ICYMI: Del Ray Pizzeria claims ‘Grab Her By the Pizza’ as ’empowering to women’

 

Today was a great reminder of how much I love what I do. Every smile and word of thanks makes it all worth it, even through the ups and downs. It was a good day for this gal ❤️ Come check me out @ozarlington if you’re ever in the neighborhood! #oz #ozarlington #rhop #curlstamedfortheday

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Del Ray Pizzeria explains its “Grab Her By the Pizza” was meant “to be empowering to women and raise awareness as a conversation piece amongst our (adult) guests.” [Patch]

The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards’ 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is the first Loudoun County wine to win the Virginia Governor’s Cup. [Loudoun Times-Mirror]

“Shut down your restaurant and this marriage will be over, I am telling you that right now,” Ashley Darby says in a clip for the second season of Real Housewives of Potomac, set to premiere April 2. Darby owns Arlington’s Oz with her husband, Michael Darby. [ARLnow]

The team behind Liberty Tavern is turning the Famous Dave’s space in Falls Church into a barbecue restaurant. [Falls Church News-Press] 

Michael Schlow‘s Alta Strada opens in Mosaic. [Eater]

Try the first public tasting of strawberry wine—described as a cross between still wine, cider and Prosecco—from collaborators Fabbioli Cellars and Wegmeyer Farms at Saturday’s Loudoun Grown Expo in Purcellville. [Loudoun Times-Mirror]