Anita, Phil and son Tom founded Anita's over 45 years ago in a little donut shop they converted into a carry out in Vienna. After Phil's transfer to the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters in Washington, D.C., it forced the family to relocate from Albuquerque. Anita soon realized that her family recipes that had been handed down for generations from mother to daughter were unlike anything else she found here in Virginia. Her dream of sharing those recipes with the residents of Vienna and beyond was soon realized when they opened for business on December 23, 1974.
The basis for a great deal of our first menu was the flavorful sauces made from New Mexico where chilis were picked early in the season, and chopped, to form the base ingredient for
