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Tysons Corner is known primarily for three things: its massive pair of malls, the large number of companies headquartered there, and the resulting terrible traffic that results from all of these things colliding at once. A day of hitting the shops or braving the commute is sure to work up an appetite or a thirst, and Tysons Corner has options for nearly every price point and cuisine.

Beyond those standouts highlighted here, the number of quick-service and chain options in the area continues to be substantial, from Virginia’s original Shake Shack location to an outpost of area favorite Lebanese Taverna. Starting this holiday season, shoppers can even stroll the mall with an adult beverage in hand.

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Zentan veteran Yo Matsuzaki is behind this fusion izakaya in the hotel attached to Capitol One’s headquarters. There’s a generous raw bar and dishes like scallops with bacon enoki and yuzu vinaigrette.

This Virginia brewery has made a splash in Tysons with its rooftop beer garden atop the Capitol Hill building, which includes 24 tap lines.

One of the area’s best food trucks has a standalone location to serve up lamb, chicken kebabs, stewed chickpeas, and more.

The revolving sushi bar out of Japan debuted its first Virginia outpost this summer with a steady stream of $3.30 plates. A whopping 140 items circulate on a conveyor belt at any given time, from rolls to noodle soups to a variety of hot and cold side dishes.

Though the Urban Space food hall that originally housed it is no more, this excellent purveyor of pizza by the slice (as well as robust whole pies) lives on in Tysons II.

This international chain out of Hokkaido made its D.C.-area debut with this Tysons location. Expect traditional varieties of ramen, like shio and shoyu, prepared with thin, springy noodles. A small collection of appetizers rounds out the menu. The restaurant is frequently busy, and does a robust takeout business.

A relatively new addition to the area for dim sum, Han Palace also has cocktails and a small patio. Look for items like shrimp toast, stuffed duck, lobster sticky fried rice, and more. Order online here.

This bistro in the Ritz Carlton in Tysons draws menu inspiration from a variety of countries including Italy, Singapore, Thailand, Toronto, and St. Thomas. Options include everything from biryani to katsu sando riffs to lobster pastas.

Shipping containers give shape to this food and beer pop-up with almost an outdoor food hall quality to it, complete with firepits for keeping warm during winter months. The idea is an evolution of Tysons Biergarten and now includes dining from vendors serving waffles and tacos, fast-casual Persian, and sushi burritos (and even sushi pizza).

The Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken is the specialty at this counter service spot. A quarter, half or whole bird can be paired with simple sides including fried yucca, black beans, and salad.

Pho is obviously on the menu at this local chain, but there are also several traditional Vietnamese dishes, from shaking beef to shrimp-stuffed crepes.

Nostos is an underrated destination for contemporary Greek food. There’s a deep lineup of cheese dishes — think pan-fried, sesame-crusted feta served with honey and almonds. Seafood is a speciality, and mezze are plentiful.

This upscale Iranian restaurant comes from Maydan vet Chris Morgan and Persian chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij. Find luxurious kabobs, platters of duck and lamb shoulder, thadig and more. The Kitchen Collective is also using the space to hold pop-ups featuring upcoming restaurants during daytime hours.

This huge venue from Great American Restaurants has hits from all of its restaurants on the menu, from Sweetwater Tavern to Ozzie’s. Look for crab cakes, lobster rolls, a strong French dip, and more. The restaurant chain has a variety of option in Tysons, including Coastal Flats and new steakhouse, Randy’s Prime Seafood, that’s attached to Patsy’s.

Zentan veteran Yo Matsuzaki is behind this fusion izakaya in the hotel attached to Capitol One’s headquarters. There’s a generous raw bar and dishes like scallops with bacon enoki and yuzu vinaigrette.

This Virginia brewery has made a splash in Tysons with its rooftop beer garden atop the Capitol Hill building, which includes 24 tap lines.

One of the area’s best food trucks has a standalone location to serve up lamb, chicken kebabs, stewed chickpeas, and more.

The revolving sushi bar out of Japan debuted its first Virginia outpost this summer with a steady stream of $3.30 plates. A whopping 140 items circulate on a conveyor belt at any given time, from rolls to noodle soups to a variety of hot and cold side dishes.

Though the Urban Space food hall that originally housed it is no more, this excellent purveyor of pizza by the slice (as well as robust whole pies) lives on in Tysons II.

This international chain out of Hokkaido made its D.C.-area debut with this Tysons location. Expect traditional varieties of ramen, like shio and shoyu, prepared with thin, springy noodles. A small collection of appetizers rounds out the menu. The restaurant is frequently busy, and does a robust takeout business.

