Village at Leesburg now allows customers to drink alcohol while walking around the town center. [Loudoun Times-Mirror]
After the latest round of funding, local company Sweetgreen is now a unicorn. [Forbes]
D.C.’s Bad Saint is one of America’s “Essential Restaurants.” [Eater]
Del Ray’s Stomping Ground hosted a private meeting this summer between Amazon executives, developers and state leaders. [Wall Street Journal, Patch]
And did you see that Stomping Ground will open a second location in the former Isabella Eatery space in Tysons Galleria? [Northern Virginia Magazine]
Taco Bell Cantina, the fast-food company’s foray into urban, booze-slinging restaurants, will open in Alexandria this year. [Patch]