A family-owned cafe offering coffee and wine is coming to the Twinbrooke Shopping Center in Kings Park West later this year.
Trummer’s Coffee & Wine Bar, which is inspired by Austrian, Italian and other European-style coffeehouses, will open its doors in the shopping center this fall, a spokesperson for property owner Federal Realty announced last week.
Two eateries around the Mosaic District’s central green space are teaming up to bring new late-night experiences to the mixed-use district.
On two Saturdays (March 7 and 14), NAJA Mediterranean and Mom & Pop will host a late night shawarma and coffee pop-up outside the latter’s location (2909 District Avenue in Merrifield) from 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
A Compass Coffee location in West Falls Church is one of 10 coffeehouses that could close after the D.C.-based chain filed for bankruptcy this week, according to court documents.
The store located in the Shops at West Falls Church (7393 Route 29) is one of two Virginia cafes that “are unprofitable and provide no benefit,” the coffee chain — seeking to reject the cafe’s lease — alleged in federal court.
Workers at two more Starbucks in Fairfax County could unionize, as a labor strike continues in response to stalled contract negotiations.
Petitions for union elections were filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Tuesday (Dec. 23) by 14 employees at the Plaza America cafe in Reston (11610-A Plaza America Drive) and 17 at the location at 1438 Chain Bridge Road in McLean.
Workers at Fairfax County’s first unionized Starbucks are officially on strike as part of a nationwide campaign to secure a contract from the coffee chain.
The Starbucks at 3046 Gatehouse Plaza in Merrifield was one of 26 stores around the U.S. to join the picket line today (Thursday), bringing the total number of participants in the nearly month-long strike up to approximately 3,000 baristas at over 145 cafes in more than 105 cities, Starbucks Workers United says.
When the DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival announced earlier this fall that it will return to the Dulles Expo Center in mid-November, organizers didn’t know yet that their fourth year would be their last at the popular Chantilly events venue.
Though rumors of Ikea coming to the building had emerged over the summer, Dulles Expo Center’s management didn’t officially inform promoters that it will close in December until last week, the Washington Business Journal reported last week.
As of now, a Starbucks store in Fair Lakes is the brand’s lone Fairfax County location on the chopping block.
The last day of business for the cafe, located at 12599 Fair Lakes Circle in East Market, will be tomorrow (Saturday), an employee confirmed to FFXnow.
A popular bakery and cafe chain around the D.C. area is planning on opening its latest Fairfax-area location later this month.
Tatte Bakery & Cafe has targeted Aug. 27 to open its new cafe in Fairfax City, according to signage posted outside the building.
Construction is underway on a new coffee shop in Reston.
Simply Social Coffee, which can currently be found in Vienna’s Cedar Park Shopping Center and next to Burlington Coat Factory just outside Fairfax City, has been working on a third location in Reston at 11511 Sunrise Valley Drive, Unit 9.
A new option for coffee and pastries is tentatively scheduled to open this year in Fairfax City.
Layered, which comes from the team behind the bakery Chateau de Chantilly, is targeting a soft opening in the former McDonald’s building at Courthouse Plaza in mid to late July 2025, according to Fairfax City Economic Development (FCED).
