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.
Reston Pediatrics, one of Reston’s busiest pediatric practices for more than 20 years, says it will relocate its offices to Loudoun County next week.
Reston Pediatrics — Drs. Ruth Mann, Martin Forman and Judit Sivo — is joining with the doctors from its Sterling location to consolidate into one new office at 44160 Scholar Plaza in Landsdowne.
Dr. Forman said the lease at the Reston office at 11130 Sunrise Valley Dr. was expiring, as was the lease in Sterling.
“It was time to consolidate and have all the doctors in one place,” he said.
Forman has practiced medicine in Reston since 1985, founding Reston Pediatrics with Dr. Mann in 1989. The office had been located on Sunrise Valley for 18 years. Read More
Bloody Mary alert: Reston Town Center’s PassionFish has added brunch to its weekly menu offerings.
The restaurant began serving last weekend. Brunch is available Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
On the menu:
Pick any two dishes for $19, and also get $2 Bloody Marys and Mimosas or $5 speciality cocktails
Brunch dishes such as Smoked Great Lakes Whitefish Hash; Skinny Omelet; Huevos Ranchero; Eggs Bar Harbor (Eggs Benedict with lobster); New Orleans Style French Toast; and Smoked Salmon.
A kids’ brunch menu with pancakes, French toast, grilled fish, scrambled eggs and other favorites.
Raw bar selections
Seafood selections
See PassionFish menus on PassionFish’s website.
PassionFish dining room/file photo
New Reston restaurant Not Your Average Joe’s is now open at 1845 Fountain Dr.
The restaurant opened for lunch at 11 a.m. Monday, and will have a short ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce at 4 p.m.
Not Your Average Joe’s, a local branch of a Boston-based franchise, remodeled the former Macaroni Grill space. Romano’s Macaroni Grill closed in December of 2014.
The Reston NYAJ location is the company’s fifth Washington-area outpost. There are NYAJ locations in Leesburg and Woodbridge, Va., as well as in Gaithersburg and Bethesda, Md.
NYAJ will be open for lunch and dinner, and has an extensive menu featuring seafood, steaks, creative appetizers, salads, stone hearth pizzas, and burgers. The menu also features seasonal selections.
Some of the specialty dishes: ahi tuna wontons served with pickled ginger and wasabi aioli; red-wine braised short ribs; and sage pecan salmon with a sage pecan pesto, chipotle mashed sweet potatoes and roasted brussels sprouts. See the whole menu on NYAJ’s website.
NYAJ also features a large wine list and more than 20 beers on tap, including several local craft brews such as Devil’s Backbone Vienna Lager, Lost Rhino Faceplant IPA, and Flying Dog’s seasonal brew.
The 7,300 square-foot restaurant seats 218, with a full bar and two seasonal outdoor patios offering an additional 100 seats. A private dining space accommodates 22 seated guests.
Over the weekend, Not Your Average Joe’s held a soft opening with donations benefitting Reston nonprofit Cornerstones.
This week, Reston Now will highlight some of the most read-stories of 2015. At No. 4 is the closing of Reston Kabob.
Reston restaurants come and go pretty often.
But no business closing of 2015 had quite the readership and reaction like the one for Reston Kabob, which was located at the International Center shops for more than a dozen years.
Read the original story on Reston Now.
The family owned spot at 1844 Sunrise Valley Dr. had to close in late July due to the upcoming redevelopment of the shopping center.
The building was finally torn down this month, and the stretch along Sunrise Valley will be redeveloped by JBG Companies into a new mixed-use property. The owners of Reston Kabob say they may be interested in returning to Reston Heights, as the new development will be called, when it opens in a few years.
Meanwhile, the operate Grill Kabob at 905 Herndon Pkwy in Herndon.
Reston saw several old retail standbys shut their doors, as well as many new spots make their debut here in 2015. Here is a recap. Also, coming up in early 2016 — a new Lake Anne Coffee House; Lake Anne Brew House; Not Your Average Joe’s restaurant; and a Madewell store at Reston Town Center.
Closed
Cold Spoon Frozen Yogurt (November)
Ben & Jerry’s at Reston Town Center (September; plans to reopen down the street soon)
Lake Anne Coffee House (September; New owners renovating for early 2016 re-opening)
Reston Kabob (July)
7-Eleven at Reston International Center (July)
Yogiberry at South Lakes Village Center and Reston Town Center (March)
Primo Italiano (May)
Lake Anne Florist (January)
Saladworks (September)
Unleashed (January)
Opened
Kendra Scott Jewelers (December)
Joe Grooming (October)
Bento House Sushi (September)
Red’s Table (September)
Pure Barre Reston (July)
Duck Donuts (May)
Barcelona (April)
Bartaco (April)
Glory Days Grill North Point (January)
PetMAC (January)
Aslin Beer Company (September)
Bluemercury (October)
Jersey Mike’s Subs (October)
Urban Pop (November)
Photo: Bento House Sushi
Not Your Average Joe’s, a new restaurant coming to the space formerly occupied by Romano’s Macaroni Grill, will open on Jan. 4, a spokesman said.
