"Chef Jonathan Krinn rolled out his “out of the box,” five-course tasting menu to the general public in September. The tenured chef already has a baked-in customer base in Northern Virginia, where he’s operated restaurants around the region for a quarter-century. Situated in a tiny standalone building off Lee Highway, Elyse only has 30 seats, including eight at a bar wrapped around an open kitchen. Elyse, which is Krinn’s daughter’s middle name, will have a flexible schedule, operating for dinner four days a week and three days a week during the slower season. The restaurant also adopts a relaxed structure for dinner service, with only one seating a night that allows guest to sit back and enjoy the hybrid tasting menu ($125) for as long as they like." - Tierney Plumb, Emily Venezky
