Update at 5:30 p.m. — The teen has been found safe, according to Fairfax County police. “Officers located Elliott Byrum a short time ago,” the police department said Thursday afternoon. “He is in good health and will be reunited with his family shortly. Thanks to all concerned.”
Fairfax County police are asking for the public’s help in locating a “critical” missing teen last seen in Reston.
Police said 17-year-old Elliot Byrum was last seen in front of the Giant grocery store in the North Point Village Center (1452 Reston Parkway) around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday. Byrum reportedly works at the grocery store, but never went inside and checked in for his shift.
Police said they are concerned for Elliot’s well-being due to mental health issues.
“We have reason to believe he may be in danger due to mental disabilities and his family is concerned for his well-being,” police said in a statement early Thursday morning.
Elliot is described as 5-foot-9, around 110 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He may be wearing his Giant grocery work t-shirt. Photos distributed by police also show him wearing glasses.
Anyone who thinks they may have information about Elliot Byrum or his whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Bill Woolf at 703-246-4059 or the Fairfax County Police Department at 703-691-2131. Anonymous tips can also be called into Crime Solvers at 1-865-411-TIPS.
Pick up a new pet buddy — and some of his gear — this weekend at Pet Valu North Point Village Center’s Grand Opening celebration.
The new store has been open at 1422 North Point Village Center for about month, but will celebrate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 25.
Several pet rescue groups will be on site with pets to adopt. Here is the schedule:
- 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Little Buddies Adoption and Humane Society
- 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. DC Shiba Inu Rescue
- 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. New Love Animal Rescue
- 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. SPCA of Northern Virginia
Guests can enjoy fun with a face painter and clown, as well as games, raffle prizes and complimentary refreshments.Canine visitors will also have the opportunity to bob for tennis balls.
The first 50 customers who make a purchase will receive a special goody bag with fun animal supplies.
Reston has a new pet supply store. Pet Valu recently opened its doors at 1422 North Point Village Center.
Pet Valu, a national franchise that also has a South Lakes Village Center store, sells pet supplies, food, toys and other necessities. It also hosts pet rescue groups for weekend adoption events.
The North Point store features a do-it-yourself dog washing station.
There will be an all-day grand opening celebration on Saturday, June 25. The day will feature raffles, prizes, adoption information, goody bags, balloon art, magic, and more, says Pet Valu.
There are a batch of men’s grooming opening around Reston, but the owners of North Point Barber say their niche is old-school, no-nonsense men’s hair care.
Cousins Trang Nguyen and Kevin Do opened North Point Barbers at 1436 North Point Village Center about two weeks ago. Even though the shop is a few doors down from a Hair Cuttery and the high-end KLS Studios, Nguyen says they know they have a market.
“We are not doing color,” said Nguyen, who worked at nearby Reston Barber Shop for 10 years. “Nothing fancy. Just making men look handsome.”
Customer Joseph Britto, getting a haircut on Wednesday, says that’s what brought him into the shop.
“I am just a guy who wants a straightforward haircut,” he said.
Cuts at North Point Barber are $14, with discounts for kids, seniors and military members. They also offer hot towel shaves. Walk-ins are welcome.
North Point Barber is open weekdays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 703-429-1147.
The owners of a new barbershop at North Point Village Center say they will be opening their doors on Friday.
North Point Barber will provide men’s hair care and grooming at 1436 North Point Village Center. The space was formerly occupied by Fotoimage 1HR, which closed in January.
There has been a run of men’s grooming locations popping up around Reston in the last year. High-end salon Joe Grooming (now PR Barbers) opened at Reston Town Center, and an outpost of Roosters Men’s Grooming will also open on Market Street next week.
At North Point, there is also a wide selection of places to get groomed, including KLS Salon, Hair Cuttery, Massage Envy and Sahel’s Medical Spa & Beauty Studio.
Chick-fil-A’s planned store at North Point Village Center will be 58 percent bigger than the current Burger King building that occupies that location.
Chick-fil-A plans to tear down the Burger King building to build the new restaurant. In its place, it plans a new restaurant with an exterior that better coordinates with existing buildings at North Point, according to a Fairfax County Planning Department staff report.
The Burger King space at 1490 North Point Village Center has been vacant since March of 2014. Chick-fil-A filed its applications with the county in November. Chick-fil-A has an existing location at 12160 Sunset Hills Rd., about 2 1/2 miles away.
