St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub - Fairlington

you're on kenwood ave in fairlington, one of those quietly residential corners of alexandria where the streets feel more mid-atlantic town than dc suburb. st. elmo's coffee pub has been here long enough that it doesn't feel like a newcomer trying to prove anything. it's the kind of independent place that exists because the neighborhood actually needed it, not because someone spotted a gap in a market report. the standing it holds locally isn't accidental, though that's exactly the wrong word, so let's say instead: it stuck around because people kept coming back. if you're spending a morning in the fairlington area, this is a reasonable place to anchor your afternoon around a coffee on kenwood ave.