Walk away calories at Alexandria Restaurant Week

Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, January 21st, 2010

(Source: Visit Alexandria)

There are only a few more days left to ignore your New Year’s Resolution before getting back into shape.  Alexandria Restaurant Week continues until January 24^th.  Thanks to the folks at Capital Spice, here is a map of the participating restaurants. New to this year’s event, $3.50 sweet treats at Bittersweet Cafe and Artfully Chocolate Kingsbury Confections.

If you really want to get some cardio in while enjoying Restaurant Week, take part in an Old Town Alexandria Food Tour by DC Metro Food Tours.

Normally priced at $50 per ticket, this tour is a shortened version of the regular tour, lasting 1.5 hours as opposed to 3.5 hours. The progressive dinner still offers some Virginia history mixed in with some tasty treats. You’ll have your first course at one restaurant and your second course and dessert at the second. The only way to find out which local restaurants you’ll visit is by taking the tour. 

 

(Source: DC Food Tours)

Jeff Swedarsky, director of DC Food Tours, believes in highlighting the local, family run restaurants that make Old Town unique.  That’s right, no chain restaurants. He wants diners/tourists to experience Old Town in a new way, without any “preconceived notions about what to expect” in a culinary experience rich with history and architecture. He hopes to extend the tour to the west end of Alexandria in the near future.  Each tour is customized to your liking, so call 202-683-8847 to make a reservation.  

Cheers to walking away your calories!

–Aisha Salazar

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