A new Italian spot has made its debut in the neighborhood. The newcomer to Penrose, called Josephine's Italian Kitchen, is located at 2501 Columbia Pike. Open only for dinner, Josephine's Italian Kitchen serves appetizers, salads and brick-oven pizza, along with various entrees like braised lamb shank and bone-in New York strip steak.

Diners can start off with crispy goat cheese-stuffed eggplant then move on to Josephine's Scampi, which includes jumbo shrimp, smoked garlic, saffron butter, capers, tomatoes, oregano and angel hair pasta. The new arrival has made a solid start, with a 3.5-star rating out of eight reviews on Yelp thus far.