Shoppes of Foxchase — Local services in Alexandria

Shoppes of Foxchase are like Gate 35X at DCA; you know there's always a chance you'll have to go there and you rationalize that this time it may be different, only to promise yourself you'll never do it again (until the next time your hand is forced).

When this area was less NOVA sterilized about ten years ago now the variety, service, and access was what would attract you to the stores at this small and often confusing assortment of mixed retail stores.

Like other shopping centers nearby (World Trade on South Pickett, Bradlee on King) just about everything was available to consumers here from mattress stores, cell provider satellite shops, to small local grocery stores and bodegas. Since the influx of new residents drove developers to start flipping and turning what used to be an average middle class area into an exurb resembling more Tysons than Alexandria core downtown the logistical nightmare that became Duke Street has only made the customer base and variety less diverse and attractive enough to offset the traffic and sterilized atmosphere.

Due to its location at one of only two (the other being Duke & Quaker) norrh-south, east-west arterial road intersections in Alexandria's West End (West of Telegraph and east of Beauregard intersections with Duke Street) connecting 395 in Arlington County with 495 in Fairfax County, Foxchase has succumb to it's circumstances and should be avoided at all costs,much like Gate 35X, until the Mayor and City Council decide that they need to stop not Duke Street traffic symptoms but the cause, that being the fact that there's only two arterials in a city that's grown from 100,000 residents twenty years ago to nearly...

As a disabled senior who relies solely on Paratransit for transportation, I’ve found Foxchase Shopping Center far from being handicap accessible. Going from any of the smaller stores on the upper level to Harris Teeter on the lower level creates a serious and potentially dangerous situation for the disabled, especially if they are in wheelchairs or are pushing carts. The only way to go from the upper level to Harris Teeter requires going down approximately a dozen steep concrete steps, or walking into the narrow 2 lane road as it makes a sharp turn, then walking down the hill with the traffic. Someone is going to get hurt, if they haven’t already. I can’t believe this...

Our closest place to shop. We're here at least three times a week, if not more.

Harris Teeter, La Casa, the Wallgreens. Even the Dunkin Donuts (when we're splurging.) The Pho place is good, and the two of us can share a kids size and still not finish it.

The eyeglass place is ok, but avoid the T-Mobile store. Go to the one in Bradlee Shopping Center instead.

Parking is ok, but...