2 Fairfax Restaurants Honored At 2023 RAMMY Awards Ceremony

WASHINGTON, DC — Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's 41st annual RAMMY award winners were announced at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Sunday night. The RAMMY awards are given to individuals and businesses demonstrating excellence in the DC region's food service industry.

Award categories range from long-standing categories celebrating culinary excellence.

This year's RAMMY Awards Winners include a long-time Fairfax City institution celebrating a significant milestone, as well as the owner of Mosaic District eatery who took home one of the evening's top awards.

Artie's, located at 3260 Old Lee Highway in the Fairfax Circle Shopping Center, received a 2023 Honorary Milestone RAMMY Award, recognizing its 45 years of serving the community.

In March 2022, Artie's reopened for business after a devastating fire forced it to temporarily close its doors in September 2021.

Originally opening its doors on Nov. 20, 1978, Artie's is one of the oldest restaurants in the Great American Restaurant chain, which is based in the Washington, D.C. area. Among the company's other local eateries are the Sweetwater Tavern in Merrifield and Centreville, Coastal Flats in Fairfax Corner and Tysons Corner Mall, Ozzie's in Fairfax Corner, and Mike's American in Springfield.

Rose Previte was named the 2023 Restaurateur of the Year at Sunday night's ceremony. In addition to running Compass Rose and Maydan in Washington, D.C., she opened the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant Kirby Club in Merrifield's Mosaic District in 2022.

"I'm honored to be part of this restaurant community in D.C.," Previte said, joking that she'd forced some of her team to join her on the stage to accept the award.

"Everyone that owns and runs restaurants knows that we're just here because of our teams," she said. "The few that are with me tonight and the ones that are running the restaurants while we're here, any success we've had, surviving COVID, it's because of these guys. So really, this is for them."

Read the full list of the 2023 Rammy Award Winners and Honorees.