1. Ballston Common Mall
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 243-8808
Address: 4238 Wilson Boulevard
Description: Just a 1-block walk from the Ballston Metro station (Orange Line) at Fairfax Drive and North Stuart Street, the mall features 136 stores, including anchor Macy’s. The ground level of the four-story mall boasts a food court. There’s also the Regal Cinemas Ballston Common 12, a posh movie theater featuring stadium seating and state-of-the-art sound.Shops include fashion and accessory stores like Claire’s and Rainbow, and specialty shops such as the Official Washington Redskins Store and Agape Bears. Among the many restaurants, you’ll find Texas Bar-B-Q Company and trendy Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery.
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Address: 1100 South Hayes Street
4. Country Curtains Retail Shop
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 522-7111
Description: Fans of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts–based curtain company’s cheerful catalogues should visit the D.C. area’s only immediate Country Curtains shop. You’ll view lots and lots of inspiring window displays as well as coordinating furnishings and accessories.
5. Danker Furniture
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 416-0200
Address: 1211 South Fern Street
Description: This place specializes in high-style and high-quality pieces, ranging from Chippendale to ultracontemporary. The showroom is beautifully decorated—inspiring, in fact, and designers on the premises can help you envision what the pieces will look like in your own home.
6. Saah Unfinished Furniture
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 920-1500
Address: 2330 Columbia Pike
Description: If you’re a do-it-yourselfer, then Saah may have just what you want. This family-owned business carries unfinished armoires, hutches, shelves, entertainment centers, tables, and chairs in pine, oak, aspen, and birch. Prices are reasonable, value is good, and you’ll have the satisfaction of seeing your handiwork every day. The Arlington store is closed Sunday.
7. Tennis Factory
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 522-2700
Address: 2500 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 100
Description: Tennis players will be agog at the selection of women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing, shoes, and racquets here. Trained staff help shoppers choose from every brand imaginable. Still not sure? Rent a demo racquet. Get your own racquet restrung overnight.
8. Arlington Cinema ’N’ Drafthouse
City: Arlington, VA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (703) 486-2345
Address: 2903 Columbia Pike
Description: At this popular moviehouse/restaurant, you can sit at a table munching nachos, pizza, and Buffalo wings or throwing back a beer or two while watching second-run films on a big screen. Special features include midnight flicks and big-screen Redskins games.