1 VA Restaurant Makes New York Times 'Restaurant List' Of Top 50 In U.S.

FALLS CHURCH, VA — The Falls Church area has its share of acclaimed restaurants, including a new one gaining national attention.

Ellie Bird, a new restaurant at Falls Church's Founders Row development, was listed on the New York Times' "The Restaurant List." The restaurant is owned by Yuan and Carey Tang, who also own the Michelin Star restaurant Rooster & Owl in DC.

The New York Time's list highlights the "50 places in the United States that we’re most excited about right now," according to the Times. This year's list is the third ever by the publication.

"It wasn’t easy to narrow it down, but here are the 50 restaurants that excite us most right now," the Times wrote.

Here's a bit of what Nikita Richardson wrote about Ellie Bird:

Yuan and Carey Tang, the husband and wife behind Ellie Bird, cut their teeth working in fine-dining restaurants in Washington, D.C., where they opened their critically acclaimed tasting-menu restaurant Rooster & Owl. Their second project, in the affluent bedroom community Falls Church, where the couple grew up, is decidedly homier. There, they’re proving that suburbanites are as hungry for imaginative cooking as any city denizen.

Ellie Bird opened in 2023, along with fellow Founders Row restaurants Chasin' Tails, Roll Play Vietnamese Grill, Nue and Kyo Matcha. The development will also have a future Paragon Theaters movie theater.

See the full top restaurant list from the New York Times online here.