The staff report recommends approval of the project, which will have a public hearing before the county planning commission on March 16 at 8:15 p.m.
Some of the development conditions include:
- Screening the trash dumpsters
- Adding secure bike racks
- Installing water-efficient landscaping
- Using environmentally conscious building materials
- Using EnergyStar-certified appliances
The Reston Planning and Zoning Committee has expressed concern that going from the drive-thru to the shopping center’s exit will involve a complicated U-turn. Chick-fil-A reps said the North Point exit lane will be widened to 12 feet, but that the area between the drive-thru and the village center exit would not be changed.
Chick-fil-A plans to tear down the former Burger King building at North Point Village Center in order to make way for a new building to house the restaurant.
Chick-fil-A has filed a Planned Residential Community application with the Fairfax County Planning Commission, which will be heard at the planning commission’s March 16 meeting.
The new PRC plan is necessary so that Chick-fil-A can have a slightly bigger restaurant with an expanded drive-thru, land use attorneys told the Reston Planning and Zoning committee last month.
The Burger King space at 1490 North Point Village Center has been vacant since March of 2014. Chick-fil-A filed its applications with the county in November. Chick-fil-A has an existing location at 12160 Sunset Hills Rd., about 2 1/2 miles away.
John Martinez, Development Manager with Chick-fil-A, Inc., told the Reston P&Z committee the new location will have 96 seats and a children’s play area. There will be outdoor seating for approximately twenty diners, he added.
Martinez also said the North Point location will be a custom project, slightly smaller than is typical for Chick-fil-A because of the size and layout of the site.
There will be 15 dedicated parking spaces at the restaurant, as well as shared parking in the main parking area of the village center, Martinez said.
The new building will be slightly lower (19 feet compared with 21 feet) than the current one, but will contain an additional five feet for standard Chick-fil-A “tower components.”
Two trees will be removed due to configuration of the parking area, but additional landscaping is planned, the Chick-fil-A representatives said.
P&Z Committee members expressed concern that it would involve a complicated U-turn to get from the end of the drive-thru to the village center’s exit lane. Martinez said the exit lane will be widened to 12 feet, but that the area between the drive-thru and the village center exit would not be changed.
A county staff report featuring renderings will be made available next week.
Shuttered Burger King location at North Point/file photo
The space at 1436 North Point Village Center will not be vacant for long.
Fotoimage 1HR, Reston’s last remaining photo processing store, will close Jan. 30. A barber shop is slated to open in its place soon.
Permits have been filed by the owners of what will be called North Point Barber. No word yet on whether it will be a traditional barber shop or a high-end one in the style of Joe Grooming and Roosters Men’s Grooming (coming soon) at Reston Town Center.
North Point has several other personal care storefronts, including KLS Salon, Hair Cuttery, Massage Envy and Sahel’s Medical Spa & Beauty Studio.
No opening date has been announced.
Reston’s last photo developing store will shut its doors on Jan. 30.
The owner of Fotoimage 1HR, which had been at 1436 North Point Village Center since 2003, says its lease it expiring and will close.
Just a few years ago, there were camera stores/processing centers at South Lakes Village Center and Plaza America, to name a few.
But with the popularity of camera phones, digital cameras and self-service photo kiosks at places like CVS and Target, storefront photo operations are becoming a thing of the past.
“This has been a hard business to be in the last few years,” said owner Tim Klement.
Meanwhile, everything in the store, which also has framing services, is on sale. Camera bags are $5, for instance. Frames are buy one, get one 50 percent off.
No word from North Point owner Lerner Enterprises whether a new tenant has been signed.
Pet Valu, a franchise pet supply store, has been issued permits to renovate the space at 1422 North Point Village Center.
That storefront formerly housed an AT&T store, which closed in October 2014.
This will be Pet Valu’s second location in Reston. There is a Pet Valu at South Lakes Village Center selling pet food, toys, treats, grooming supplies and other necessities. It also features pet rescue group adoptions on weekends, as well as a do-it-yourself dog wash.
No opening date has been announced.
A long-rumored plan for opening a second Chick-fil-A restaurant in Reston is in the works.
Chick-fil-A recently filed Planned Residential Community (PRC) documents with Fairfax County to establish a fast food restaurant (with drive-through) at 1490 North Point Village Center.
