Freak out: The Dairy Godmother is closing. [NVM]
Copperwood Tavern paired up with Catoctin Creek Distilling Company to create a house whiskey, Virginia Heritage. [FB]
Clyde’s in Tysons Corner is closing next month. [WBJ]
Starbucks ends its foray into the after-hours drinking scene. [GrubStreet]
Year-old Sehkraft Brewing, and its adjoining butcher shop, is now closed. [ARLnow]
Book reservations now for Alexandria’s Restaurant Week. [more]
New District Brewing celebrates its one-year anniversary this weekend with the debut of hand-bottled Abbey Ale. [IG]
Michael Birchenall, the editor and publisher of local food publication Foodservice Monthly and a champion of the restaurant scene (plus a funny, lovely man), has died. [WaPo]