Fine dining has come to West End Plaza with the opening of Curry Mantra 2 last month. The restaurant joins the original Curry Mantra, located in the City of Fairfax, in this growing Indian cuisine enterprise of owner and Bombay native Asad Sheikh, which will soon expand to include a [...]

Folk singer-songwriter Joshua James remembers exactly when his career goal of becoming a registered nurse gave way to his desire to make music. He got up and left his anatomy class when he was first offered a U.S. tour, a month-long commitment making $50 a show. He wouldn’t be able [...]

Café Italia has been serving Italian food since 1976, but has only recently brought its cuisine to Falls Church. The family-owned business opened a satellite restaurant at The Shops at West Falls Church earlier this year, an addition to its original Crystal City location The restaurant, situated at the far [...]

Sallie Ford’s musical journey began with a move across the country. The rock and roll frontwoman for Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside left behind her native Asheville, North Carolina, for Portland, a new home and a fresh start. “I had a new chance to be someone new, and who [...]

Mad Fox Brewing Company Executive Chef Andrew Dixon Reflects On a Busy Night in the Kitchen of His F.C. Restaurant The smell of freshly baked pizza dough fills the air. The smoky aroma of the grill is followed by sensory overload, all the indefinable smells getting drowned out by the [...]

The business has changed hands, renovations have been completed, a liquor license has been acquired, a new chef has been named, and now Argia’s is ready for the next phase in its long history of serving authentic Italian food in the City of Falls Church. The restaurant was sold last [...]

Merrifield. Long known as simply the place to go to find bushes and shrubs for your yard or maybe catch a flick in a run-down movie theater, it is now on the verge of becoming a full-blown dining destination. The crossroads of Gallows Road and Lee Highway has erupted in [...]

Masala Express opened over the winter holidays, in a quiet strip mall in Arlington’s Lyon Park, and has since been bringing together delivery and take-away convenience with delicious Indian cuisine to those who happen upon its unassuming location. The restaurant is small, and has short of a dozen spots to [...]

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Caribbean Plate may have opened its doors this winter, but this new Falls Church restaurant is serving up Island cuisine that brings to mind much warmer days. A tropical transformation takes place when stepping in from the chilly outdoors. Bright tones of orange, green, and blue color the walls. A [...]