Great Harvest Bread in Lorton and Burke will feature a different whole grain muffin every day of the week in March. Think of it: Blueberry, cran-blueberry oat, chocolate cherry and 28 others. Will you also get coffee to go? Here's the menu: (Closed Monday) Tues: Cran Blueberry Oat Wed: Ultra Berry Thurs: Pumpkin, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip & Chocolate Cherry Fri: Peach Raspberry & Morning Glory Sat: Blueberry Delight Are you following us on Facebook and Twitter? You should. "The whole-grain muffins were a customer request," said Great Harvest owner Jeanette Moler. "People want more whole-…
The booths at the Polo Mediterranean Bar & Grill have been auctioned off, the walls are bare and the doors are closed for good. Wednesday was the last day of business for the Gunston Plaza restaurant, and new owner IHOP will begin renovation this February. "I can confirm that we will be opening at that location in Lorton next year," said IHOP spokesman Craig Hoffman to Patch. "The restaurant will open hopefully by next summer, or sooner." Polo Grill co-owner Archie Zora spoke briefly to Patch after auctioning off the restaurant's furniture on Thursday night. "I don't know about the sale. …
You may want to know how area restaurants performed in their last Virginia Department of Health inspection. Restaurants in the Commonwealth are inspected between one and four times a year. There are two types of violations: Critical and non-critical. What's the difference? Critical violations, unless corrected, can contribute to "food contamination, illness or environmental degradation," according to the state health department. Non-critical violations are not as severe, but can lead to critical violations if not corrected. The health department recently inspected the following Lorton …
Aroma Indian Cuisine opened its doors at 9429 Lorton Market St. last week, and returned Indian food to its proper place as a staple of the Lorton diet. "It's been a week and things are coming along," said manager Ben Mukherjee from behind the newly renovated bar area. "We were swamped on Saturday. There was a line going out the door." Aroma, which has two other locations in the D.C. metro area, took over the short-lived Mexican restaurant Pasilla, which used to be an Indian food restaurant. "I've been in this business for 18 years and I have never seen anything this positive from a …
A Lorton staple has shut its doors, but you'll still be able to occasionally taste the pulled pork from American Bar-B-Que & Catering. On Saturday, the lease for the restaurant at 7230 Lockport Place expired, and a "For Rent" sign went up in the window. Going...Going...Gone As the final days of March trickled away, Dave and Diane Saville finished stripping down a restaurant that took 40 years to build. "It's been very difficult to see this place over the last few days," Dave told Patch. "People have been amazing, to show their gratitude for what we've done since 1972. And even though we …
