A long-time Clarendon business has closed its doors but remains in business in another state. A&R Engravers recently vacated its small storefront at 2836 Wilson Boulevard, next to IOTA Club and Cafe. The trophies, plaques and other engraved items that once adorned the windows and walls have been removed, leaving behind a bare space behind a simple "closed" sign.
Today, 85 years after opening its first location in Connecticut, Colony Grill (2800 Clarendon Blvd) began serving Arlingtonians its famed thin-crust bar pie, sizzling with hot oil and topped with peppers known as "stingers." The location, three years in the making, is the first outside southern Connecticut and Port Chester, New York. Construction on the
Work is now set to kick off on a major redevelopment project in Clarendon, with a "luxury fitness club" set to become the first tenant to move into the new, Whole Foods-adjacent building. The developers controlling the Market Common Clarendon properties, located along the 2700 and 2800 blocks of Clarendon Blvd, announced yesterday (Wednesday) that