Fairfax County police are looking for whoever stole two Infiniti cars from a Tysons car dealership after a burglary in June.
The incident occurred around 1 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, at the Infiniti dealer (8527 Leesburg Pike).
“Someone broke into the building and stole a 2012 Infiniti QX 56 and a 2008 Infiniti M35,” according to the crime report. Police said both cars were found in D.C.
Back in June, someone stole a 2011 Infiniti G35 and a 2010 Infiniti FX35 from the same dealership around the same time in the morning, police said.
In a separate incident on the same day last week, police said someone broke into Caliber Collision (1572 Spring Hill Road) and stole keys around 12:30 a.m. — making it the second time burglary this month at the auto body repair and paint shop.
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So maybe the Vienna Dad’s group didn’t take off, or the non-existent McLean Dad’s group is a bust. How else are adults suppose to make new friends while getting some exercise? Join an adult league for sports!
Imagine creating your team name, a new t-shirt with your favorite nickname on it, getting embarrassed as you pull a muscle the first time you go to run (oh wait, that’s not supposed to happen), and then you go grab some beers and joke around with new (or old) friends.
Grab your friends and join one of these teams:
- Fairfax Adult Softball — Men’s or Co-Ed Softball
- FXA Sports — Men’s and Co-Ed Softball (They also have Spikeball, Bocce, Lacrosse, Ultimate Frisbee and Basketball)
- Golden Girls — Softball for Women 40 or older
- Northern Virginia Senior Softball — Slow pitch softball for Men 50 and up and Women 40 and up
- Legends Sports League — Baseball for ages 19 or older
Softball/Baseball not your thing? What about a bowling or basketball league?
- Legends Sports League — Basketball, Golf, and Pickleball for adults ages 19 or older
- NOVA United Senior Women’s Basketball Association — Women ages 45 and older
- Zog Sports — A long list of sport options
House Fire in Falls Church — On Sunday (July 28), firefighters “quickly extinguished” a fire in the garage of home in the 6700 block of Osborn Street in the Falls Church area. There are no reported firefighter or civilian injuries. [Fairfax County Fire and Rescue/Twitter]
Town of Vienna Readying for Clean-Up Day — “The next Vienna Town Clean-Up Day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to help town-government staff pick up trash, remove invasive plants and give the town a general polish.” [Inside NoVa]
Micro Units Coming to Falls Church Development — “The massive new mixed-use development planned for the City of Falls Church’s west end, recently dubbed the “Little City Commons,” will feature a living space favored by big cities throughout the country when it introduces micro units upon completion in 2022.” [Falls Church News-Press]
Upcoming Bicycle Donation, Festival in McLean — “The annual Old Firehouse Teen Center Block Party will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the teen center, 1440 Chain Bridge Road in McLean. Admission is free. As part of the festivities, Bands for Bikes will be collecting donations of bicycles and funds for the ‘Wheels to Africa’ initiative.” [Inside NoVa]
Falls Church’s “Founding Father” Dies — “Lou Olom, a venerable founding father of the City of Falls Church and especially its world-renowned school system, has died at age 102… Two years ago, on July 10, 2017, the Falls Church community celebrated Olom’s 100th birthday with a formal proclamation declaring his birthday as “Lou Olom Day.” [Falls Church News-Press]
Tysons may not have the liveliest nightlife at the moment, but that could soon change as more late-night restaurants and places to hang out open. “Tysons After Dark” will highlight a different spot every week.
Tysons has a new Mediterranean restaurant that plans to serve up happy hour specials and a late-night menu.
After a long series of delays, Agora opened at the Nouvelle (7911 Westpark Drive) last week.
The 4,000-square-foot, split-level eatery features Turkish decor — the furniture is from Turkey — with seating for 150 people. The restaurant also boasts basket weave, mosaic lamps, kaleidoscopic inlays, a private dining area and a 12-seat chef’s bar by the kitchen.
The tapas-style menu from Lebanese chef Ghassan Jarrouj blends Turkish, Lebanese and Greek flavors, with dishes like veal tongue, pan-seared scallops served with grapefruit over saffron yogurt and fried cauliflower with tahini sauce and sumac.
While diners can also find Agora in D.C., the Tysons spot has new, exclusive dishes including Lebanese steak tartare, shredded duck confit flatbread with a fig balsamic reduction and tortellini with a yogurt and mint sauce.
Agora currently serves dinner. Lunch and brunch menus are set to roll out the week of July 29, according to a press release.
Photos 1-5 courtesy Agora
Three cafeterias in Tysons office buildings are being investigated as part of a Cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Since May 1, 2019 there have been 39 confirmed cases of Cyclosporiasis in Virginia, according to the Virginia Health Department.
According to a press release:
- Capital One Building at 1600 Capital One Drive
- Valo Park Building at 7950 Jones Branch Drive
Valo Park is home to the corporate headquarters of newspaper giant Gannett.
The source of the outbreak has not been found, but health officials warned that the illness could be contracted by consuming food contaminated with feces or stool that contains the parasite.
