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New Old Town boutique goes from digital to physical

New Old Town boutique goes from digital to physical

Old Town’s newest specialty consignment shop, 529 Kids Consign, got its start — fittingly — amid the monkey bars and swings of a Cameron Station playground. “ talked on the playground one day [...]

Christmas Attic moves beyond the holiday season

Christmas Attic moves beyond the holiday season

Alexandria’s year-round winter wonderland has kept the calendar page firmly on December these past 40 years, but a changing of the seasons is underway at The Christmas Attic. Owners Cheri Hennessey and Fay Hobbs-Carter have no [...]

Old Town Theater likely to see second act

Old Town Theater likely to see second act

The Old Town Theater may see a new day if a proposal headed before the board of architectural review Wednesday is any indication. Robert Kaufman, the new owner of the 815 King St. movie house, wants [...]

Supplee named OTBPA president

Supplee named OTBPA president

The Old Town Business and Professional Association elected Imagine Artwear owner Carol Supplee its president earlier this month. Supplee has owned and operated Imagine Artwear, which specializes in American-made handcrafts, since 1992. OTBPA provides networking, advocacy [...]

Del Ray restaurant gets pass after doubling dining room

Del Ray restaurant gets pass after doubling dining room

In a rough-and-tumble economy, should successful local businesses caught bending the rules suffer if they endeavor to resolve the problem? That’s the question City Hall pondered after Del Ray Pizzeria increased its seating capacity from 32 [...]

Hadeed Carpet expands south

Hadeed Carpet expands south

Local businessman Joe Hadeed scooped up two bankrupt Richmond-based rug cleaning businesses in his carpet empire’s latest round of expansion, company officials announced late last month. Mercer Rug Cleansing and Victory Rug Cleaning, both owned by [...]

Kimpton kitchens under new management

Kimpton kitchens under new management

After four years working under chef Robert Weland at Penn Quarter’s Poste restaurant, Brian McPherson is taking over the kitchens at Jackson 20 and the Grille at Morrison House. McPherson, a Pittsburgh native, was announced as [...]

Thailand restaurant likely to move

Thailand restaurant likely to move

Kem and Phil McCombie, owners of north Old Town’s Thailand restaurant, are a planning commission vote away from moving to new digs at the corner of Montgomery and North Fairfax streets. The couple, who also owns [...]

Nando’s chicken eatery eyes King Street location

Nando’s chicken eatery eyes King Street location

Goodbye Cajun fried chicken and hello Peri-Peri flavored poultry. The South Africa-based Nando’s, a restaurant chain trading heavily on the Portuguese-style, flame grilled chicken dish catching fire in the Washington region, wants to open their latest [...]

Neighborhood Pharmacy wins Heart of Del Ray award

Neighborhood Pharmacy wins Heart of Del Ray award

The Del Ray Business Association honored the Neighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray with its annual community award last week. Each year around Valentine’s Day the DRBA honors a business that exhibits the “heart and soul” of [...]