Westover Market

What Westover Market does

Westover Market is a privately held, family-owned neighborhood market and beer garden operating from a single location at 5863 Washington Blvd in Arlington, Virginia. Founded under Hicks Family ownership in 2004 (with the underlying market reportedly operating for 50+ years), the business combines three integrated retail departments under one roof: a full-service grocery stocked with organic produce, local meats, and specialty items; an on-site butcher shop sourcing pasture-raised, hormone-free meats from named regional farms (Roseda Farm, Fields of Athenry, Shenandoah Valley Beef Cooperative, Fossil Farms); and the 'Great Wall of Beer' — a beer, cider, and non-alcoholic beverage wall of 1,000+ SKUs claimed as the largest in the DMV region. The Hicks Family opened the DMV's first beer garden at the site in 2009, featuring 16 draft lines across the Haus and Beer Garden venues, dine-in food service using market-sourced ingredients, and recurring live music programming.

The business serves Arlington and broader DMV residents across three primary customer segments: local neighborhood residents purchasing groceries and specialty meats, craft beer enthusiasts drawn to the rotation and selection, and a secondary food-service and event-planner base purchasing custom cuts and whole animals from the butcher shop. Revenue is generated through one-time retail transactions across grocery and beer/wine sales, dine-in and takeaway food service at the beer garden, and a wholesale/event channel for the butcher shop. Distribution is anchored by the physical storefront, supplemented by online ordering via Toasttab for pickup or delivery, keg ordering for off-premise events, and gift card sales through Gift Rocker. The business model is fundamentally single-location, direct-to-consumer, with no disclosed funding, M&A activity, subsidiaries, or AI/ML technology stack. Multiple regional awards (Arlington Magazine, Washingtonian, Northern Virginia Magazine, Washington Post features) and 20 years of continuous family operation are the principal brand assets.

Name

Westover Market

Legal name

Westover Market

Website

https://westovermarketbeergarden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Westover Market is a family-owned neighborhood market, beer garden, and on-site butcher shop in Arlington, Virginia, serving local DMV residents with groceries, craft beer, and locally-sourced meats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Grocery and Beer Garden

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers (44532)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brewpubs & Taprooms (On-site Beer Service) (THAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Craft Beer Retail & Bottle Shops (Off-Premise) (CRANAAAC), Beer, Brewery & Craft Beverage Tastings (THAJAGAE)

Keywords

• Neighborhood grocery store
• Craft beer retail
• Butcher shop services
• Local organic produce
• Beer garden restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Retail Grocery Sales: Full-service grocery store offering organic produce, local meats from the butcher shop, dairy, baked goods, frozen foods, and specialty items. Operates as a neighborhood market with over 50 years of history.
2. Beer Garden & Haus Food Service: Dine-in and takeaway food service featuring locally-sourced organic produce, house-made items from their butcher shop, craft beer on tap (16 draft lines total), and weekly specials including Monday Burger Night, Tuesday Eco-Taco Night, Wednesday Steak Night.
3. Beer & Wine Sales: Over 1,000 different types of beer including domestic, imports, and microbrews. Also offers international wine selection with large Austrian wine selection. Keg sales available for off-premise consumption.
4. Butcher Shop: Full-service butcher shop providing local, pasture-raised 'beyond organic' meats. Offers custom cuts, specialty sausages, whole animal orders, and exotic game meats. Also sells wholesale to restaurants and for events.
5. Online Ordering & Delivery: Order directly from website for pickup or delivery through Toasttab integration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Westover Market is a family-owned neighborhood market and beer garden in Arlington, VA, combining a full-service grocery store offering organic produce and Boar's Head deli items, an in-house butcher shop specializing in local pasture-raised meats and exotic game, and a beer garden with 16 draft lines plus the 'Great Wall of Beer' featuring over 1,000 craft beer varieties. The business also provides online ordering through Toasttab, keg sales for off-premise consumption, and weekly live music programming in the beer garden.

