(Updated 10/24/19) A Mediterranean restaurant and dumpling eatery are some of the newcomers headed to Falls Plaza in the the City of Falls Church — and they are hiring.
Tasty Dumpling and Plaka Grill have “now hiring” signs in their windows at the shopping center at 1200 W. Broad Street.
For Tasty Dumpling, interested people can contact Linda at 703-946-6037 and 703-269-1752. For Plaka Grill, people can send resumes to [email protected] or call 571-484-9446.
Plaka Grill is moving into a roughly 3,500-square-foot space by Giant, while Tasty Dumpling will occupy a 1,400-square-foot space between CVS and Staples, according to the shopping center’s brochure.
Plaka Grill, a locally-owned Greek restaurant, is relocating its Falls Church location from 513 W. Broad Street to Falls Plaza. The restaurant also has a spot in Vienna.
“With the move to the new location in Falls Plaza, the restaurant will be expanding its footprint with additional kitchen space that will allow the restaurant to expand its catering offerings,” according to a press release from the restaurant.
The restaurant is planning to open in November, the press release said.
“We’re thrilled to move to a location with abundant parking to better serve our customers,” Peter Drosos, the restaurant’s owner and chef, said in the press release. “Falls Plaza is ideally situated, and we’re excited for the opportunity to be more accessible to our guests whether they’re choosing to dine in with us or get carry-out, delivery or catering.”
Sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s and Rania’s Love Vegetarian Restaurant also have signs saying they are coming to the shopping center.
A spokesperson for Jersey Mike’s said that the eatery is aiming for a December opening.
New Mexican cuisine is coming to the Vienna area.
A liquor license is pending for El Sol at 262 Cedar Lane SE, Suite C in the Cedar Park Shopping Center.
Restauranteur Alfredo Solis is behind El Sol, which currently has a D.C. spot, along with Mezcalero and Little Havana — also in D.C.
The restaurant plans to let diners build their own tacos and order other items like quesadillas and tortas with a fast-casual style service for lunch and sit-down dining for dinner, Washingtonian reported. Diners can expect El Sol to open in Vienna this fall, Eater reported.
Tysons Reporter reached out to the leasing agent and property owner of the shopping center and will update this story if they respond.
Photo via El Sol/Facebook
Falls Church may soon have a new watering hole before the end of the year.
The Casual Pint is a self-proclaimed beer market that plans to open a new location at 6410 Arlington Blvd.
The national chain offers customers a place to hang out while sampling a variety of alcoholic beverages and allow guests to take home six-packs, growlers or kegs, according to its website.
There are currently 15 other locations throughout the country, including one in Virginia Beach. Each location offers a variety of beer, wine and food.
Currently, the Falls Church location is awaiting approval from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage and Control Authority.
The location hopes to open around Dec. 1, Darren McClure, the location’s owner, told Tysons Reporter.
“We will have a ribbon-cutting and give away growlers to the first 50 people plus other prizes all night,” he said.
Photo via Facebook
Almost one year after it’s expected opening date, Archontiko just started serving up modern Greek dishes in McLean.
The restaurant opened about one week ago, an employee told Tysons Reporter.
Archontiko occupies the former spot of Evo Bistro, another Mediterranean restaurant, at 1313 Old Chain Bridge Road. The restaurant’s opening was delayed multiple times due to construction work and the inspections from Fairfax County.
Diners can find a crab burger, vegetarian entrees, pikilia (a plate of mixed appetizers) and sandwiches served over pita bread with lemon potatoes and salad on the lunch menu. Meanwhile, the dinner menu features seafood and lamb entrees, vegetarian entrees and salads — including Greek salad.
For dessert, there’s baklava, rice pudding with cinnamon, yogurt cake and more.
Executive Chef Markos Baladimas creates dishes inspired by traditional Greek cuisine, “which is combining the simplicity of the raw materials with the richness of their flavors,” according to the restaurant’s website.
The restaurant’s hours are 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on Sundays, the employee said.
Photo via Archontiko
Tysons Galleria has welcomed a new restaurant focused on steak and fries.
“We are a new restaurant specializing in Steak Frites… We prep our ingredients daily in order to ensure only the highest quality food is served,” according to job postings on Snag for Butcher’s Cut.
