The Evening Star Cafe, B Side +Â Rustico
Neighborhood Restaurant Group is offering a refined selection of house-bottled cocktails to go—everything from Hurricanes and Negronis a Pineapple “Chartreuse” Rickey—designed by NRG spirits manager Nick Farrell. Through the group’s Neighborhood Provisions program, you can also order meals or pastries to be donated to front-line workers, along with family-style dinners, a la carte items and groceries such as bacon, eggs, flour and gloves. Call 703-549-5051 to place an order and pickup at Evening Star, or order online for pick-up at Rustico or B Side. //The Evening Star Cafe, 2000 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria (Del Ray); B Side, 8298 Glass Alley, Fairfax (Mosaic District); Rustico, 4075 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Ballston)
Copperwood Tavern
Why drink a regular Bloody Mary when you could have a loaded one, complete with beef jerky, cubed cheese and lime, courtesy of a carryout kit (via curbside pick-up or delivery) from Copperwood? Each kit is $12 and makes 4 drinks (add 4 oz. of vodka for an additional $10). If you’re partial to whiskey, the tavern is also selling brandied cherries for Old Fashioneds and Manhattans. Or, go for one of the mason jar mule kits, which includes glass jars, limes and Moscow Mule syrup for $10 (add vodka for $10 more to make multiple cocktails). //4021 Campbell Ave., Arlington (Shirlington)
Thompson Italian
The Falls Church Italian restaurant, which opened last summer (see our critic’s review here), is open for contact-free take-out (pick up is on the back patio) Wednesday through Sunday. Choose among six cocktails for take-away, including its bestselling Little City Gin & Tonic, which comes with thyme-infused Botanist gin, fresh lime and Q tonic—and pairs nicely with chef Gabe Thompson’s sunny spring-pea ravioli. // 124 N. Washington St., Falls Church