More on the Carlyle Club ...

from a tipster at the USPTO on their intranet ...

Q: I heard a rumor there's finally going to be a full-service restaurant here in Carlyle soon. Can you confirm that?

A: According to the City, you heard right. "Carlyle Club" is scheduled to open this summer at 1900 Jamieson Avenue, directly adjacent to the Remsen Building. The restaurant will feature an art-deco design and will be open daily from 7:00 a.m. to midnight for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with live big bands performing on select evenings. In addition, the Westin Hotel, adjacent to the Randolph Building, is scheduled to open this fall and will also include a full-service restaurant ("Sauciety"), as well as Starbucks.

Westin Hotel coming in October 2007

That building going up between the USPTO and the Federal Courthouse is a combination hotel/condo project. The Westin Alexandria Hotel and The Jamieson condominiums share a building. The schedule is for them to be completed in the fall. Condo owners will have access to the room and maid service of the hotel - ritzy, huh?
A high-end restaurant, Sauceity, will be part of the hotel. Now all we need is a swanky hotel bar there too ...

Restaurants coming to Carlyle Center

This is Carlyle Center - a five story office/retail building just completed between Jamieson and Ballenger Avenues on John Carlyle Street. According to What's New in Alexandria, a Potbelly Sandwich Works and a Starbucks are headed there this spring. Zoning notices on the building also say a restaurant named The Carlyle Club is also destined there. There is a Lebanese restaurant in Baltimore named The Carlyle Club - not sure if it is the same place, however, a destination restaurant with a lounge and hookahs would be a welcome addition to the neighborhood!