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Mass Layoffs + Restaurant Week Deals + Mall Staple Closing: VA Business
Business news in Virginia includes restaurant week deals in two communities, a vote by baristas to unionize and layoffs amid store closings.

Business news in Virginia includes restaurant week deals in two communities, a vote by baristas to unionize and layoffs amid store closings.

The new grocery store in Falls Church is led by Virginia entrepreneur Prince Wafa, offering a range of affordable products.
With four new tenants about to open, Peterson Companies' 36,000-square-foot retail building in Fairfax Corner is fully leased.
Grocery Outlet is celebrating the grand opening Thursday of its new store in Northern Virginia with giveaways and prizes.
Sweetgreen is planning special treats and an exclusive succulent garden workshop as part of the grand opening of its new Tysons location.
Several Northern Virginian communities are offering meal deals for restaurant week. Plus a new grocery chain is coming, and candle-making.
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Grocery Outlet will open its first Virginia store next month in Falls Church, with more locations planned, the company said.
Plans for a 2nd Buc-ee's are delayed, DMV coffee chain files for bankruptcy. Plus winter restaurant week, Slime Museum and a new meals tax.
The owners of an “experiential slime children’s museum” have set their sites on a local shopping mall, reports say.
Carbonara, which has become a popular dining spot in Arlington, will introduce its second location in Prince William County.
The Texas-based company first announced its plans to build a Virginia location off Exit 211 on Interstate 64 in 2023.
Maman opened its doors in Old Town Alexandria, marking the latest location for the New York City café's expansion into the DC region.
The owners of Sally's Apizza, a storied eatery founded in CT, said they hope to "transform the dine-in pizza landscape" and expand to VA.
Virginia Christmas tree shops are open, here's where to find the best chili, new Starbucks. Plus, an ice skating rink opens for the winter.
A mixed-use development near the Ashburn Metro station has added a Starbucks location.
A new international grocery store is planning to open in the space where Amazon Fresh closed earlier this year.
The grand opening of a One Loudoun business will support LAWS, Loudoun Youth, Blood Cancer United and more.
Texas Donuts invites the community to a ribbon cutting for its new Vienna location this week.
A new Chesterbrook Shopping Center restaurant recently filed a special exception request with the county for a drive-thru window.
Tous les Jours, an expanding French-Asian bakery, will open its first Manassas location in a former Hooters space.
A restaurant chain that had planned to open a McLean location in mid-November has announced a new opening date.
As one Northern Virginia locality plans to welcome ChatGPT into its classrooms, another community gets a new Texas-sized donut shop.
Visitors to the mall can now take on an arcade game, try axe throwing, grab a bite or drink and bowl all in one place.
Foodies can soon satisfy their Texas-sized appetites with the new Texas Donuts grand opening in Vienna.
In VA business news, a global clothing chain opens a site, a city ranked best for remote work, and restaurants offer Asian, healthy foods.
A Fairfax-based restaurant known for its Thai, Malaysian and other Southeast Asian flavors is planning a location in greater Ashburn.
Global clothing retailer celebrates grand re-opening of its Tysons Corner Center store with a traditional Japanese Taiko drum performance.
The new Tysons Corner Center store will showcase the brand's unique customer experience with its LifeWear lineup for men, women, and kids.
A café known for it's “Eat Positive. Live Positive” philosophy is opening its second location in the DMV.
A new restaurant specializing in serving healthy, plant forward, sustainable food is coming to Chesterbrook Shopping Center in McLean.
VA business news includes 2 banks close; Toastique and chocolate shops expand; New View gears up for the holidays; largest ice rink opens.
The chain will open its first City of Manassas location, joining others in the Manassas area of Prince William County.
A new 24-hour gym is open on Vienna's Maple Avenue, offering members access to training equipment and personal training.
To celebrate the reopening of its store on Celebrate Virginia Parkway, Giant Food will be donating 1,000 turkeys to a local food bank.
The first Loudoun County location of Drybar will hold a pre-opening celebration Thursday before its grand opening Friday.
A health-focused brand founded in D.C. will open its Vienna location in the former Greenheart Juice Shop location.
Chicken Salad Chick will be celebrating the opening of its third Northern Virginia restaurant with free chicken salads and other prizes.
New café in National Landing matches nourishing dishes with a thoughtfully curated selection of books.
The bean-to-bar chocolate maker's new manufacturing facility in Northern Virginia brings every step of its chocolate making under one roof.