Restaurant co-owner Meshelle Armstrong talks to DC Eater about its first year.
Society Fair recently celebrated its first anniversary and co-owner Meshelle Armstrong spoke with DC Eater about the restaurant’s first year in business. The S. Washington Street endeavor is a combination bakery, butcher shop, market and tasting room. It opened with a "soft launch" in January 2012 after the Armstrongs took out a lease at 277 S. Washington for the project around December 2010. Armstrong said it took some time to find a big enough space in Alexandria to accommodate her vision, along with that of her husband, Chef Cathal Armstrong. “…You hear about places, you wait and see, get a feel for a place. This space had ample sidewalks, which is hard to find in Alexandria,” Meshelle Armstrong told DC Eater’s Missy Frederick. “I think…
On the first Sunday of the month, customers are invited to dress down in Old Town.
Everyone's been there: It’s Sunday morning and you were up too late the night before. You wake up and you’re simply just too frazzled and weary to put on some clothes so you can head out to grab some grub. The folks at Virtue Feed and Grain know that predicament quite well. So much so, they’re offering customers a way around it. Virtue hosts its “Pajama Brunch” from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month. Customers and staff are encouraged to wear their PJs to the restaurant, with those dressing down receiving 10 percent off their bills. The idea came to Virtue owner Meshelle Armstrong following years of working as the manager of the now-shuttered Cities in Adams Morgan. “She always hated working really late Saturday …
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