The Washington Publish is surveying its readers to search out one of the best dive bar within the D.C. space, and the one Virginia institution to make the ultimate vote may be present in Fairfax County.
JV’s Restaurant in West Falls Church (6666 Arlington Blvd) is considered one of 12 finalists competing within the casual ballot. Principally positioned in D.C., the finalists rose to the highest out of “dozens” of contenders submitted by “hundreds” of readers after the Publish requested for favourite dive bars in March.
Stressing in a disclaimer that the ballot is “nonscientific,” the newspaper has requested respondents to elucidate why their favourite bar is “more deserving than the others.” The responses might be printed in a future story.
Positioned within the Jefferson Village Purchasing Middle on the intersection of Route 50 and Annandale Street, JV’s Restaurant was established in 1947 because the Jefferson Restaurant by Louis and George Dross — the daddy and uncle of present proprietor Lorraine Campbell, in response to a Northern Virginia Journal profile from 2017.
Renamed within the Sixties, the restaurant has developed from a modest neighborhood diner frequented by troopers from Fort Myers in Arlington, together with singer and actor Eddie Fisher, into an iconic however still-unassuming stay music venue. A decade in the past, it almost doubled in dimension, taking up the adjoining pharmacy.
“JV’s is more than just a drinking establishment and diner for regulars like [musician] Vernon Santmayer,” WAMU stated in a 2012 story that adopted JV’s celebration of its sixty fifth anniversary. “It’s a living room. It’s a dinner table.”
Although music is its foremost focus, JV’s nonetheless serves loads of meals, together with burgers, sandwiches, pizza and tacos. Open every day till 2 a.m., the restaurant serves breakfast all day on Sundays, and Friday glad hours begin at 2 p.m.
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“Well bless their hearts.”
