Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.
Mediterranean Oven
Restaurants
Fresh pita, bold kabobs: Mediterranean Oven is that family-run Manassas spot mixing 100% Halal Middle Eastern, Afghan, Mediterranean and Italian comfort, so you can go from juicy kabobs and gyros to crispy pizza and twirlable pasta in one order.
Time for a refresh: Green Front Furniture Inc closed its Manassas spot on July 15, but their Farmville flagship still brings the heat with high-end pieces for every room, outdoor furniture and the kind of hand-knotted rugs you actually build a room around.
Serious purr therapy: Patriot Pawsabilities Cat Lounge is a cage-free, adoptable-cat hangout where you can unplug for an hour, play with friendly floofs and maybe fall in love.
Daira Zuleika Luna, a woman from Bethesda, Maryland, has been charged with assault for allegedly biting a police officer and a staff member at the Prince William Fairgrounds.
Three men from Woodbridge and Manassas, Virginia, were among nine people arrested in an undercover operation against those accused of using the internet to arrange sexual encounters with minors.
The last Confederate monument on Virginia's Capitol Square was removed, completing a process that began six years ago during the Black Lives Matter protests.