D.C.’s First Cider Producer, ANXO Cidery & Pintxos Bar, Coming to Truxton Circle
In the midst of D.C.'s brewery and distillery boom, the city's first cidery is on its way. A Basque-inspired bar and restaurant called ANXO Cidery & Pintxos Bar—which will not only serve a wide range of ciders, but produce its own cider on-premise—is set to open at 300 Florida Ave. NW later this year.
ANXO comes from former Pizzeria Paradiso and Meridian Pint Bar ManagerSam Fitz and his sister Rachel Fitz (a former assistant general manager at Meridian Pint). Co-founding partners include Boundary Road Beverage Director Tim Prendergast, the Big Stick Beverage Director Cooper Sheehan, and Boundary Road chef and co-owner Brad Walker. The name (pronounced AN-CHo) refers to the Basque "wild man" also known as Basajaun, who's akin to Bigfoot, yetis, ogres, and other "men of the forest" in the region's mythology
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ANXO Cidery will have a 25-seat bar on the main floor with "community space" for another 20 as well as a 40-seat dining room upstairs with a nine-seat bar. The rustic-yet-chic place will be designed by Bestudio Architecture's Michael Blake, who Fitz met as a teenager while bussing at Chili's in Baltimore, andSarah Walker, wife of chef Walker. Depending on permitting, ANXO may eventually add an outdoor cider garden. The cidery plans to break ground this summer.
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