A relatively new addition to the area for dim sum, Han Palace also has cocktails and a small patio. Look for items like shrimp toast, stuffed duck, lobster sticky fried rice, and more. Order online here.

This bistro in the Ritz Carlton in Tysons draws menu inspiration from a variety of countries including Italy, Singapore, Thailand, Toronto, and St. Thomas. Options include everything from biryani to katsu sando riffs to lobster pastas.

Shipping containers give shape to this food and beer pop-up with almost an outdoor food hall quality to it, complete with firepits for keeping warm during winter months. The idea is an evolution of Tysons Biergarten and now includes dining from vendors serving waffles and tacos, fast-casual Persian, and sushi burritos (and even sushi pizza).

The Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken is the specialty at this counter service spot. A quarter, half or whole bird can be paired with simple sides including fried yucca, black beans, and salad.

Pho is obviously on the menu at this local chain, but there are also several traditional Vietnamese dishes, from shaking beef to shrimp-stuffed crepes.

Nostos is an underrated destination for contemporary Greek food. There’s a deep lineup of cheese dishes — think pan-fried, sesame-crusted feta served with honey and almonds. Seafood is a speciality, and mezze are plentiful.

This upscale Iranian restaurant comes from Maydan vet Chris Morgan and Persian chef and cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij. Find luxurious kabobs, platters of duck and lamb shoulder, thadig and more. The Kitchen Collective is also using the space to hold pop-ups featuring upcoming restaurants during daytime hours.

This huge venue from Great American Restaurants has hits from all of its restaurants on the menu, from Sweetwater Tavern to Ozzie’s. Look for crab cakes, lobster rolls, a strong French dip, and more. The restaurant chain has a variety of option in Tysons, including Coastal Flats and new steakhouse, Randy’s Prime Seafood, that’s attached to Patsy’s.

Fairfax County is on the verge of approving the first residential, mixed-use development to be put forward under its nascent plan to revitalize downtown McLean.

The Astoria project to redevelop three commercial buildings next to the Mars headquarters on Old Dominion Drive got the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s endorsement on Oct. 18, setting it up to be approved by the Board of Supervisors at a public hearing tomorrow (Tuesday).

“It’s going to make a big difference in this stretch of Old Dominion and on Elm Street,” said Dranesville District Commissioner John Ulfelder. “…I think it hits all the marks in terms of what we’re trying to accomplish now in the McLean [Community Business Center] in order to revitalize it and widen it and to bring in more residents, who can then support more local restaurants and other shops and stores.”

Filed in December 2022, the rezoning proposal from property owner JAG Partners LLC would replace the existing office buildings and standalone restaurant — currently occupied by Moby Dick — on the 2-acre site with a seven-story, 130-unit residential building.

The ground floor will be devoted to commercial uses, including 3,109 square feet of retail and 1,692 square feet of office space. Topping out at 92 feet, the building will drop to six stories on the Elm Street side to allay community concerns “about the visual mass of the building,” the developer’s legal agent, Michelle Rosati, said.

According to Rosati, when it conceived the project, JAG Partners focused first on ensuring the pedestrian experience meets the county’s new design guidelines for McLean, which aim to turn the 265-acre downtown into a “neighborhood village” with a small-town feel and streetscapes that encourage non-motorized travel and social interaction.

In addition to a 12-foot-wide pedestrian and bicycle pathway along Old Dominion Drive and an 8-foot-wide sidewalk on Elm Street, the developer will construct an 8-foot-wide pedestrian pathway along its shared property line with Mars, which got the planning commission’s support for a headquarters expansion on Oct. 11.

Accompanied by urban park amenities like seating and public art, the “Connector Courtyard” will provide a much-needed connection from Old Dominion to Elm Street between Moyer Place and Beverly Road, Rosati said.

“That is a superblock. It’s a very long walk to go all the way around, and this cuts through the middle of the block,” she said, noting that the Elm Street end of the pathway is directly across from a park associated with The Signet condominiums.

The pathway was designed in coordination with Mars, which plans to provide an adjacent 1,850-square-foot, publicly accessible pocket park as part of its expansion project.

“There’ll be a combined nice, wide open space on the Old Dominion side,” Rosati said. “[Mars] also pulled their building back from the common boundary by about 6 feet so it’ll create more breathing room for that pedestrian midblock connection.”

