Alexandria's restaurant and bar scene — openings, closings, reviews, and the people behind the food.
Nine restaurants are taking part in the seventh annual event, which opens at 11 a.m. Saturday outside Daniel O’Connell’s and wraps up Oct. 18 with 75-cent oysters.
Paws in the Park, a Friday evening Rock The Ave, and the city's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations fill the holiday weekend, with rain likely Sunday
Art on the Avenue brings more than 350 artists to Del Ray, and Old Town Cocktail Week continues
The British chocolatier is taking the former FatFace storefront in Old Town and expects to open ahead of the holiday season
Bars and restaurants across Old Town will pour featured cocktails, with ticketed events at King & Rye, Captain Gregory's and The Alexandrian
Tons of Trucks turns 10, the Titans host homecoming, and the Fall Art Festival fills John Carlyle Square
Alexandria is one of three new U.S. markets the company named for late fall, alongside Salt Lake City and Long Beach
Oktoberfest, Chalk-A-Block, Cinema Del Ray, early voting begins
The Old Town waterfront restaurant and Alexandria's state senator were among the winners at the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association's 2026 Ordinary Awards
The "From the Point After Party," presented by hard soda brand Crooked Pop, starts at 9 p.m. on the Old Town waterfront. Young turns 28 on Saturday.
The Del Ray restaurant opened on its day off with staff volunteering, and beat its $5,000 goal
The Carlyle-owned brand's first American store will seat 78 at 404 King St., with a second Northern Virginia location already in the works
The New Zealand-style pie maker marks 20 years in the region Oct. 10. The event is free, and there will be sheep to find.
Every dollar the Alexandria restaurant takes in that day goes to flood relief.
Jay Coulter took over the Alexandria cidery's cider program in June. Two months in, he picked about 100 gallons from eight trees planted outside the building in 2018.
The Alexandria original, which added a bar and patio two years ago, is "open and doing great," the company said. Its Capitol Hill restaurant closed last month.