NYAJ was originally slated to open at 1845 Fountain Dr. on Dec. 21.
The Reston restaurant will be the fifth Massachusetts-based Not Your Average Joe’s to open in the Washington metropolitan area. There are outposts in Leesburg and Woodbridge, Va., as well as in Gaithersburg and Bethesda, Md.
NYAJ will be open for lunch and dinner, and has an extensive menu featuring seafood, steaks, creative appetizers, salads, stone hearth pizzas, and burgers. The menu also features seasonal selections.
Some of the specialty dishes: ahi tuna wontons served with pickled ginger and wasabi aioli; red-wine braised short ribs; and sage pecan salmon with a sage pecan pesto, chipotle mashed sweet potatoes and roasted brussels sprouts.
NYAJ will also feature an extensive wine list and more than 20 beers on tap, including several local craft brews such as Devil’s Backbone Vienna Lager, Lost Rhino Faceplant IPA, and Flying Dog’s seasonal brew.
The 7,300 square-foot restaurant will seat 218, with a full bar and two seasonal outdoor patios offering an additional 100 seats. A private dining space accommodates 22 seated guests. The Reston location — which will take reservations — will feature an open-kitchen.
Not Your Average Joe’s will partner with local non-profit Cornerstones during its grand opening. All proceeds raised during the two-day preview celebrations will be donated to the organization, which is dedicated to providing support and advocacy for people in need of food, shelter, affordable housing and other human services.
NYAJ will continue to support Cornerstone through January with its ongoing “Not Your Average Cause” program, which provides 15 percent of proceeds to a selected cause every Tuesday.
Reston Town Center is about to get its second men’s salon.
Roosters Men’s Grooming Center has signed a lease and construction permits for space at 11990 Market St., in the ground level of the Midtown condos.
Roosters is a franchise operation that has local locations in Bethesda, Franklin Farm in Herndon, Ashburn and Merrifield, as well as more than 70 others nationwide.
Roosters offers hair cuts and color, beard grooming, signature facial shaving and other men’s services.
Roosters’ upcoming opening comes just a few months after Joe Grooming opened up at 11944 Market St. Joe Grooming’s Reston store is the first salon location for the McLean-based company that makes its own hair gel, shave balm and other products.
The Reston Town Center beauty boomlet of 2015 also includes the recent opening of bluemercury at 11924 Market St. Bluemercury is a locally founded chain that sells cosmetics and other beauty supplies, as well as offers some spa services.
Other beauty and grooming options at Reston Town Center include a Sephora store, an Origins store, an expanded PR at Partners Salon at a new location, L’Occitane, Salon Nordine, and an Aveda store and salon.
Bottom photo: Roosters location in Florida/Credit: Yelp
Reston newest restaurant, Not Your Average Joe’s, says it will open Dec. 21 in the former Macaroni Grill building at 1845 Fountain Dr.
Meanwhile, the casual American restaurant is now hiring for all positions. Available positions will include servers, bartenders, line cooks and hosts.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply either at the restaurant Monday through Saturday between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or by visiting www.notyouraveragejoes.com/jobs.
Massachusetts-based Not Your Average Joe’s has 24 locations nationwide, including in Woodbridge, Leesburg and Bethesda.
Reston’s newest retail destination — Urban Pop at Reston Station — opened on Monday. The pop-up market is Comstock’s unique initiative where crafters and other businesses can try out a small retail space of their own without a big commitment.
And when Comstock says small, they mean small. Micro, even — about 100 square feet. But that is room enough for knitter Janice Everett, who was displaying her handmade scarves, gloves and hats in her space, called WitKnits, on Monday.
Everett, who lives in Reston and is a graphic designer by day, has been selling at farmers market and the online site Etsy. She said when she heard about Urban Pop, she thought it might be a great introduction to retail business.
About eight of the 9-by-10 glass booths are now open on the Reston Station plaza, hoping to attract Wiehle-Reston East commuters, visitors to the Wednesday afternoon farmers market and holiday shoppers looking for unique gifts.
Starting next year, Reston Station residents will also live just upstairs at Comstock’s BLVD apartments.
The Urban Pop leases are short-term, so vendors may change quickly, but for the holiday launch check out:
WitKnits (Also featuring jewelry from UrbanJule)
Urban Pop will be open Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m. and select vendors will offer additional weekend hours.
In Spring 2016, Phase Two (Urban Pop Active), is slated to open. Comstock saud Phase Two will feature outdoor piazza entertainment — live entertainments, food and drink — integrated with Metro pedestrian access and the ‘jewel box’ retail, says Comstock spokeswoman Maggie Parker.
