Every neighborhood needs a cozy Italian restaurant to call its own, and Green Valley has a handful of favorite haunts where the regulars are loyal and the food is hearty. Annie's Gourmet Italian Bistro, which reopened earlier this year after moving from its location of five years on Horizon Ridge Parkway to a higher-profile retail center just off the Beltway, is one of those favorites.

But cozy got a lot cozier at the new restaurant, thanks to the addition of a fully enclosed, pet-friendly patio—named for owner Annie Payton's yellow lab Ookie—and the "Lost Weekend" bar, where specialty cocktails and draft beer change up the expected glass of red or white with dinner. The place is warmer than ever, and the food hasn't changed.

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