This could be the end for Alexandria institution Restaurant Eve.
Washingtonian reported Friday morning that Restaurant Eve may be closing, according to owner Cathal Armstrong.
“It’s at the point where we need to reinvent it [Eve],” says Armstrong in the Washingtonian story. “It’s in the cards that something will happen within the next few months, whether closing or relocating or some sugar daddy comes along and gives us a million dollars—but that scenario isn’t likely.”
Restaurant Eve is located at 110 S. Pitt Street in Old Town Alexandria. It has hosted famous national figures (including then-President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle) and locals for years, receiving consistently rave reviews.
Armstrong operates the Eat Good Food Group along with his wife, Meshelle, and business partner Todd Thrasher.
The Eat Good Food Group includes Society Fair, Hummingbird, speakeasy-style bar PX, Eammon’s (A Dublin Chipper) and more.
“Restaurant Eve has one intention: to bring everything together in perfect harmony—ingredients, cooking techniques, presentation, and that ephemeral, indescribable characteristic called soulfulness. We purchase from farms that share our values of quality and sustainability, and showcase the best hand-fed, farm-raised, organically grown bounty Virginia and the surrounding countryside have to offer,” according to the resturant’s website.
The Eat Good Food Group may also be “reconceptualizing” Eamonn’s in the coming year.