“Reston Station is delighted to deliver this exciting shopping opportunity to our neighborhood,” Parker said. We are thrilled to partner with our vendors to provide a unique shopping experience at the Wiehle-Reston Metro. “I can’t think of a better time to launch Urban Pop than at the start of the holiday season.”
Urban Pop is actively signing up vendors for January occupancy. For more information and leasing opportunities at Urban Pop, please visit www.urbanpopreston.com.
Reston has been without a bookstore dedicated to new books since Barnes & Noble closed its doors in early 2013.
As of today, Reston has a bookstore again. Scrawl Books, an independently owned shop, opens Monday at Reston Station’s Urban Pop pop up stores.
Reston resident Rachel Wood, a longtime library employee, has been working on the Scrawl Books project for more than a year.
“We have had [books] coming in the last month or so, and I will have daily restocking from my vendors,” said Wood. She said the store will be at Urban Pop “until we are ready to go somewhere else.” She is still looking for longterm — and bigger — space.
Urban Pop is a row of small (about 100 square foot) retail spaces that Comstock is opening — starting today — on the Reston Station plaza. The stores will be a “curated mix of shops and artisans “that would be of benefit to commuters,” said Comstock spokeswoman Maggie Parker.
Scrawl Books will be open 3-7 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Wood said Scrawl will hold a “petite” grand opening on Saturday (which is also Small Business Saturday). There will be readings/book signings with Leesburg author Maria Gianferrari (Penny & Jelly: The School Show) at 11 a.m. and Retson author Terry Catasús Jennings (Sounds of the Savannah) at noon. There will also be food from Greenfare in Herndon. Visit Scrawl Books’ website for more information.
Reston has a new co-working space that features more than 40,000 square feet for collaboration and innovation.
MakeOffices — the company formerly called UberOffices — opened it’s fifth D.C.-area location recently at 12110 Sunset Hills Road.
The new location takes up the sixth floor of JBG Companies’ RTC West, which will soon add a variety of restaurants and other mixed-use amenities to the ground floor of the complex.
MakeOffices is also in walking distance of Reston Town Center and the future Reston Town Center Silver Line Metro station.
The Reston location will hold an open house Wednesday at 5 p.m. featuring food from American Tap Room, as well as beer and wine.
“We are very excited to open our Reston Town Center location,” said MakeOffices founder Raymond Rahbar. MakeOffices also has locations in Tysons Corner, Rosslyn, Bethesda and Dupont Circle.
“Reston was the natural next step in our DC area expansion, given the growth in businesses and startup activity in the area, as well as the lack of affordable, flexible options to serve the Reston community. We are confident that startups and businesses large and small will appreciate our approach to co-working, and consider our offices to be the place where productivity meets collaboration,” said Rahbar.
Rahbar says the company, founded in 2013, is rebranding with the new name in order to have an new identity as the company grows. It has plans to open spaces in Philadelphia and Chicago soon.
Some of the features at MakeOffices Reston:
- 112 private offices
- 50 open desks
- 9 conference rooms
- soundproof studio space
- 12 private call rooms
- 10 huddle booths
Perks include massage chairs; free coffee, tea, water, wine and beer (from Vienna’s Caboose Brewing Co.); a large kitchen/eating space; wellness room for nursing mothers; and great views of the Reston Town Center.
There are a variety of monthly rates that begin at $300 for desk space. For more information and prices, visit MakeOffice’s website.
Editor’s note: MakeOffices is a Local News Now advertiser.
Reston Town Center is getting a new women’s clothing store. Madewell — the sister brand of J. Crew — is opening a store in January, Madewell officials confirm.
Madewell is considered a younger, hipper version of J. Crew, its parent company. Madwell specializes in jeans, leather jackets and totes, and other casual clothes.
Madewell recently opened a branch at the Mosiac District in Fairfax. It also has nearby locations at Tysons Corner Center and Georgetown in D.C.
The Reston store will take over the former Ben & Jerry’s space at 11928 Market St.
Madewell is currently hiring for the Reston store.
Photo: Georgetown Madewell store/Emmysheehy.com
Reston’s bluemercury, the high-end cosmetics boutique that recently opened at 11918 Market St. in Reston Town Center, is holding a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The first 100 visitors get complimentary sample bags. There will be cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcakes, as well as mini treatment and makeover appointments.
To book a makeover, call 703-435-4355.
Bluemercury opened at Reston Town Center two weeks ago. The chainlet, which began in Georgetown in the District, now has locations in 20 states. Owners Barry and Marla Malcom Beck recently sold the bluemercury to Macy’s for more than $200 million.
The store features beauty services such as facials and massages, was well as a wide variety of brands of cosmetics, including Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown, Trish McEvoy and La Mer.