Symptoms can begin one week after exposure to the parasite, and typically include explosive diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, aching muscles, and a low-grade fever. Symptoms can last days or a month for some, but others can be a carrier of the parasite and experience no symptoms.
Sometimes you just need to get some work done outside of the office.
At Tysons Reporter, we’ve spent a lot of time on the road around the area. So if you need to stop in, grab some coffee, and get some work done somewhere in the Tysons area, here are some places we go:
Stomping Ground in Tysons Galleria is the second location for the popular coffee-and-biscuits eatery in Alexandria. The location in the third-floor Taste of Urbanspace food hall brings the original location’s signature dishes to Tysons, but also expanded with a new evening menu and Southern cocktails — meaning you won’t have to leave to find a happy hour once work is over.
The coffee is top quality and, being at the Galleria, there is rarely a shortage of parking and seating space. The expansive interior of the food hall has ample tables and outlets. There are food options available around the food hall, though like much of the high-end retail at Tysons Galleria, they tend to be pricier than the average lunch. The music near Stomping Ground also tends to be louder than optimal for interviews or phone calls.
Star Nut Gourmet is a café tucked away just off the main drag in McLean at 1445 Laughlin Ave. As a result, it’s very accessible to other locations around McLean and has more parking and interior space than some of the other nearby options, like the Starbucks.
There’s plenty of seating inside and the music is kept at a manageable volume. But the café is more designed with meetings and socializing in mind than work, so outlets can be scarce.
Caffe Amouri boasts quality coffee and atmosphere in equal measure. The coffee shop at 107 Church Street NE has other dining options but focuses almost exclusively on coffee. Inside, the walls are lined with classic rock albums and coffee accouterment. The space is small, but with adequate seating — except for that time Vienna had no Starbucks and the coffee shop was overwhelmed with under-caffeinated customers.
Caffe Amouri also positions itself as a community gathering place, with the front walls of the cafe plastered with flyers and advertisements for local classes and activities. The cafe itself also hosts classes for various coffee-related activities, like teaching the fundamentals of brewing.
There are only a handful of parking spots in a very small lot behind the building, so time visits carefully to avoid peak hours and be prepared to make a tight U-turn if the lot is full.
Rare Bird at 230 W Broad Street specializes in coffee, but offers a well-rounded menu featuring a variety of teas and food. Space inside the cafe is limited, but if you can find seating, the mellow atmosphere caters to the mid-day laptop typist.
But parking for Rare Bird can be a nightmare, with restrictive parking in every block surrounding the building and confusing, and sometimes contradictory, signs directing visitors to phantom “public lots.”
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 acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil is back in Tysons with “VOLTA” — a sports-themed show that starts tonight (July 25) at the “big top” pavilion.
Unlike traditional Cirque du Soleil shows, “VOLTA” features sports athletes in the cast for the urban sports-inspired show and follows a more streamlined plot, Steven Ross, the show’s senior publicist, told Tysons Reporter.
The contemporary “VOLTA” plot focuses on self-empowerment and transformation while incorporating bicycles and ballerinas, Ross said.
More from Cirque du Soleil about the show:
Waz is a gameshow contestant that has lost touch with himself. He’s ashamed of who he is because of his difference. Follow him as he enters the show in search of fame, thinking that this will bring him love and acceptance from others. What he will find is something else: that fame is not the answer.
If fame doesn’t provide freedom and acceptance, then what does? Will Waz reconnect with his true self — and stand up for all that makes him truly unique? Will he realize that his difference is what makes him extraordinary?
The circus set up tents recently between Tysons Galleria and the Tysons Corner Metro station — the same location the troupe used last year.
The show runs from July 25-Sept 29. Tickets start at $49 and go up to $495 for behind-the-scenes tickets, which include backstage tours.
The Big Top is going up in #Tysons! It takes a ton of teamwork and strength to set up for the upcoming @Cirque #VOLTA show, premiering July 25 in #FXVA! @TAA_PR @tysonspartners pic.twitter.com/kT5dDJ7xyQ
— Visit Fairfax (@VisitFairfax) July 16, 2019
Photos via Volta by Cirque du Soleil/Facebook
Fairfax County police arrested a Vienna woman for allegedly driving while intoxicated after she rear-ended a police car in Tysons.
The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Tuesday (July 23) in the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road.
“An officer was stopped at a red light when the cruiser was rear-ended by another car,” according to the police report.
Police arrested the driver of the car, 40-year-old Susannah Kearns from Vienna, and charged her with driving while intoxicated (DWI).
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A matcha-focused ice cream and drink cafe will soon arrive in Tysons Corner Center.
The mall’s website says that Matcha Cafe Maiko is “coming soon” to a kiosk on the second level by the door leading to The Plaza.
Matcha Cafe Maiko first opened in Hawaii and has since expanded to stores in five more states, including Virginia, according to its website.
The online menu features shaved ice, soft serve, lattes, teas, floats, sweet red bean soup and parfaits.
Can’t wait until it opens in Tysons? The closest — and only — store in Virginia is in Centreville at 5947 Centreville Crest Lane.
First two images via Matcha Cafe Maiko DMV/Facebook
