From Hawaiian garlic shrimp to Peruvian bowls, ChefScape brings the world to Leesburg

Head to ChefScape for a global food tour, for less than the price of a tank of gas.

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A Chef Gets His Wings
Photography by Rey Lopez
The multifaceted ChefScape opened at the beginning of this year in Village at Leesburg. It’s a food business incubator where members get a chance to run their casual, affordable concepts in the attached food hall. So far, there’s been a Middle Eastern sandwich shop (now shuttered), Dana’s Cake Shoppe (order the huge cookie!), Tumi Urban Kitchen (bowl-based Peruvian), Uncommon Ramen (from the AhSo team), Rooted & Bloomed (see next page) and Johnny Rays, previously a stand-alone counter operation in Herndon. // 1602 Village Market Blvd. SE, Suite 120, Leesburg

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Johnny Ray serves classic soul food from his eponymous stall. Local chalk artist Tonia Priolo (@chalkoholic) designed the Instagrammable knife wing mural, along with other pieces around ChefScape.
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A giant pork chop platter ($13.50) with sides like candied yams, corn bread and smoked turkey-studded collard greens. The wings (five for $6) are more like minature versions of Southern fried chicken and maybe even better with its equal ratio of crispy skin to moist meat.
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Kaula pig, slow-roasted pork over rice ($13)
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Pungent, garlicky shrimp ($15) that’s just as good as you remember from Oahu’s North Shore. Other dishes include ahi poke, loco moco and spam musubi.
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Hawaii-native Vanessa Maneja brings the islands’ biggest hits to Leesburg with Rooted + Bloomed.
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The vast food hall hosts four stalls, from ChefScape members only, with rotating concepts on a six-month lease, plus Bar AhSo (shown in photo), run by the Brambleton restaurant of the same name.
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ChefScape’s members take advantage of the 8,000 square feet of commercial kitchen space, including two private kitchens.

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