Tag: Urbano 116

Foodie: Birria chicken tacos with consommé verde

By Chad Sparrow If you follow food trends, you have probably come across birria tacos at a restaurant or on social media. If you haven’t,...

Foodie: Quarantine cooking at home

By Chad Sparrow As a restaurant owner during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, I can say one thing to summarize: This sucks. Restaurants are arguably...

Restaurateurs discuss Alexandria’s growing dining scene

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] During the last five years or so, Alexandria’s dining scene has shifted and evolved, easing the port city into a...

Winter Restaurant Week kicks off on Friday

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria’s Winter Restaurant Week begins on Friday, marking the start of 10 days of brunch, lunch and dinner deals at...

Foodie: Not your mama’s meatloaf

By Chad Sparrow Fall is upon us, and other than pumpkin spice lattes and bourbon, I am ready for comfort food. If spring and summer...

Augie’s reopens with a renovated patio, 10 mussel options and 35...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Augie’s Mussel House and Beer Garden is reopening tomorrow with an inside/outside bar, 35 taps and a heated outdoor patio. The...

Foodie: Turn up the summer heat with Boston Beach jerk chicken

By Chad Sparrow For many people, the highlight of summer is vacation, the pool, baseball games or sunshine. For me, the best thing about summer...

Foodie: My obsession with spice

By Chad Sparrow Hot peppers are like a drug for me, something I have to eat on a daily basis. But where did this come...

New Mexican restaurant brings a touch of urban(o) flair to King...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Crossing the hot pink entryway into Urbano 116 feels more like slipping into a high-end cocktail bar off the streets...

Asana becomes a lead partner in King Street Corridor Initiative

Asana Partners, which has entered into the King Street real estate market in a major way over the past two years, has become a...