The Astoria will also have plazas on the southwest corner along Old Dominion and the northeast corner along Elm Street, resulting in a total of 14,810 square feet, or 0.34 acres, of park space. Two private courtyards and multiple rooftop terraces will be available to residents.

Though she didn’t take issue with this particular project, Braddock District Commissioner Mary Cortina observed that it continues a trend of developers including spruced-up sidewalks and other right-of-way elements in their urban park space calculations.

“I don’t want the creep of the urban parks just to keep whittling down until it’s just the side of a building,” she said.

County staff said in a report that the amount of urban parkland proposed is “deficient,” but they were satisfied by the quality of the proposed spaces.

“This has always been a battle,” Cathy Lewis, the zoning evaluation branch chief for the Department of Planning and Development, said. “…In Tysons, the quantity that was generated, there’s no way you could achieve that on the site. Sometimes, it was half the site, so you look to try to do it by quality.”

Hunter Mill District Commissioner John Carter suggested reviewing the urban parks standards at a future meeting of the commission’s urban development and placemaking committee, which he chairs.

“It seems like the commercial standards are teeny-tiny and the residential ones are quite large,” he said. “Sometimes they go in the right of way, sometimes they’re going on the roof. I think it’s not working well. I’m not criticizing this project, but I think we should look at this.”

(Updated at 2:30 p.m.) Peter Chang’s new McLean restaurant is almost ready for diners.

The eponymous restaurant from the prolific Chinese chef will open at 6715 Lowell Avenue in one week on Oct. 12.

Located under Tachibana in the former House of Fortune space, Peter Chang will serve a variety of Chinese dishes, including Peking roast duck, dim sum, wagyu beef lo mein, Amish honey ribs and more.

Operating hours will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

“We’re expanding to McLean after listening to guest feedback on where they’d like to see the next Peter Chang restaurant,” co-owner and chef Lydia Chang said. “We hope to bring the same quality and nutritious Chinese food with bold flavors to McLean with our new location. We look forward to welcoming our McLean neighbors, hearing guest feedback, and getting to know the community.”

This is the 11th location for the Chang family’s signature brand and the first in Fairfax County, though the family has two different establishments in Fairfax City — Mama Chang and Lu Wei by Peter Zhang.

The Changs also have restaurants in D.C., Bethesda, Baltimore and Arlington, which is home to the first Peter Chang in the D.C. area and slated to get a new NiHao near Amazon’s HQ2.

The Burn reported in May that Chang has leased 3,500 square feet in Arrowbrook Centre near Herndon. While The Burn said the location will be a second Mama Chang, a spokesperson says it will actually be another Peter Chang restaurant.

A commercial alteration permit application for the new location was submitted to Fairfax County for review in September.

The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) has proposed a new grant program to help curb flooding in the county.

The flood mitigation assistance program (FMAP) would reimburse residents and property owners for purchasing and installing approved products and services that reduce the risk of flood damage to their property.

The program calls for a cost-sharing agreement where the resident or property owners cover 50% of the cost, and the county covers the other half up to $5,000, DPWES Deputy Director Eleanor Ku Codding told the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at an environmental committee meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 3).

The program was made to be flexible, according to Codding. It’s open to residential or commercial multi-family properties, common-interest communities, and places of worship. Approved flood mitigation practices include:

However, if an owner wanted to use another flood mitigation service not listed, it would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Codding said, since drainage is not a straightforward issue, sharing the cost is a good solution.

“By establishing a cost-share program, we are allowing residents to be empowered to take action to mitigate that risk of flooding,” she said. “In addition, we have seen that the best flood risk reduction programs — including FEMA — include these types of cost-share programs.”

Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust supported the program but called for the county to take more action.

“We should be thinking bigger in terms of stormwater management because it’s a huge problem,” Foust said. “And once we adopt this, then we’ll be done with it. We’ll check it off and move on to the next thing, and I just think the problem deserves more.”

Codding said other programs could be brought to the board in the future.

The county has discussed raising its building stormwater standards to accommodate more frequent and extreme flooding, and earlier this year, it piloted a program for sharing the cost of projects with private property owners, essentially testing the approach proposed for the new assistance program.

Funded through the county’s Stormwater Service District taxes, FMAP would start on July 1, 2024, and applications would be reviewed on a first come, first served basis. The Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District would administer the program.

DPWES will return to the board at a public hearing to get authorization to sign the memorandum of understanding with the conservation district. The agreement will establish rules for how the district should administer the program.

MCLEAN, VA — New Year's Day falls on a Monday in 2024, so there will be various schedule changes over several days.

