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The Caribbean Plate

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Walkable Community Interests New Falls Church Businesses

City’s customer foot traffic one reason why businesses like the new Caribbean Plate eye Falls Church.

The Caribbean Plate is one of a few recent additions to the City of Falls Church business scene. With more than 15 years of experience cooking Caribbean dishes, Carmen Rosa Oriellana decided she wanted her own restaurant and settled on Falls Church. The restaurant opened almost two weeks ago and has already seen foot traffic from customers increase. “Out of all the places we looked at, this was the only place I liked,” Oriellana, said Monday about her corner property in the newly renovated multi-use property on Annandale Road. Walkable Community Means More Businesses Stay As the city plans to welcome new businesses to fill planned mixed-use buildings, Becky Witsman, business development manager for the city, said more established small …

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