Mar 18thLost Dog Cafe, Westover beer garden

I grew up near Westover, so I’ve been going to the original Lost Dog Cafe for a good while.  Later, they opened up McLean location, and now one in Merrifield as well.  The original is still the closest, so during the most recent of a winter full of snow days, we ordered from Lost Dog.  I had the billy’s philly with jalapenos, and we shared the spinach and artichoke dip.

I heard a rumor some of my contemporaries who worked at Lost Dog in High School, College, and after, were the ones that franchised it.  Pretty cool if true.

If you head over to the original Lost Dog, be sure to cross the street and check out the Westover Market.  I used to go to the grocery store there as a child, and remember reading the bulletin board (pre interwebs).  Its still a grocery store, but it now has an amazing beer selection (1000+ bottles), a butcher, and an outdoor beer garden.  While you’re in the neighborhood, stop by Ayers.