NoVa spot with alcohol, kiddie play area

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Scramble in Alexandria has a cafe with food/beer/wine/cider and enclosed play area all around.

I didn't know they sold alcohol! I am so much more interested now...

Yeah they (oddly) don't seem to promote it much, but I remember seeing Lost Boy Cider talk about being in there now, and there are a few photos of alcohol on Scramble's FB page.

They probably don't promote it because it sounds weird. I mean "Come hang out, have beers, and let your kid play" sounds cool to Parents but a bit off to anyone without kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ballston Quarter

Was going to say this. There's a bar and an area where kids can play.

Just don't go on a Sunday night! We went this past Sunday, right before 7pm, and everything was closed down or in the process of closing. And the few vendors still there seemed genuinely annoyed that customers were still coming in and looking for food. I was so confused why they'd close in the middle of dinner, and then I realized it's really just a mall food court, so they are keeping mall hours (closing early on Sunday). But it was a 3 day weekend, so lots of people were coming in looking for food. A missed opportunity for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scramble in Alexandria has a cafe with food/beer/wine/cider and enclosed play area all around.

I didn't know they sold alcohol! I am so much more interested now...

Yeah they (oddly) don't seem to promote it much, but I remember seeing Lost Boy Cider talk about being in there now, and there are a few photos of alcohol on Scramble's FB page.

They probably don't promote it because it sounds weird. I mean "Come hang out, have beers, and let your kid play" sounds cool to Parents but a bit off to anyone without kids.

Well sure... but I hope they aren't trying to attract childless people anyway...

[Anonymous]

OP here -- wow, thanks for a great list! re Ballston Quarter -- their food court serves alcohol? can you take a drink while you watch the kids play in play area or is everything separate?