TravelAwaits
May.13.2021
After a long winter in lockdown, I was desperate for a getaway that would feel transporting, even though I didn’t want to drive very far. So I headed south from bustling Washington, D.C., breaking free of the traffic on the Beltway and driving past the Virginia suburbs just outside the city. Just an hour’s drive away, I found myself surrounded by bucolic bliss in Middleburg, Virginia.
Middleburg is the heart of Loudoun County, the fifth-largest wine-producing region in the country, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Not only are there 30 wineries nearby, making Middleburg the perfect perch for wine lovers, but the town of just 539 full-time residents boasts 160 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, so it’s a draw for history buffs as well. And since it’s the horse and hunt capital of the United States, equestrians will find a lot to love here, too. (The town was a favorite of horsewoman Jackie Kennedy Onassis,
Restaurant occupies the former Addie’s space By Dan Schere |
King Street Oyster Bar opened in Park Potomac earlier this week.
Photos by Dan Schere
King Street Oyster Bar opened Monday in the former Addie’s space of the Park Potomac retail development.
The bar and restaurant specializes in oysters, but also serves other seafood, such as fish, shrimp, clams and crab.
The Potomac location, at 12435 Park Potomac Ave., is the local chain’s first establishment in Montgomery County and joins three others in D.C., Leesburg, Va., and Middleburg, Va.
Rick Allison, a partner in the restaurant chain with Jorge Esguerra, thinks the popularity of the bar will catch on in Potomac, particularly with a happy hour every day from 3 to 6:30 p.m., featuring $5 food items and beverages.