers urge people not to shop at Bestway. Alex Amaya has been working at Bestway, the Latino grocery store on Graham Road and Route 50, for 10 years and gets no paid holidays, no vacation time, and no overtime pay for working a 60-hour week. As a grocery manager in charge of ordering merchandise, … Continued
Small strip mall planned for Black Tie Cleaners site on Annandale Road
Black Tie Cleaners Black Tie Valet Cleaners at 3037 Annandale Road, Falls Church, has closed to make way for a small strip shopping center. There are still some plastic-wrapped clothes hanging inside, and a handwritten note on the door says, “If we are not here and you still haven’t picked up your clothes, TO LATE … Continued
Bestway fires workers for requesting a raise, basic benefits
Fired Bestway workers call for a boycott. Workers who charge they’ve been illegally fired from their jobs at Bestway are staging a protest outside the Latino supermarket on Graham Road and urging people to boycott the store. All 31 employees were fired after they asked for a raise. “We are not treated with respect,” said … Continued
Annandale Walgreens expected to open in January
The opening of a Walgreens drugstore in Annandale has been pushed back from mid-November to after the holidays in January, says David Hendricks, who will manage the new store. He blames the delay on problems with an easement involving a telephone pole that needs to be moved. “Walgreens doesn’t open stores in January because of … Continued
Farmers markets offer meat, pies, honey, even ‘nicecream,’ as well as produce
Summer’s over but the local farmers’ markets are going strong for several more weeks, so you’ve got plenty of time to stock up on fall produce. At the market in Wakefield Park (open Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m., through Oct. 30) and the Annandale market in Mason District Park (Thursdays, 8 a.m.-noon, through Nov. 7)—the farmers have … Continued
Vietnamese community celebrates Moon Festival at Eden Center
Eden Idol contest winner Jamie Nguyen, age 4, from Baltimore at the mike. Hundreds of people from the entire D.C. region came to the Eden Center on a rainy afternoon, Saturday, Sept. 21, to celebrate the annual Moon Festival. The sixth annual Moon Festival at the Vietnamese shopping center in Seven Corners included a lion … Continued
Advance Auto Parts opens in Annandale Friday
A brand-new Advance Auto Parts store will open in the Little River Plaza shopping center Friday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 a.m. The store, at 7448 Little River Turnpike, is the former home of Blockbuster Video, which closed in March. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sept. 20. Ivan Madrigal, the store’s general … Continued
Annandale Florist shop reopens with new owner in new location
Kim Park with the sign from the old Annandale Florist shop. It was a sad day when Annandale Florist closed last December. It’s now back: Kim Park purchased the business from owner Gary Sherfey, who had retired after running Annandale Florist for some 45 years. His parents had founded the store in 1955. Park has … Continued
Landmark Mall redevelopment plans visualized
The City of Alexandria has released conceptual drawings showing what Landmark might look like after the first phase of a redevelopment project is completed. Groundbreaking for the first phase of the project to convert the Landmark mall into a mixed use project is expected to take place in the Spring 2014, said Colleen Willger, an … Continued
Healthway closes after 35 years in Annandale
Annandale lost another long-time business Aug. 24 when Healthway Natural Foods shut its doors after 35 years at 4113 John Marr Drive. The owner, Elizabeth Dicks, blames the landlord for refusing to fix needed repairs to the building. The roof was leaking, causing ceiling tiles to become bloated and fall down, and the landlord refused … Continued
Ground broken for Good Fortune supermarket at Eden Center
An illustration of the new grocery store from the architectural firm Dimensional Strategy. Elected officials, business leaders, and members of the Vietnamese community gathered at the Eden Center in Falls Church Aug. 13 to break ground for the Good Fortune supermarket. The 44,000-square foot store will be the largest international grocery store in Northern Virginia. … Continued
Annandale woman wins $1 million from Virginia lottery
Add caption Barbara Yancey stopped by the Annandale Giant last Wednesday to pick up a few things, when on a whim she decided to spend $10 on the lottery and asked the clerk to pick some random numbers. “I never even looked at the numbers,” Yancey says. On Thursday morning, she was watching the “Today … Continued
$1 million lottery ticket sold in Annandale
The sign in front of the Annandale Giant. The Annandale Giant, at 7137 Columbia Pike, sold a $1 million Powerball ticket, a store official confirmed. The winner does not want to be publicly identified, at least not at the present time, but we have learned it’s a white woman in her 50s who probably lives … Continued
It’s party time on John Marr Drive
The balloon section at the new Party Co. The Party Co. is up and running in its new expanded space, and a grand re-opening celebration is expected to be scheduled withing the next couple of weeks. The new Party Co. shop is in the same shopping center as the old store on John Marr Drive … Continued