James Beard-Nominated Restaurateurs To Open Cascades Marketplace Location

STERLING, VA — As a lineup of upcoming restaurants will help revitalize Cascades Marketplace, the first will be one from James Beard Award-nominated restaurateurs.

CHIKO, an Asian fusion restaurant blending Korean and Chinese cuisine, will have a grand opening at 5 p.m. on Feb. 7 at 46308 Cranston St, Potomac Falls, VA.

Chefs Scott Drewno and Danny Lee founded The Fried Rice Collective and opened the first CHIKO location in 2017 in D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Today, there are other locations in Dupont Circle, Bethesda, Shirlington and Encitas, California. The chefs drew a James Beard Foundation nomination for Best New Restaurant and won a RAMMY from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington in the Best New Restaurant and Best Casual Restaurant categories. They are nominated for the Outstanding Restaurateur award from the James Beard Foundation in 2025.

Aside from CHIKO, Drewno and Lee run D.C.'s I Egg You and Anju. Anju was a new Korean restaurant that emerged in the original location of Lee and his mother's restaurant Mandu, which closed due to a fire. Lee earned a James Beard nomination for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic in 2020. Drewno previously earned two James Beard nominations for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic as executive chef at Wolfgang Puck's The Source.

The menu at other CHIKO locations includes fusion favorites like Orange-ish Chicken, Pork and Kimchi Potstickers, Soy Glazed Brisket, Bulgogi Tots and more.

Other restaurants expected to open in the winter at Cascades Marketplace are Taco Bamba and Brasserie Royale, the latter of which comes from the owners of Local Provisions at the same shopping center. The McDonald's at Cascades Marketplace closed and will become a Shake Shack, according to The Burn. Starbucks will relocate in a new space at the shopping center, and Mezeh Mediterranean Grill appears to be taking over the old Starbucks space, according to leasing information. Another block of the Cascades Marketplace is slated to get residential development after approval by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, according to Loudoun Now.