Rustico

Oh, and Rustico is opening in Ballston this week, according to the restaurant's PR people.

Going Out Guide: Leaf-peeping, pizza places, cafes and dinner near the Avalon Post 2010

Muebles Rustico is the generic name for these kinds of stores but I think that's the only name out front.

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After Bloomberg did not show up at a restaurant called Rustico for an unusually long stretch last summer, the manager asked the mayor's Bermudan housekeeper if everything was all right.

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After Bloomberg did not show up at a restaurant called Rustico for an unusually long stretch last summer, the manager asked the mayor's Bermudan housekeeper if everything was all right.

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At the Rustico beer bars in Alexandria and Ballston, though, it has a new meaning: a chance to drink delicious cask ales.

Nightlife Agenda 2011

MacIsaac is now the pastry manager for the entire Neighborhood Restaurant Group, but while the likes of Tallula, the Evening Star Cafe and Rustico benefit from her master's touch with sweets, one gets the sense that her heart still belongs to Birch & Barley and ChurchKey, the duplex dining spot she originally moved to the area to help run

Move over, Double Down: The Luther has landed Justin Rude 2010

Let's start by keeping it in the same restaurant group: The beer list at Rustico is managed by the same minds behind Birch & Barley and ChurchKey, and I think the kitchen at the new Ballston location is as sharp as the one operating at Birch & Barley.

The head of the glass Post 2011

She works at Rustico, an Italian restaurant and brewery in Alexandria.

Metro after Midnight: Take me home Brigid Schulte 2011

It's a little more formal than Rustico, and general manager/beer sommelier Thor Cheston is always floating around to offer suggestions for pairing dinner and beers.

The head of the glass Post 2011

Optimal Wit, Monumental IPA and Porter have appeared on draft at many of the area's better beer bars, including ChurchKey, Pizzeria Paradiso, Rustico and Galaxy Hut, as well as places you probably don't frequent for the tap selection, such as Cafe Saint-Ex, Iron Horse and Liberty Tavern.

Something for the Weekend: Tasty local brews 2011