Founder, President and CEO Kevin Harron has announced the March 2016 opening of
Burtons Grill & Bar,
an upscale-casual restaurant featuring contemporary American cuisine.
Located within the Hilltop Village Center at Telegraph Road and Beulah
Street in Alexandria, Burtons Grill & Bar hopes to
be a welcome addition to the Northern Virginia community. Neimitz
Design Group is responsible for designing the 6,200-square-foot space,
which will open for lunch and dinner and debut weekend brunch in the
coming weeks. The restaurant will have a 200 total seating capacity
including 168 dining room seats and 32 seats at the bar. An outdoor
patio complete with fire table will also be available during the spring
and summer months (weather permitting) and can accommodate an additional
50 guests.
Committed to using only the freshest ingredients showcasing creative
cooking techniques, Burtons Grill & Bar is also a leader in allergy
awareness as the restaurant continues to develop menus that provide
exceptional dining experiences for all guests. The restaurant will
showcase vegetarian & gluten sensitive menus, and its "Choosy
kids" menu uses the USDA’s newest guidelines for nutrition. This affords
parents the opportunity to choose from a list of ingredients and
cooking methods when preparing their child’s menu.
“We have always believed in the strength of the metro DC market,”
says Founder, President and CEO Kevin Harron of Burtons Grill &
Bar. “Finding locations has been a challenge, but we will open two
locations in Northern Virginia this year. Our business model has always
been simple ‘be best in class’. Which means we need to consistently meet
or exceed our guest expectations for the overall dining experience.
Taking care of guests who have special needs or diets just feels right
to us. We are delighted to be here.”
Burtons Grill & Bar’s Vice President of Operations Denise Baron
Herrera has tapped Dylyn Coolidge to serve as executive chef at Burtons
Grill & Bar in Alexandria. A native of Burlington, Vermont,
Coolidge began his culinary career working as a junior sous chef at
Coyote Cafe under James Beard award-winning chefs Mark Kiffin and Mark
Miller in 1994. He has cooked at five-diamond hotels such as the Four
Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona and worked with James Beard
award-winning chef Todd English’s Kingfish Restaurant. In December
2008, he become head chef at Commissary, a DC neighborhood café focused
on seasonal, local, all natural American comfort food, part of the
Eatwell DC Restaurant group, which includes a thirteen acre naturally
raised fruit and vegetable farm in La Plata, Maryland. Then in April
2011, Coolidge moved to become executive chef at the Beacon Hotel,
overseeing the culinary program for their food and beverage outlets the
Beacon Bar and Grill, and the rooftop Sky Bar, as well as their banquet
operations. Accolades include being ranked among
Open Table’s Top DC Brunches from 2011 to 2013, and
The Blade’s
Top Brunch in 2012. In September 2015, he accepted the position of
executive chef to open Burtons Grill & Bar in Alexandria.
Kevin Harron collaborated with Neimitz Design Group to design the
space, which is centered around a 32-seat island bar made of stone and
wood. The restaurant offers an open floor plan offering visibility into
the exhibition kitchen from every seat in the house.
Design elements
include natural, dark-stained oak floors, rich walnut walls, a granite
bar top, and man made materials such as glazed brick columns, plush
carpeting, and encaustic tile. The color scheme incorporates rich deep
browns and blues, accented by lighter shades of taupe. The seating is a
combination of low, lush, lounge furniture, backed upholstered bar-stools, and communal high-top seating. The dining room exhibits
classic fully upholstered chairs and tufted fixed seating. The lighting
drops down from a fully exposed ceiling emphasizing the grand height of
the space. Each area of the restaurant has unique lighting with over-sized dome lights over the communal tables and handsome brass table
lamps reminiscent of the 1930's throughout the bar. The artwork chosen
for the restaurant is a mix of contemporary and iconic imagery,
exhibited through photography and abstract fine art and hung "salon
style".
Burtons Grill & Bar is located within the Hilltop Village Center
at Telegraph Road and Beulah Street in Alexandria, Virginia, 22315.
Hours of operation are
Monday through Thursday, from
11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday, from
11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and
Sunday, from
11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For reservations or additional information, please call (703) 922-1730 or visit
www.burtonsgrill.com.
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