What that meant exactly has been a bit mysterious, but when Surreal ( 2117 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia) opens this November, diners will step into a garden-like oasis with a fanciful menu that includes Limardo’s exacting and inventive take on everything from pizza to swordfish carpaccio to hot dogs. “It’s completely avant-garde and a completely new experience.”
The Michelin-starred Venezuelan chef partnered with JBG SMITH, developer of Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington, to create a restaurant that is “something no one has ever seen before,” explains Héctor García, chief operating officer for Limardo’s Seven Reasons Group. The prompt that sparked Enrique Limardo’s soon-to-open Surreal was ambitious, to say the least.