Fairfax County government will be closed Monday, Jan. 1. Other services have schedule changes on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and surrounding days.

Here are the openings and closures to know for the New Year's holiday around McLean:

Find out what's happening in McLeanwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Community Service Facilities: Fairfax County's Neighborhood and Community Services facilities will be closed Saturday, Dec. 30 to Monday, Jan. 1. Facilities will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 2 Human Services Transportation (FASTRAN) will not be in operation on Monday, Jan. 1.

Courts: The Fairfax County Circuit Court, Clerk of Circuit Court, General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1 and Tuesday, Jan. 2.

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles: DMV locations will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1.

Fairfax Connector: Fairfax Connector will operate Sunday Service on Sunday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 1. All Fairfax Connector stores and the Customer Service Call Center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1. Routes that operate Holiday Weekday service are: 101, 109, 151, 152, 159, 161, 162, 171, 301, 305, 306, 308, 310, 321, 322, 334, 340, 341, 350, 351, 352, 353, 371, 372, 373, 401, 402, 423, 424, 462, 463, 466, 467, 507, 552, 553, 557, 558, 574, 605, 615, 621, 622, 623, 630, 631, 632, 640, 641, 642, 650, 651, 652, 660, 703, 721, 803, 901, 921, 924, 937, 950, 951, 952, 954, 983, RIBS 1, RIBS 2, RIBS 3, RIBS 4 and RIBS 5.

Libraries: All Fairfax County Public Library locations branches will close at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31 and remain closed on Monday, Jan. 1.

Metrorail: On New Year’s Eve on Sunday, Dec. 31, Metrorail will operate on Sunday schedule, with service starting at 7 a.m., but ending at a time to be determined after midnight. On Monday, Jan. 1, Metrorail will operate on a Sunday holiday schedule from 7 a.m. to midnight. For more details, go to https://www.wmata.com/schedules/timetables/index.cfm.

Metrobus: Will operate on a Sunday schedule on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. More details at https://www.wmata.com/schedules/timetables/.

Post offices: Closed on Monday, Jan. 1.

Recreation centers: Closed on Monday, Jan. 1.

Trash and recycling: There will be no change to the trash and recycling collection schedule for Monday, Jan. 1. If you use a private collector, contact your hauler..

Trash and recycling centers: The Recycling and Disposal Centers at the I-66 Transfer Station and the I-95 Landfill Complex will be closing at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31 and will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1.

The restaurant will spotlight Americana and regional flavors when it opens in 2024.

David Guas is taking his culinary talents to McLean with his new restaurant Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen, which is set to open in early 2024.

The menu will feature seasonal, American-inspired dishes with ingredients sourced from the mid-Atlantic and Gulf Coast. This is Guas’s second NoVA eatery. The New Orleans native opened the Bayou Bakery in 2010 in Arlington.

“I am incredibly excited to be opening in McLean and have my newest venture only 15 minutes away from my Arlington gathering spot, a community I take pride in being a part of daily,” Guas said in a news release.

Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen will pay homage to Guas’ Louisiana roots, mainly through the restaurant’s name. The term “neutral ground” refers to New Orleans’s Canal Street after the Louisiana Purchase. Feuds between the French Creoles and Europeans divided the city. But, Canal Street’s linear grassy space became a common area for both groups to trade and interact.

The “neutral ground” philosophy is reflected in the restaurant’s open-concept design, meant to facilitate a casual and relaxed feel. The interior will feature warm tones and wood accents. A bar will anchor the rear of the restaurant, and there will be open-air dining on a patio.

Guas is no stranger to the cooking scene. The celebrity chef has judged Food Network’s Chopped and hosted the Travel Channel’s American Grilled. He has also appeared on CNN, NBC, The Today Show, and The Dish.

In addition to being a television celebrity, Guas is an award-winning cookbook author. In NoVA, he has received recognition for his recipes, along with his anti-hunger advocacy and COVID-19 relief work.

“Being in Northern Virginia for 20-plus years, I have been waiting for the right space in McLean, VA, to turn up vacant and make sense to me,” he said. “I’ve been listening to McLean friends and family for a long time, who ask me, ‘Why won’t you open a restaurant here?’ Their increased desire for a place to fill a void in downtown McLean catapulted me to take a vested interest this year and move forward.”

When the restaurant opens at 6641 Old Dominion Dr. in 2024, it will only be open for dinner initially from Tuesdays through Saturdays.

Feature image courtesy Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen

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