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It billed itself as when it opened in 2016. But now, is closing its doors.
People in the neighborhood knew it was coming, but it鈥檚 been announced that The Block, two other connecting restaurants, Kimen Ramen and Chicken Pelicana, as well as B-Thrifty, will close by the end of August to make way for a new 280-unit apartment complex.
In Balo Kitchen 鈥� one of the vendors at the food hall 鈥� said their hearts are broken to “close on such short notice.”
First reported by the Eastgate Shopping Center on John Marr Drive property owner, Brian Kim, gave The Block and other retail tenants until Aug. 30 to vacate the strip mall.
Elizabeth Berry lives in the neighborhood and is sad to see them go.聽“I think it鈥檚 a loss for the neighborhood, I think that a lot of the neighborhood people really enjoyed The Block. It鈥檚 a great gathering place,鈥� she said.
Arthur Peyton said he shops at the B-Thrifty consignment store all the time. “I get good deals. So yeah, man, it sucks,鈥� he said.
The Block isn鈥檛 just popular with people in Fairfax County, Brooke Adelman and Kayla Rosario travel from Prince George鈥檚 County, Maryland, to eat and hang out at the food hall.
Rosario said it seems to her that the new housing is not the best use of the land: 鈥�(I’m) absolutely disappointed, especially for an apartment complex.鈥�
Adelman echoed that sentiment: “Leave it. Leave it the way it is.”
B-Thrifty is hoping to open in a new location in Annandale, but it鈥檚 not clear if the neighboring restaurants will try to do the same.
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