🥯This week in ARL: Free Wine Tasting, New Restaurants and Cookie Crawl (Nov. 19)

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📅 Your Week in Arlington

Tuesday ☀️ 62°

• 🧘 Zen in the City Bennett Park Atrium - 5:30 PM @ - $5 Two part yoga class brought to you by RossylnVA.

• 🛒 Mason Square Market @ Mason Square (Virginia Square) - 3-7PM - Free Live music, local vendors, food and drink! I haven’t stopped by Mason Square yet but it looks like it’s starting to fill its calendar.

Wednesday ☀️ 65°

• 🎤 Karaoke Night @ Ireland’s Four Courts (Courthouse) - 9:30PM - Free

• 🍷 Free Wine Tasting @ Copperwood Tavern (Shirlington) - 5:30-7:30PM - Free Copperwood is a great spot in dirty shirley. Who doesn’t love free wine?

Thursday ☀️ 51°

• 🍫 Autumn Chocolate popup - @ Courthouse Plaza I (2200 Clarendon) - All Day Kingsbury Chocolates is having an autumn popup in the lobby of the main Courthouse Plaza I building. Good chance to stock up before the holidays!

• 🧠 Trivia Night @ Detour Coffee - 7PM - Free Detour is a top Arlington coffee shop on my list. Definitely check them out!

• 🛍️ Falls Church Sip & Shop @ Pure Barre Falls Church - 6-8PM - Free Enjoy wine and lite bites while shopping local holiday vendors.

• 🤠 Country Dance Night @ Clarendon Ballroom - 8PM - Free

Friday ☀️ 47°

• 🎸 Whistlin’ Blues Acoustic Set @ Three Whistles (Clarendon) - 8PM - Free

• 🎵 The Leftovers @ O’Sullivan’s (Clarendon) - 9:30PM - Free O’Sullivan’s is a great spot for live music on the weekends. I definitely recommend.

Saturday ☀️ 56°

• 🍪 Alexandria Cookie Crawl (two-day event) @ Old Town - 11AM-4PM - $50 The annual Alexandria cookie crawl has THIRTY stops giving out cookies this year. Walk Old Town and bring an empty stomach.

• ♟️ Chess on Tap @ Board Room (Clarendon) - 1-4PM - Free Want to put your chess skills to the test? Stop by Board Room for beer and competitive chess of all levels. Remember to BYOC (Bring your own Clock).

Sunday ☀️ 57°

• 🍪 Alexandria Cookie Crawl (two-day event) @ Old Town - 12-4PM - $50 The annual Alexandria cookie crawl has THIRTY stops giving out cookies this year. Walk Old Town and bring an empty stomach.

• 🦃 Thanksgiving Party and Games @ Punchbowl Social - 2-5PM - Free RSVP Punchbowl is putting on a Thanksgiving party for local professionals looking to network. Make sure you RSVP!

• 🎄 Holiday Wreath Sale @ Columbia Pike Farmers Market - 9AM-1PM

🍴📰 Restaurant News

• 🍜 “Japanese Listening Bar” to open in Clarendon Boasting a Japanese fusion menu, espresso machine and hi-fi speaker system, this restaurant/bar will be a place for you to dine and listen to music. While it won’t enforce library rules, the owner says the dining experience will focus on the music. It’s set to open in February

• 🍲 Late night food hall to open in Eden Center If you haven’t made your way out to the Eden Center in Falls Church yet, this could be your excuse. Pop-up District is opening a casual food hall that serves Vietnamese food by day and plays EDM music by night. The Eden Center is wonderful.

🕵️ Grab Bag

• 🦃 Arlington Restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day Can’t get home for the holidays? Here’s a list of Arlington restaurants serving Thanksgiving dinner:

  • Liberty Tavern

  • Lyon Hall

  • Texas Jack

  • Ambar

  • Palette 22

  • Skydome Restaurant

  • Coppwerwood Tavern

🍴 Local Deals

• 🍨 Free Dessert every Tuesday @ Copperwood Tavern in Shirlington

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-Billy