Visit Alexandria
Alexandria's annual Summer Restaurant Week is back — it's just going to be a little bit different this year.
Restaurant Week started in 2009 in Alexandria, designed to highlight the best of Alexandria's restaurant scene. Visit Alexandria organizes the event twice each year, giving residents the opportunity to try high-end restaurants with affordable options and revisit old favorites. It also showcases Alexandria as a great destination for food lovers.
Restaurant week this summer is from Aug. 21 - 30, including two weekends. More than 60 restaurants will be offering a $49 takeout, delivery or curbside pick-up dinner for two.
"This year, guests are encouraged to bring Alexandria Restaurant Week home and enjoy special menus from the comfort of their dining room table, porch or couch," according to Visit Alexandria. "The online menu book makes it easy to browse delicious selections from dozens of Alexandria eateries. No menu offering is the same – from appetizer, entrée and bottle of wine packages to three-course meals for two with mouth-watering desserts plus add-on options of cocktails to-go, there is undoubtedly a menu suited to everyone."
The new to-go model is a first for Alexandria, spurred by customer desires to maintain physical distancing during as Alexandria recovers from the global coronavirus pandemic, while still supporting local restaurants.
This summer, new Alexandria Restaurant Week participants include Taqueria Picoso, Glory Days Grill, The Light Horse, Michael’s Little Italy, Sweet Fire Donna’s and Mount Vernon Inn. Restaurants offering delivery (distance limitations may apply) in addition to takeout or curbside pick-up, include Chadwicks, Laporta’s Restaurant, Ramparts, RT’s Restaurant, Ruz Uz – Alexandria and The Wharf, among others. Returning neighborhood favorites offering takeout include City Kitchen, a la lucia, Il Porto and Northside 10.
Many participating restaurants, including Cheesetique, Spice Kraft Indian Bistro, Taqueria Picoso and Yunnan By Potomac Noodle House, have provided free meals to frontline hospital workers, first responders and neighbors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the past few months.
View the summer menu flip-book and participating restaurant listings at AlexandriaRestaurantWeek.com.
