Alexandria’s New Executive Diner Is Coming to Old Town This March | Eater DC

"Co-founders Jerry and Susan Pnevmatikatos are planning to open their first restaurant, an all-day eatery in Old Town Alexandria, on Monday, March 12. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to customers who take a seat at the 6,000-square-foot space at 1400 Duke Street, the restaurant is an outgrowth of the couple's two decades of feeding children at the preschools and day cares they operate, and the idea sprang from extra space gained when they expanded to create a larger commissary kitchen. The co-owners did not share menu specifics beyond a desire to serve all three meals, but Dadisi Olutosin, who self-identifies on social media as the executive chef, describes his culinary passions as "gourmet comfort food" with influences ranging from Lowcountry cooking to West African cuisines (Nigeria, Senegal), and even shared a photo of crab cakes on Twitter with the caption: "Things you might see on the dinner menu at the Executive Diner. The possibilities are endless." - Warren Rojas