The restaurant has line cook, cashier and server positions open and pays $15-$18 per hour.
Butcher’s Cut is one of 10 full-service restaurants at the mall, including Lebanese Taverna and the Cheesecake Factory.
New shops and restaurants are planning to open in Mosaic District.
Shoppers at the mixed-use development in Merrifield can expect a Sephora and Drybar to arrive.
As for food, a Connecticut-based eatery called The Granola Bar is the latest of half of a dozen eateries planning to open, including Neapolitan pizza chain Pupatella and Urban Hot Pot.
Pick your favorite below and tell us in the comments which other ones you are ready for.
As residents start to populate the new Boro development, several eateries and businesses have announced opening dates.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is now open. Flower Child and Spaces are not far behind.
Flower Child (1656 Boro Place) is set to open Tuesday, Oct. 15. The eatery will serve up bowls, grains, greens and various wraps, along with organic drinks like kombucha, wine and beer.
Meanwhile, Spaces will open Nov. 11. The co-working space offers various monthly plans starting at $226 per month.
Spaces has already rented several offices, Rocco Nori, a sales manager for Spaces in The Boro said, adding that some customers also chose to relocate to the new location.
“This suite of private offices, meeting rooms and communal areas is flooded with natural light and entrepreneurial spirit,” the website said.
Earlier this week, Whole Foods announced its grand opening for Oct. 30. The flagship store for the Mid-Atlantic region will include a food hall with offerings from Officina, Genji Izakaya, Curiosity Doughnuts and Rappahannock Oyster Co.
A little more than a dozen other eateries, stores and services have yet to announce when they will open.
As businesses and restaurants start moving into an apartment building in the Mosaic District, people might notice that the building is absent from the “map view” on Google Maps.
Across the street from the Avalon Mosaic apartment building, the building at 2980 District Avenue has a sign indicating its apart of the Modera apartment building and is
Switch from bird’s-eye view to street or satellite views and the building does appear.
Typing in an address at the building will result in a pin getting dropped at the appropriate, building-less spot on the map.
While “map view” doesn’t have the building, it does show Penny Lane Park.
The expanding educational center Kumon recently opened in the building earlier this year.
Neapolitan pizza chain Pupatella, Korean BBQ chain Gyu Shige and Urban Hot Pot all have signs indicating they will occupy ground-floor space.
The Mosaic District’s website shows the building on its retail and restaurant map.
First and second maps via Google Maps; third map via Mosaic District
Two new baddpizza locations are slated to open in the next few months in the Tysons area.
One location will be in McLean at 6263 Old Dominion Drive, while the other one will come to Falls Church at 346 W. Broad Street.
Though the exact opening dates have not been announced yet, owner Joel Salamone said that the Falls Church location is expected to open in late November, followed by the Mclean location in either late December or early 2020.
Baddpizza is known for its “deliciously badd” chicken wings and pizza, according to its website. The chain also offers sandwiches and salads.
Diners can expect the menu to stay consistent between locations, Salamone said. “Our goal is to expand the number of locations in this area rather quickly, so we are focused on keeping things manageable for consistency’s sake.”
Salamone said he plans to host grand opening parties for both of the locations and that finalized dates will be announced within the next month.
Shoppers can expect to find Sephora and Drybar in Mosaic District in the near future.
Several newcomers are planning to come to the mostly-empty building that also houses West Elm (2921 District Avenue), according to building permits.
Drybar, a national hair salon chain that specializes in blowouts, has a building permit for suite 110. Next door, a Connecticut-based eatery called The Granola Bar has a permit for suite 120.
Madison Reed, which sells hair color products, has a permit for suite 130. Beauty store Sephora plans to occupy suite 140.
Can’t wait for the stores to come to Merrifield? The nearest locations for Drybar and Sephora are at Tysons Corner Center.
The stores will join several other newcomers to Mosaic District. Here are the other stores and eateries Tysons Reporter previously discovered plan to come to Merrifield:
- U.K.-based health food chain LEON
- Neapolitan pizza chain Pupatella
- Urban Hot Pot
- French bistro Parc de Ville
- Japanese BBQ and soba noodle restaurant RyuKai
Tysons Reporter also recently spotted signs for Gyu Shige, a Korean BBQ chain that will soon share the same building as Pupatella.
