Craft brewer , founded by a former Fairfax County police officer in 2016, is opening a fourth location, this one at the Village at Leesburg development in Virginia.
Water鈥檚 End will be part of a makeover of the existing Chefscape food hall, which is being repositioned as .
鈥淭he Dell鈥� is a reference to a natural gathering space and safe haven.
It will join other local businesses, including Lucky Dog, Paulie鈥檚 Fresh Handmade Pasta and Colombian鈥檚 Place. It will open sometime this spring.
Restaurant veteran Artie Simcox, owner of Artie鈥檚 Restaurant in Fairfax, operates Chefscape, and wanted to add a brewery. Water鈥檚 End came up in conversations with Village at Leesburg manager Rappaport.
鈥淲hen Artie said brewery, I thought of Water鈥檚 End and knew I had to introduce him to Zach Mote,鈥� said Rappaport president Henry Fonvielle. Mote is co-founder of Water鈥檚 End, along with Ryan Sharkey.
Mote, the former police officer, said he realized how much fun he could have pairing his beers with wildly diverse food at the food hall.
鈥淧lus, there鈥檚 no way I could turn down an opportunity to work with Artie, whose reputation, experience, and success in the restaurant industry is top-class,鈥� Mote said.
Chefscape opened in 2019 originally as a ghost kitchen for local restaurant startups.
Water鈥檚 End opened its first brewery in Lake Ridge, and a second in 2020 in Woodbridge at the Potomac Festival Shopping enter. Last year, it opened a third location in a historic building in downtown Fredericksburg. The Fredericksburg location also has a partnership with Woodbridge-based .
Water鈥檚 End鈥檚 beers have names like Damn Beer, Hopdrop and Don鈥檛 Haze Me, Bro!
