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Recently opened Café de Vienna serves up coffee and sweets in century-old building

By Angela Woolsey
Cafe de Vienna is now open at 131 Church Street NW in Vienna (photo by Amy Woolsey)

It was love at first sight for Afsaneh and the 123-year-old building at 131 Church Street NW where she recently launched Café de Vienna.

Constructed in 1900, per Fairfax County property records, the quaint, two-story house atop a hill on Vienna’s historic Church Street was converted at some point into a commercial space. It was home to Money & King Funeral Home — the town’s oldest still-operating business — until the now-closed Guarantee Shoe Repair took over in 1990, according to The Connection.

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Sunrise Senior Living opens in Vienna with new pastry cafe

By Angela Woolsey
Inside the newly opened Sunrise of Vienna (courtesy Sunrise Senior Living)

Sunrise Senior Living’s massive new community in the Town of Vienna is officially open.

After holding a small ribbon-cutting with town officials late last month, the senior living provider announced today (Thursday) that its 81,755-square-foot, four-story building at 374 Maple Avenue West is now ready for residents to start moving in.

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Bôn Tea House introduces monthly summer market to build community in Centreville

By Vivian Hoang
Bon Tea House in Centreville (via Google Maps)

One Centreville cafe is offering something sweeter than just desserts: community.

Bôn Tea House (5718 Pickwick Road) launched a new three-part, pop-up Summer Market series this past June in hopes of bringing together the local community.

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Centreville dessert shop reopens as Cafe Bdan, rolling out an expanded menu

By Vivian Hoang

Centreville shoppers may have experienced a bit of déjà vu stepping into the recently opened Cafe Bdan at 13814 Braddock Road.

That’s because the new Korean-Japanese fusion dessert shop is a rebranding of fan-favorite Iron Ice, which closed down for six weeks before reopening as Cafe Bdan on Saturday, July 15, according to shop owner Charlie Shin.

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A new Lebanese cafe is brewing in former McLean Subway

By Angela Woolsey
Cafe Levantine will be on the ground floor of 6829 Elm Street in McLean, next door to Dolce Vita Salon & Spa (via Google Maps)

A former Subway in McLean will soon be filled with the tastes, scents and atmosphere of the Levant.

The owners of Dolce Vita Salon & Spa at 6829 Elm Street are expanding their presence in the office building by opening Cafe Levantine just next door, taking over a space vacated by Subway last year, according to the landlord, Marva Properties.

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Combined Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins to give year of free ice cream, coffee at Springfield grand opening

By Angela Woolsey
A combined drive-thru Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins is opening in Springfield (courtesy Dunkin')

The powers of caffeine and sugar will unite this weekend for the grand opening of Springfield’s new Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins.

After a soft opening on April 3, the combined eateries are set for a more official launch at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday (May 6), promising free coffee or ice cream for a year to the first 100 customers to enter their shared doors at 6310 Backlick Road.

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