Restaurant Eve Could Close In Alexandria: Report

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Chef Cathal Armstrong is considering closing Restaurant Eve in Old Town Alexandria after 14 years in business. Armstrong expressing a strong desire to "reinvent" the restaurant, Washingtonian reported. That means closing the Alexandria restaurant or moving it to DC.

Armstrong and his Meshelle's Eat Good Food Group are looking at possible locations for a spinoff in DC, including the new Wharf area. The group is opening a Southeastern Asian restaurant named Kaliwa in late February and Potomac Distilling Company at the Wharf.

"It’s at the point where we need to reinvent it [Eve],” Chef Armstrong told Washingtonian. "It’s in the cards that something will happen within the next few months, whether closing or relocating or some sugar daddy comes along and gives us a million dollars—but that scenario isn’t likely."

The chef says he's looking at revamping Eamonn’s, another Old Town restaurant that serves up Irish fare. Armstrong's latest Alexandria restaurant Hummingbird opened at the new Hotel Indigo in 2017. There is no word on changes to his other Alexandria restaurants—the PX cocktail bar and Society Fair.

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