A Treasured Historic Warehouse in Old Town Gets a New Life as a Tavern Next Year | Eater DC

"Set to open in late spring 2024 at 10 Duke Street, this transformation of one of Alexandria’s last waterfront warehouses will become a 6,400-square-foot, two-story tavern, market, and events space overseen by developer Murray Bonitt and Old Town restaurateur Noe Landini. Plans call for a casual, rustic tavern on the first floor and a small market in the back offering to-go breakfast bites, coffee, sandwiches, soups, fresh breads and baked goods from Junction Bakery & Bistro, plus beer and wine, while a sun-drenched private events space upstairs will feature exposed brick, balconies overlooking the park and the Potomac River, and room for about 120 guests. The building — which originally served as a coopers shop for the Alexandria Flour Company and before that operated as a mess hall and commissary feeding Union troops during the Civil War — was first slated to involve James Beard Award-winning chef John Currence before COVID-19 delayed that plan; reconstruction is scheduled to begin this spring." - Tierney Plumb