Alexandria Restaurant Among Zagat's Most Anticipated Openings for 2016

PHOTO: Logo for Hank’s Pasta Bar, courtesy of restaurant

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ALEXANDRIA, VA --Restaurant guide Zagat has come out with its list of its most anticipated restaurant openings in DC in 2016, and Hank’s Pasta Bar, coming soon to Old Town Alexandria, is on the list.

Here’s what Zagat has to say:

“This new concept from Hank’s Oyster Bar chef-owner Jamie Leeds is expected to open on the northern edge of Old Town (600 Montgomery St., Alexandria) in early January, featuring handmade pastas and seasonal, rustic Italian flavors from chef de cuisine Nicolas Flores.”

Owner Jamie Leeds also posted some tempting tidbits on her Web site about her new restaurant:

There’s nothing quite like opening a restaurant and a bar in the same month to make you appreciate your management staff. Watching Megan Coyle (who was already part of the Hank’s family) take charge as the GM of The Twisted Horn and seeing Daniel Perkal’s passion for his position as GM of Hank’s Pasta Bar have been some of the most rewarding parts of this whole process. Plus, I can hardly wait to share with you the amazing cocktails that Jessica Weinstein has come up with and it has been such a joy working with Chef Nicolas Flores to prepare Hank’s Pasta Bar’s opening menu. It’s going to be exciting to see how they all lead the restaurant and the bar to success… and we’re all going to learn a lot from each other along the way!

It looks like preparations are moving along at the restaurant, which posted this photo Tuesday of its first staff meeting: