Author: Barbara Simon

Manassas

Jumbo Lump Crabcake Company Brings Pure Crab Meat to Manassas

By Barbara Simon

Jumbo Lump Crabcake Company, serving 100% jumbo crab meat, opened in March 2024 at 7541 Presidential Lane in Manassas.

Owner Brandon Frye was filming food shows along the East Coast when he visited G&M Restaurant in Baltimore, known for their crabcakes and winner of “Best of Baltimore” for many years.

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Lil’ Bowl makes a lil’ move

By Barbara Simon
Lil' Bowl has moved to 9121 Manassas Drive.

Lil’ Bowl, formerly in the Fresh World Supermarket on Liberia Avenue, has a new home. In May, they moved to 9121 Manassas Drive in Manassas Park.

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Business

It’s Time 4 Bagels in Gainesville

By Barbara Simon
Time 4 Bagels Cafe and Mac's Ice Cream Shop will open in Gainesville this summer.

This summer, New York style bagels and hand-scooped ice cream are coming to Gainesville. Two foodies with bagel and scoop training are opening side-by-side restaurants for the food they couldn’t find in their new town. When Scott and Annie MacDougall relocated to Bristow from the New York, New Jersey area in 2002, they missed two things from back home: bagels and ice cream. “We couldn’t find a bagel to our liking.  The other was the hand-scooped ice cream.

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Family-friendly restaurant Il Faro offers many dishes

By Barbara Simon

If you’re looking for a casual, family-friendly restaurant in Manassas that offers a menu that features Italian and a variety of other cuisines, consider visiting Il Faro. It is located at 7845 Sudley Road, where Mama Mia used to be. Il Faro, which means lighthouse in Spanish, opened on July 26.

One could say it was fate that the restaurant came to be. The owners, Jorge Contreras and Edin Lopez, who went to the same elementary school in Guatemala, bumped into each other at an apartment complex in Falls Church.

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Business

GodShot Coffee offers floral, sweet, fruity blends

By Barbara Simon

GodShot Coffee, in the Shoppes at Glenkirk on 13930 Estate Manor Drive, opened this past May, in the space that was formerly Phonean.

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