ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Xi’an Famous Foods, the New York chain whose hand-ripped noodles drew record-breaking crowds to a West Glebe Road ghost kitchen last summer, has closed its Alexandria location.
The chain’s website now lists the Alexandria kitchen as closed, directing customers to a Clarendon storefront opening soon instead. Alexandria had been the company’s only Virginia location; Clarendon, in Arlington, now takes that place.
Xi’an Famous Foods opens that Arlington storefront — its first in the Washington area — on Aug. 7 at 2800 Clarendon Blvd. CEO Jason Wang told Washingtonian the Alexandria closure comes as the chain’s term with ghost kitchen facility Four Mile Food Co. ends, and that the timing lined up with the Clarendon opening, allowing staff and equipment to shift over…