Soleil Nail Spa is opening soon in the Town of Vienna.
The salon and spa is filling Dog World Pet Salon’s former spot at 515 W. Maple Avenue in the Village Green Shopping Center.
Soleil will offer manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing, eyelash extensions and other services, according to its website.
Back in April, Tysons Reporter spotted a sign in the storefront window saying that the “organic spa” is “coming soon in July 2019.”
Soleil posted on Facebook earlier in August that the grand opening got pushed to Sunday, Sept. 1, due to a construction delay.
To celebrate the opening, the nail spa is offering a 30% off promotion.
A Vienna native has opened a new hair studio in downtown Vienna.
Sundown and Rise Up filled the former space of the Maple Avenue Market, which closed in February after nearly 10 years in downtown Vienna.
David McCarthy, the owner and stylist, grew up in Vienna and went to George Mason University before pursuing hairstyling, according to his bio on the salon’s website.
Sundown and Rise Up offers haircuts, blow-drys, coloring, highlights and balayage services.
The website describes Sundown and Rise Up as “a truly unique, open, creative, art-centered workspace in the heart of Vienna.”
The salon’s hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Fridays and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
A new restaurant is coming to a spot in a shopping center in the Pimmit Hills area.
Bing Bao is looking to open at 7505 Leesburg Pike, Suite D, according to a permit.
The spot currently appears vacant and a sign has fainting lettering indicating it used to be the home for Pella Windows and Doors.
No word yet on when Bing Bao will open or what’s on the menu.
A new restaurant serving up Italian cuisine will open next week in Falls Church.
Thompson Italian (124 N. Washington Street) comes to the area on Wednesday, Aug. 14, after owners and married couple Gabe and Katherine Thompson wanted to reestablish roots in the area. The owners previously owned four eateries in Manhattan, according to a press release.
“I grew up just a few miles away in Arlington, so when we had the chance to move from Manhattan back to this area with our kids, it was a true homecoming,” Katherine said.
The couple plans for the eatery to be a family-friendly environment and will offer a variety of seasonal dining options along with a kids menu.
The specials for the restaurant’s opening include ricotta gnocchi with lamb ragu, roasted garlic bread, “Summer Berry Pavlova” and mascarpone cheesecake. It will also serve wine — glasses range from $9 to $14 and bottles are around $40.
The restaurant will be open for dinner from 5-10 p.m every day except for Tuesdays. They plan to add a lunch and brunch menu within the coming months, the press release said.
“The Thompsons — who wrote the bestseller ‘Downtown Italian’ — are excited to serve casual Italian food that stirs the imagination in a family-friendly setting that they’re deeply connected to,” the press release said.
Photos courtesy of Thompson Italian
Tysons Corner Center now offers a new mattress store where shoppers can nap.
The Casper Sleep Shop offers the full array of mattresses, pillows, bedding, furniture and dog beds. But, the location also allows guests to book a nap at a “mini home” if they want to actually test out a mattress for themselves.
“Inspired by the comforts of home, the store reimagines how we shop for sleep,” a spokesperson for Casper said.
The store opened in the mall on Thursday, Aug. 1, according to a spokesman for the mall.
Get the sleep you’ve always dreamed of at our new Casper Store on level 2 across from Macy’s pic.twitter.com/1GxHVObzou
— Tysons Corner Center (@ShopTysons) July 26, 2019
This is one of 30 similar Casper Sleep Shops across the county, according to a press release. Most products at the stores are available for customers to take home that day and also available to ship directly to their home.
Casper is an international brand based out of New York but shoppers can also find a smaller selection of products in specific stores like Target and Hudson’s Bay.
The store is open 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday.
Also in the mall, shoppers might notice a new display in BrandBox.
Peloton decided to set up a new 3D pop-up to drive foot traffic to their larger location, according to a store representative. The mini location opened on July 25 to advertise the company’s treadmill, rower and subscription fitness services.
Peloton has a store on the second level by Lord & Taylor.
Photos courtesy Casper Sleep Shop
A long-empty, one-story building at 8200 Leesburg Pike near the PetSmart in Tysons could soon become an interior-design showroom.
New signs around the property say the location will be converted into a showroom for Porcelanosa, a Spanish tile distributor and retailer.
The company sells a variety of tile types, from natural appearances to more mosaic-type designs, but also has suites available for bathrooms and kitchens.
The location had previously been a TitleMax loan business but has been vacant since at least 2017.
No permits for the showroom could be found on the Fairfax County website, but signs outside the lot said the showroom will be opening sometime in 2020.
The squat brick building at 1300 Chain Bridge Road is about to become a bank once again.
Renovations are underway to turn the brick building into a JP Morgan Chase Bank.
The location had previously been a drive-through Wachovia, then a Wells Fargo, but has sat empty for at least a year.
The bank is aiming for an opening sometime in the fall but has no more specific date ready yet.
Construction crews are still at work at the project — which has a largely gutted interior — and permits in the window say work will involve installing new air devices and ductworks.
It will be the only Chase bank in McLean but far from the only bank. There are roughly 17 banks currently scattered around downtown McLean, possibly because studies say McLean residents tend to be very wealthy and frugal.
The spot of a former Indian eatery is set to become home to a new restaurant.
A pending license to serve wine and beer indicates that The Union will come to 1379 Beverly Road. The location used to be home to 7 Spice Fine Indian Cuisine and Cafe Taj, according to Yelp.
Nearby, another restaurant — Aracosia — is coming to downtown McLean as well.
Image via Google Maps
CubeSmart is looking to bring another self-storage facility to the Town of Vienna.
The town’s Board of Architectural Review will review the application during its work session tomorrow (Friday) morning.
According to town documents, the proposed four-story facility would occupy 125,000 square feet at 223 Mill Street NE — near a current facility at 300 Mill Street NE.
Elsewhere around the area, CubeSmart is located in Tysons (1764 Old Meadow Lane), Falls Church (6875 Lee Hwy) and Merrifield (2950 Gallows Road).
Image via Town of Vienna
Hair studio Sundown and Rise Up is coming to the former space of the Maple Avenue Market in the Town of Vienna.
Sundown and Rise Up will offer haircuts, blow-drys, coloring, highlights and balayage services, according to its website.
From the website:
Sundown & Rise Up represents a new emergence into a truly one of kind dynamic salon work space centered upon hair, creativity, freedom, community, music and positive vibrations. Sundown & Rise Up strives to provide Vienna and the neighboring communities a new kind of hair salon experience.
The Maple Avenue Market closed in February after nearly 10 years in downtown Vienna.
The studio is set to open “very early July 2019” at 128 E. Maple Avenue according to an Instagram post by the owner of the studio.
