Japanese restaurant Japomen, a popular sushi and ramen spot outside the Dunn Loring Metro station in Merrifield, is heading further south in Fairfax County.
Japomen is under construction in the Hilltop Village Center in Kingstowne at 6460 Old Beulah Street. It will fill a space previously occupied by DonutChew between Mattress Warehouse and Deka Lash.
Update — Tous les Jours is now open at the Row at Reston Station after a soft launch at 10 a.m. today (Aug. 14). A grand opening celebration with promotions and giveaways is expected in September, property owner Comstock Companies says.
Earlier: Reston Station residents and visitors will soon have a new option for getting their morning coffee or an afternoon snack.
South Block is plotting another expansion in Fairfax County.
The regional juice and smoothie chain has leased one of the new storefronts created out of the former Whole Foods space at Idylwood Plaza. Signage announcing that South Block is “coming soon” recently appeared at the shopping center.
Though one longstanding Chinese restaurant recently closed, another has opened in the Tysons area.
Chef Tan launched its soft opening at Danor Plaza in Vienna Thursday night (July 31), serving up Hunan-style cuisine in the former Zenola suite at 132 Branch Road SE.
The South Alex development just off Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Penn Daw is getting some new retail tenants, all of them expected to open in the coming months.
Three new businesses are opening on the south side of the shopping center:
Idylwood will soon welcome a French bakery and cafe.
Construction permits have been filed for De Ma Vie, a new venture that will take over the first floor of the commercial building at 7787 Leesburg Pike.
California Fish Grill is coming to Franconia.
Building plans for the 2,961-square-foot restaurant at the Festival at Manchester Lakes shopping center were submitted to Fairfax County in mid-July.
A new Indian restaurant has quietly begun serving diners in Idylwood.
Mumbai Central, housed in Idylwood Plaza at 7505 Leesburg Pike, kicked off its soft opening earlier this month, owner Sunil Bastola confirmed to FFXnow.
Sweetgreen is officially cruising into Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean, and it’s bringing a beach-inspired Mexican restaurant from D.C. along for the ride.
The fast-casual health food chain anticipates opening at 6220 Old Dominion Drive this fall. The 2,571-square-foot restaurant will be joined in the free-standing, former Truist Bank building by Surfside, which is expanding into Virginia for the first time.
A new dining option arrived at Fair Oaks Mall earlier this week.
Ugly Dumpling, which announced plans to join the mall’s slate of eateries last year, celebrated its grand opening at 11947U Fair Oaks Mall, Suite G-213, on Monday (July 14).