Product overview

Westover Market is a neighborhood grocery store and beer garden operated by the Hicks Family in Arlington, VA. The business consists of a fully stocked grocery store offering organic produce and quality groceries, an in-house butcher shop providing locally-sourced and exotic meats, a beer garden with 16 draft lines serving craft beers, and the 'Great Wall of Beer' featuring over 1,000 beer varieties. The venue also offers online ordering via Toast Tab, keg sales, gift cards through Gift Rocker, live music events, and a special events program. The market operates as a unified neighborhood establishment celebrating over 50 years of service with a focus on local, organic, and hormone-free products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Neighborhood Market & Grocery Fully stocked neighborhood grocery store offering fresh organic produce supplied by Four Seasons Produce Co., general groceries, canned and packaged goods, frozen foods, baked goods, deli items including Boar's Head products, and gluten-free and natural/organic specialty items. Designed for local residents seeking quality everyday grocery items.
• Butcher Shop Full-service in-house butcher shop offering local, pasture-raised, hormone-free meats from small Virginia and Maryland farms including Roseda Farm (Angus beef dry-aged three weeks), Fields of Athenry Farm (poultry, lamb, heritage turkeys), and Shenandoah Valley Beef Cooperative. Provides custom cuts, specialty sausages (claimed largest sausage selection in the area), whole animal orders, and exotic game meats (bison, wild boar, kangaroo, venison, yak, pheasant). Also sells wholesale to restaurants and for events.
• Beer Garden & Haus Dine-in beer garden and restaurant featuring 16 draft lines (10 in the Haus, 6 in the Beer Garden), rotating craft beer selection, and food menu built around local organic produce and meats from the in-house butcher shop. Hosts weekend brunch and weekly specials including Monday Burger Night, Tuesday Eco-Taco Night, and Wednesday Steak Night. Regular live music programming multiple nights per week.
• Great Wall of Beer Retail package beer wall carrying over 1,000 different types of beer including domestics, imports, and microbrews, plus a large Austrian wine selection and craft ciders/non-alcoholic beverages. Supports beer tastings and tap takeovers as featured events.
• Keg Sales Off-premise keg ordering service for events and gatherings. Customers can browse the current keg inventory list and place orders (typically by Tuesday for weekend pickup). Kegs are kept cold until convenient pickup, with deposits for shells and hand pumps refunded upon return.

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest beer selection in DMV with 1,000+ varieties
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Roseda FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeef supplier providing Angus beef raised at their Monkton, MD farm. Cattle are raised on pasture, finished on silage and spent grains from Troegs and Heavy Seas breweries, and dry-aged for at least three weeks.
• Fields of Athenry FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPoultry supplier in Purcellville, VA. Provides chickens, turkeys, and lamb (Dorset and Suffolk cross). Committed to natural farming, pasture-raised without hormones or antibiotics. Also supplies heritage breed Bronze turkeys for holidays.
• Shenandoah Valley Beef CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeef cooperative supplying local, environmentally friendly, humanely produced beef from family farmers in the Shenandoah Valley who have worked the land for over 100 years.
• Fossil FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExotic meat and game supplier providing bison, wild boar, kangaroo, venison, yak, pheasant, and other exotic options. Committed to high-quality meats free of hormones, medications, and preservatives.
• Four Seasons Produce Co.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduce supplier providing organic and local fresh produce and related products. Supplies the market's organic fruits and vegetables and can special order produce not in stock.
• ToasttabcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline ordering platform integration enabling pickup and delivery ordering directly from the Westover Market website.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Union Market (DC): DC food hall combining specialty grocery, butcher, and on-site dining/drinking venues. Comparable multi-format neighborhood food-and-drink destination targeting similar DMV quality-focused consumers.
• Arrowine: Arlington-based specialty beer, wine, and cheese retailer with strong local food and craft beverage focus. Most directly comparable as a DMV neighborhood beverage destination competing for similar craft-beer enthusiasts.
• Mom's Organic Market: DMV-based organic and local-focused grocery chain with broad craft beer and wine assortment. Directly comparable for the organic-grocery-plus-specialty-beverage shopper that Westover targets.
• The Italian Store: Long-running Arlington Italian specialty market/grocery with a deep beer and wine selection and on-site prepared foods. Comparable neighborhood market + beverage destination in the same trade area.

Broad incumbents

• Harris Teeter: Mid-Atlantic regional grocery chain with broad craft beer selection and prepared food service. Comparable as a multi-format grocery competitor in the Arlington trade area.
• Whole Foods Market: National premium grocer with strong organic, butcher, and craft beer offerings. Competes for the local-organic-and-specialty customer that Westover targets in the Arlington market.
• Total Wine & More: Largest U.S. specialty retailer of beer, wine, and spirits with multiple DMV locations. Competes head-on with Westover's 'Great Wall of Beer' on selection and price, though without the grocery/butcher component.
• Wegmans: East Coast upscale grocery chain with broad craft beer, prepared foods, and butcher counters. Comparable as a large-format premium grocery destination that competes for the same quality-focused Arlington shoppers.

Emerging players

• Portner Brewhouse: Arlington-area craft brewery with on-site taproom experience. Comparable for the DMV craft beer / taproom concept that Westover's beer garden pioneered, though without the grocery component.

Regional players

• Balducci's: Specialty grocer in the Mid-Atlantic (Bethesda, MD) with a strong prepared-foods, butcher, and curated beverage offering. Comparable as a premium specialty grocer with curated local and craft assortment in the broader DMV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WestoverBeer
• Facebookfacebook.com/WestoverBeerGarden
• Instagraminstagram.com/westovermarket

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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