New Restaurant Opens Its Doors in Vienna

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Clarity, a new restaurant in Vienna, opened its doors Tuesday night.

Located at 422 Maple Ave. East., Clarity describes itself as “a modern American freestyle bistro.” The location is the former home of Wolftrap Cafe and Catering.

The restaurant features wait service, (outdoor seating coming soon) and take out; food styles will include American (New), American (Traditional), Brunch, French, Latin American and Vietnamese.

The menu includes everything from steaks and scallops to salmon and short ribs.

Behind the new venture? Big names in the culinary world associated with several award-winning restaurants:

• Veteran Jonathan Krinn, former owner/chef at 2941 in Falls Church and Inox in Tysons
• Chef/Director of Operations Jason Maddens, former executive chef atThe Bungalow Lakehouse in Sterling and Central Michel Richard in DC. His career includes a stint at 2941, where he was Executive Sous Chef.
• Also listed on the culinary team is Nathan Bates, whose background is working as chef at the New Zealand Embassy. He is the 2013 winner an embassy chef challenge and was a judge this year.

Follow updates from Clarity via Twitter.

Current hours are:

Tues – Thurs: 5pm – 10pm
Fri – Sat: 5pm – 11pm
Sun: 5pm – 9pm

A helpful tip from Clarity, on parking: “Parking in front of Clarity fills up fast, but we have another parking lot just steps away. Take a left from East St onto Church St and take another quick left (200 ft) at the Clarity sign into the lot. Park, walk across the bridge straight into the building lobby door and into Clarity.”

PHOTO of Clarity interior, courtesy of Clarity, via Facebook