Interestingly, the former Burger King spot, which has been vacant since March of 2o14, is located at 1494 North Point. The application is for 1490 North Point Village Center, which currently houses a BB&T Bank branch. (Editor’s note: The address could be a clerical error; future documents will confirm exact location).
The application is being reviewed for quality control before official acceptance. There is a Fairfax County Planning Commission hearing scheduled for March 16, 2016.
The application should go through, however, as the site on which Chick-fil-A intends to open is designated Village Center Mixed Use in the Reston Comprehensive Plan and formerly contained a fast-food restaurant.
Meanwhile, the owners of the nearby Chick-fil-A on Sunset Hills recently confirmed on their Facebook page that the plan for North Point location is “moving forward.”
Fairfax County Police’s undercover narcotics unit made several arrests in a dramatic drug bust at North Point Village Center Thursday night.
According to witnesses, about six unmarked black SUVS and sedans surrounded a car with New York plates in the parking lot about 9:30 p.m.
A witness said undercover narcotics officers wearing balaclavas quickly surrounded the vehicle. The occupants, a man and a woman, were removed, placed in cuffs and frisked and squad members searched the vehicle, the witness said.
The suspects were taken away in a FCPD squad car.
Fairfax County Police confirmed that the narcotics unit did participate in an apprehension at North Point Thursday. Due to the undercover nature and the ongoing investigation, they will not give further details, said police spokesman Lucy Caldwell.
Caldwell did say that a “significant amount” of drug material was confiscated.”
“FCPD OCN works in an undercover capacity across Fairfax County and targets illegal drug activity and transactions as part of their core mission,” she said. “Often, these cases are not publicized due to continued investigation and active nature of these types of investigations.”
“In this case, there was a significant amount of drug material confiscated and taken off of the streets of Fairfax County; including marijuana, oxycontin and a variety of prescription drugs.”
A longtime hair and nail salon at North Point Village Center has a new owner and an expanded menu of beauty services.
Nail Studio & Day Spa at 1458 North Point Village Center is now Sahel’s Medical Spa & Beauty Studio.
The salon was recently purchased by Sahel Yamini, who also owns Smooth Exposure Medical Spa in McLean. Dr. Ahmad O. Noori M.D. is the medical director.
In addition to hair and nail services, the North Point location offers medical spa services. Among them:
- Laser hair removal
- Photo facials
- Fractional laser treatment for skin care
- Injectables such as Botox and Restylane
- Spray tanning
- Chemical peels
Visit Sahel’s Medical Spa & Beauty Studio online for prices and package information. Call 703-481-6245 for an appointment.
April specials include:
- 20 percent off first service for new clients
- $5 off custom airbrush spray tans
- Spa mani/pedi for $75 ($15 discount)
- Brazilian wax for $45 ($15 in savings)
Glory Days Grill opened its doors at North Point Village Center on Wednesday — just in time to welcome crowds to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday.
The sports-themed restaurant, located at 1400 North Point Village Center, will serve $5.99 burgers all day in Sunday in honor of the big game.
The North Point location is more than 5,500 square feet of bar, dining and patio seating, and has more than 40 televisions and tableside speakers. The company has hired 100 employees for the North Point location, a company spokeswoman says.
This is Glory Days 22nd location. The locally owned chain has restaurants in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Florida.
Other regular specials at Glory Days:
- $5.99 Classic Burgers on Mondays.
- $5.99 Tacos on Tuesdays.
- Pizza Thursdays – Enjoy $5.99 Pizzas All Day..
- Friday Fish Fry. $9.99
- Snack Attack ($3/$4/$5 snack-sized portions) after 9 p.m.
- Lunch Loyalty Special. See location for details.
Glory Days hours: Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Monday – Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to midnight.
See the full menu on Glory Days website.
Photo: Grand Opening at Glory Days/Courtesy of Glory Days
Glory Days Grill will open at North Point Village Center next week, a company spokesman said.
The restaurant, which has been under construction in the former Blockbuster Video space for more than a year, is holding a soft opening for invited guests on Monday.
Glory Days will then open to the public Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Glory Days is a regional sports-themed restaurant with locations in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Florida.
In other Reston restaurant news, Barcelona and bartaco have started hiring for their new restaurants at Reston Town Center, but no opening date has been announced.
