Vienna Restaurant Named Among DC Region's Best New Restaurants

VIENNA, VA — Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema's latest list of the best new restaurants is light on the Northern Virginia picks, but one of them is from Vienna.

Sietsema does an annual list of the best new eateries to try around the D.C. region. Many of the restaurants are from Washington, DC, but eateries from Maryland and Virginia also make the list.

This year, Sietsema noted that supporting your favorite eateries "might be more important than ever."

"Federal layoffs and labor issues have taken their toll on restaurants, and diners seem more hesitant than before to pay ever-higher prices to eat away from home," Sietsema shared.

Nevertheless, there have been a handful of new spots that made an impression on the Post food critic. Vienna is represented on the list with Evelyn Rose, which opened in the location of the former Bazin's on Church. Owners Sam Schnoebelen and Chef Nick Palermo's restaurant features rotating seasonal offerings through a tasting menu, as well as a regular dinner menu and happy hour.

"A torchon, vibrant with peas, celebrates spring in tandem with pickled morels, and crisp-skinned sea bass is elevated in all ways by a luscious bed of saucy mixed beans," Sietsema wrote about the restaurant. "Yep, the kitchen can make you a hamburger. Evelyn Rose is thoughtful and stylish, and it treats strangers as if they were neighbors."

The other Northern Virginia spot on the list was Elyse, a small chef-driven experience by former Clarity Chef Jonathan Krinn.