Eden Center
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Eden Center is a Vietnamese American
strip mall
located near the crossroads of Seven Corners
in the City of Falls Church, Virginia
. The City's Economic Development commission considers it the #1 Tourist Destination in the City. The center is home to over 100 shops, restaurants and businesses catering to the extensive Asian American
, especially the Vietnam
ese-American, population. Eden Center has created an anchor for Vietnamese culture serving the Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania areas, as evidenced by the large number of phở
soup restaurants as well as Vietnamese-American cultural events that are regularly held at the Center. The name derives from the 1960s Saigon arcade Khu Eden.
An unusually high percentage of the businesses in the mall are restaurants, specifically Vietnamese restaurants, specializing in various levels of formality and in various aspects of Vietnamese cuisine. These range from carry-out-only places that serve stir-fry dishes and spring rolls to high-volume phở
soup restaurants to sit down restaurants with large varied menus and a formal decor.
Eden Center emerged in 1984 as the Vietnamese-American community in Northern Virginia (and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area) grew following the Vietnam War
. The site, located on Wilson Boulevard in Falls Church, Virginia
, was formerly known as the Plaza Seven Shopping Center.
In 1997, the Falls Church Police Department opened a substation at Eden Center after a fatal shooting. The property landlord also began operating 22 closed-circuit monitoring cameras.
Vietnamese American
A Vietnamese American is an American of Vietnamese descent. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American group....
strip mall
Strip mall
A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
located near the crossroads of Seven Corners
Seven Corners, Virginia
Seven Corners is a commercial center and census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,701 at the 2000 census. Seven Corners has a "Falls Church" mailing address but is not within the independent City of Falls Church, Virginia. The area got its name...
in the City of Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...
. The City's Economic Development commission considers it the #1 Tourist Destination in the City. The center is home to over 100 shops, restaurants and businesses catering to the extensive Asian American
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
, especially the Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese-American, population. Eden Center has created an anchor for Vietnamese culture serving the Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania areas, as evidenced by the large number of phở
PHO
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soup restaurants as well as Vietnamese-American cultural events that are regularly held at the Center. The name derives from the 1960s Saigon arcade Khu Eden.
An unusually high percentage of the businesses in the mall are restaurants, specifically Vietnamese restaurants, specializing in various levels of formality and in various aspects of Vietnamese cuisine. These range from carry-out-only places that serve stir-fry dishes and spring rolls to high-volume phở
PHO
PHO may refer to:* Primary Health Organisation* Potentially hazardous object, an asteroid or comet that could potentially collide with Earth...
soup restaurants to sit down restaurants with large varied menus and a formal decor.
Eden Center emerged in 1984 as the Vietnamese-American community in Northern Virginia (and the Washington, DC, metropolitan area) grew following the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. The site, located on Wilson Boulevard in Falls Church, Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia
The City of Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States, in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The city population was 12,332 in 2010, up from 10,377 in 2000. Taking its name from The Falls Church, an 18th-century Anglican parish, Falls Church gained township status within...
, was formerly known as the Plaza Seven Shopping Center.
In 1997, the Falls Church Police Department opened a substation at Eden Center after a fatal shooting. The property landlord also began operating 22 closed-circuit monitoring cameras.