🌱 Patch AM: Which Chantilly dish made Northern Virginia’s top 10 this year?

Morning Chantilly! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Chantilly dish made Northern Virginia’s top 10 this year?
• How did Chantilly’s Paul VI clinch a national tournament thriller?

Also on today's calendar: Transforming Challenges with Positive Thinking with Sister Jenna and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Morning mist; rather cloudy, with a high of 54 and low of 29 degrees.
• Friday: An icy mix, up to 1", temps: high: 35, low: 33.
• Saturday: Low clouds and not as cold, with a high of 45 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northern Virginia's 10 Best Restaurant Dishes of 2025 (northernvirginiamag.com) — One of Northern Virginia’s standout dishes this year is the tornado omurice at Izakaya Nana on Metrotech Drive in Chantilly, spotlighting Japanese comfort food close to home. It’s part of a critic’s 10-course-style tour of the region’s best bites, from Falls Church to Leesburg, offering ideas for memorable meals across NoVA.
   

• Paul VI Catholic High wins 2025 City of Palms Championship (naplesnews.com) — Chantilly’s Paul VI Catholic High School boys’ basketball team has captured the 2025 City of Palms Classic championship, edging Archbishop Stepinac 57–53 in Fort Myers. The Panthers’ hard-fought win on December 23 puts a national spotlight on the Chantilly program and gives local fans another reason to cheer this holiday break.
   

📸 Around Chantilly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chantilly

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Sunday December 28

• Transforming Challenges with Positive Thinking with Sister Jenna
  Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Pl, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Chantilly, VA
  1:00 pm
• Ghost Doctors' Holiday UFO Adventure At The Smithsonian Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center...Look up!
  14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy , Chantilly
  3:15 pm

Tuesday December 30

• *No* Rotary Lunch Mtng 12/30: Centreville & Chantilly Club
  Olive Garden Italian Restaurant , 12980 Fair Lakes Shopping Center , Fairfax
  11:45 am

Wednesday December 31

• WinterFest: NYE Edtion 2025
  Grace Covenant Church - Chantilly , 4600 Brookfield Corporate Dr , Chantilly
  7:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Rotary Lunch Mtng 1/6: Centreville & Chantilly Club
  Olive Garden Italian Restaurant , 12980 Fair Lakes Shopping Center , Fairfax
  11:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Thu Dec 25 | Dulles, VA | 6:00 PM
  Dulles Town Center , 21100 Dulles Town Cir , Sterling
  6:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Pars Place Closed
  Iranian-American Community Center , 2236C Gallows Rd , Vienna
• Christmas Holiday
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
• I Heart Sparkles Mini-Camp (4-12 Years)
  Kidcreate Studio - Ashburn , 42775 Generation Dr Suite 180 , Ashburn
  9:00 am
• Holiday Skate
  Skate N' Fun Zone , 7878 Sudley Rd , Manassas
  12:00 pm
• Food Truck: Pizza Napoli
  Creekside Farm Brewery , 15492 Creekside Ln , King George
  3:00 pm
• Fri Dec 26 | Dulles, VA | 3:00 PM
  Dulles Town Center , 21100 Dulles Town Cir , Sterling
  3:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Chantilly PatchAM possible:

• The Fairfax Christian School — (703) 759-5100
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• The Chocolate Chick — (703) 627-2294
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• Neutral Ground Counseling Group — (703) 988-4236
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• The Grout Genie — (571) 374-3643
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fairfax County firefighters are on the scene of a two-alarm commercial building fire on Little River Turnpike in Annandale, with no injuries reported.
  11:27PM on Dec 23: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue are on scene of a 2-alarm commercial building fire on Little River Turnpike in Annandale, with no… (Nextdoor )

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - 8323 in Chantilly. Apply here.
• Starbucks posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 07476, SULLY STATION in Centreville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chantilly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centreville

• Holiday boys basketball tournament to begin at Wakefield on Friday (arlnow.com)

Herndon

• Fairfax County to close offices, reduce services for Christmas 2025 (ffxnow.com)
• Fairfax County Police still looking for people who planted skimming devices (wjla.com)
• Doctor and legislator: Safe gun storage should be our first line of defense in Virginia (cardinalnews.org)

Manassas

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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