Salt Line Homeowners Will Open a Large Tex-Mex Restaurant Tysons Out of doors Bar

Prolonged Shot Hospitality, which operates seafood-centric Salt Line and New Orleans hotspot Dauphine’s, is gearing up for a new undertaking. Chef Kyle Bailey and companions will open up an 11,000-square-foot Tex-Mex cafe at the new Money A single Middle in Tysons, Virginia, future calendar year. 

Similar to the Salt Line in Navy Yard and Ballston, and Dauphine’s in downtown DC, the new restaurant—yet to be named—will have loads of outdoor area, an al fresco bar, and a significant-fashion glance courtesy of Common Layout Business and Grizform Design Architects, The design homes earlier labored with Lengthy Shot’s other restaurants. 

There is a ton nonetheless in development, while the menu will have a coastal affect. Companion Jeremy Carman claims the crew is using a comparable solution to Tex-Mex cuisine as they have toward New England seafood and French-Creole. 

Tex-Mex “is something we’ve often needed to do,” Carman claims. “I believe we’ve seen a lot of achievements using nostalgic, beloved cuisines and creating regional ideas.” 

Very similar to how the team employed New Orleans chef Kristen Essig to helm Dauphine’s, Carman says they’re seeking for “people who have institutional knowledge” of Tex-Mex to help information the new job. 

“In DC and the greater place, absolutely everyone has done an remarkable work honoring regional or modern-day Mexican cuisine. For the most element, the Tex-Mex bracket is dominated by chains and more substantial groups. We’re looking forward to leaning into Tex-Mex and honoring what the delicacies is,” suggests Carman. 

Very long Shot is one of the early hospitality associates to indication on at The Funds A person Center, a 25-acre mixed-use advancement that’s expanding to include things like numerous retail and cafe possibilities, a accomplishing arts centre, the Watermark Resort, a “sky park,” and of program, the headquarters of Money One. Dining-sensible, the advancement is presently dwelling to upscale Japanese-American place Wren, massive rooftop Starr Hill Biergarten, and a Wegmans—with much a lot more on the way. 

Tex-Mex is not the only point Extensive Shot will carry to the DC suburbs. A 3rd spot of the Salt Line will open in Bethesda Row this 12 months.

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Anna Spiegel covers the eating and consuming scene in her native DC. Prior to signing up for Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held several cooking and composing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.