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Published July 22, 2024 at 1:30PM

Fava Pot in the Shops at West Falls Church (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

When the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) handed out its annual awards celebrating the D.C. region’s food industry last night (Sunday), the winners included two restaurants that can be found in Fairfax County.

Fava Pot, an Egyptian restaurant in West Falls Church, won an award for Favorite Fast Bites, while Colada Shop, a Caribbean spot with a location in Merrifield’s Mosaic District, was named the area’s Hottest Sandwich Shop at the 42nd Annual RAMMYS Awards Gala, which was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C.

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Cherry blossom festival to bloom at the Mosaic District this weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 2, 2024 at 2:30PM

Art Blooms at Mosaic in 2022 (photo by Katie Dance)

The Mosaic District will celebrate an unusually long cherry blossom season this weekend with the return of its annual Art Blooms festival.

Organized in partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the two-day event will bring artisan and farmers’ markets, live entertainment and family-friendly activities to the Merrifield neighborhood from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (April 6-7).

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Children’s clothing store to open this spring at the Mosaic District

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 15, 2024 at 10:30AM

The Beaufort Bonnet Company, which sells children's clothes and accessories like baby swaddles, will open soon in the Mosaic District (courtesy The Beaufort Bonnet Company)

Merrifield will welcome a new kids’ clothing store next month, just in time for parents to update their little ones’ wardrobes for the spring.

The Beaufort Bonnet Company will open its first retail store in the D.C. area on March 2 at 2920 District Avenue, Suite 143, in the Mosaic District.

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Dutch pancake shop Poffy has closed after two years in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 29, 2023 at 11:15AM

Poffy opened in the Mosaic District in 2021 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Merrifield bakery that specializes in poffertjes — a traditional Dutch snack that resembles puffed-up pancakes — has closed up shop.

Poffy ceased operations during the weekend after Thanksgiving, opening its doors in the Mosaic District (2985 District Avenue, Suite 170) for the last time on Nov. 25, the business announced on Instagram.

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Mimi’s Handmade ice cream shop arrives at the Mosaic District

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 28, 2023 at 11:00AM

Mimi's Handmade is now open at the Mosaic District in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Mimi’s Handmade is now chilling at the Mosaic District in Merrifield.

The ice cream maker quietly opened its newest shop at 2985 District Avenue, Suite 160, about a month ago, owner Rollin Amore told FFXnow yesterday (Wednesday).

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Asian street food restaurant to replace Four Sisters, Oath Pizza closed in Merrifield

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 12, 2023 at 2:30PM

Hawkers Asian Street Food, seen in Arlington, is planning a restaurant in the Mosaic District (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A growing, Florida-based Asian street food chain has its sights set on Merrifield.

Hawkers is planning to open a restaurant in the Mosaic District next year, an employee at the company’s Arlington location confirmed to FFXnow.

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Apartments in Tysons, Merrifield used as illegal brothels, federal prosecutors allege

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 9, 2023 at 9:30AM

The Avalon Mosaic apartments in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Three men have been arrested for coercing women into sex work at “high-end” brothels in Massachusetts and Virginia, the Department of Justice announced yesterday (Wednesday).

Locations used for the brothels include units in Hanover Tysons and Avalon Mosaic, apartment buildings in Tysons and Merrifield, according to a court affidavit by a Department of Homeland Security special agent.

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Great Falls ‘handcrafted’ boutique makes move to the Mosaic District

By Vernon Miles

Published October 17, 2023 at 2:30PM

Vivid Chill opens in the Mosaic District (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

There’s a new shop in Merrifield focusing on an eclectic, “curated collection” of handcrafted goods.

Vivid Chill hosted a grand opening this past weekend in the Mosaic District, moving into Suite 150 at 2910 District Avenue from a spot in Great Falls.

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Creole and Asian seafood restaurant will open in the Mosaic District soon

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 16, 2023 at 10:30AM | Updated October 16, 2023 at 5:39PM

Kreole will serve seafood with Creole and Asian flavors (courtesy Common Plate Hospitality)

(Updated at 5:40 p.m.) The Mosaic District has reeled in a different kind of seafood restaurant.

Kreole, a new concept that blends flavors from Creole and Asian cuisines, will open in the Merrifield neighborhood ~~tomorrow (Tuesday)~~ next Monday (Oct. 23) at 2985 District Avenue, Unit 115. The news was first reported by Eater DC.

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Mosaic District celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with outdoor movies

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 21, 2023 at 2:30PM | Updated September 21, 2023 at 4:36PM

The Mosaic District's Strawberry Park (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 4:35 p.m.) Merrifield’s Mosaic District is bringing its “Films in the Park” screening series back for the fall — this time, with three times more Lin-Manuel Miranda.

While the live recording of “Hamilton” on Broadway remains walled off on Disney Plus, the prolific Tony, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner wrote songs for three out of the four featured movies, including tonight’s opener, “Encanto.”