General Discussion
Anyone (anyone's company) hiring?
Top Stories
Happy 40th Anniversary Dancing Crab! "Sinkhole Damage at 14th and F Streets, NW Will Require Complex Repairs to Sewer Line" DC Public Pools Opening for Memorial Day Weekend, Though Full Hours Will Start June 24Neighborhoods
Adams MorganCapitol HillColumbia HeightsH St. NELogan Circle16th St. heightsAU ParkAlexandriaAnacostiaBarnaby WoodsBethesdaBloomingdaleBrentwoodBrightwoodBrooklandCarver/LangstonCathedral HeightsChevy ChaseCleveland ParkCrestwoodDowntownDupont CircleEckingtonEdgewoodFoggy BottomForest HillsFriendship HeightsFt. LincolnFt. TottenGeorgetownGlover ParkHill EastHillcrestIvy CityKaloramaKingman ParkLamond-RiggsLangdonLanier HeightsLedroit ParkMDMt. PleasantMt. Vernon SquareNavy YardNoMaPalisadesPark ViewPenn Quarter/ChinatownPetworthPleasant PlainsRosedaleSW WaterfrontShawShepherd ParkSilver SpringSpring ValleyTakomaTakoma ParkTenleytownTrinidadTruxton CircleU StreetVAVan NessWesley HeightsWest EndWoodland-NormanstoneWoodley ParkWoodridge
See MoreRecent Forum Posts
Recent Classifieds
Duchess and The Queen to Become a Belgian Bistro and Brew Pub
2102 18th Street, NW
Back in March 2012 I shared some scuttlebutt saying that the old Duchess and The Queen at 2102 18th Street, NW in Adams Morgan was possibly going to become a wine bar. A new liquor license posting has more details:
“The new restaurant will be a Belgium bistro, with a sidewalk Café with 12 seats, the establishment will have a seating capacity of 160, and a total occupancy load of 280. There is an entertainment endorsement. This will also include a Brew Pub.”
Awesome!
Category: Adams Morgan, Bars, Top Stories
Blog Categories
Most Commented This Week
69
COMMENTS
Dear PoPville - Valet Problems Part Two
20 May 2013 10:16 AM
69
COMMENTS
Dear PoPville - Parking Suggestions for non DC Residents?
22 May 2013 11:02 AM
61
COMMENTS
MPD Reports Cyclist Killed at 11th and U St, NW on Thursday
19 May 2013 4:27 PM
55
COMMENTS
Crushing Review of CVS at 7th and Florida Ave, NW
20 May 2013 10:43 AM
55
COMMENTS
Bikeshare Continuing to Kick Ass (When You Can Get a Bike)
22 May 2013 12:36 PM
Upcoming Events
Recent Comments
WestcoastExPat
2:21pm
I originally came to DC for one year, and did the long distance thing with a guy I had... 
2:19pm
If you know of a better place to find the super most authentic burnt pizza soup in an...
indyexpat
2:14pm
Where you should park depends more on where your seats are- turns 1, 4 and the main...
KenyonDweller
2:12pm
I agree with others that if there is another way in and out, I wouldn't mind. Advance...
2:11pm
Can't help but think of Stefon from SNL...This place has everything!
Wow, two Belgian bars within a few hundred yards of each other.
Isn’t this like Belgian restaurant/cafe L’enfant like a 1/2 block away?
As is Lolocat.
*Locolat.
Is that Belgian too? I always think “chocolate” of course.
does anyone remember what the duchess and the queen was before? i never knew what kind of establishment it was, but always loved the name
That spot was completely empty for a long time….I’ve lived in Adams Morgan for 12 years, and I can remember anything being there. That’s the cursed stretch of 18th street…
Wasnt it a video store?
Wow.. I think you are right… but I really cannot recall what it was.
Meeps used to be a small store run by hippie types back in the late 90′s…. used to get my weekend bagels from them. really nice
Identified:
Isn’t or wasn’t Meeps a clothing store? Did they also sell bagels?
Yeah, I think you’re right. I would have forgotten but it was a small time indie-type video place. I think it closed in 2006, maybe 2007. Did anything ever open up after that or has it always been vacant since then?
The video store and Meeps were both in the storefront to the North of this. Meeps was a clothing store. The indie video store existed around the same time as Kaur occupied this space.
I thought it was a clothing store, maybe circa 2006? Or perhaps that was a figment of my imagination.
it was kaur, which was one of the first high-end boutique clothing stores in DC. they also had a small selection of vintage clothes in the back.
It used to be a high end clothing store, Kaur (upstairs). the basement was a used clothing/trash and treasures sort of store. that was in the early 2000′s.
Aren’t here enough Belgian bistros?
Not at all confident in this place given that they are apparently incapable of making the distinction between “Belgium,” the noun, and “Belgian,” the adjective.
They should be called “sprout bars.”
That could possibly be the fault of a clerk at ABRA, not the bar owners.
A brewpub, eh? I’m intrigued.
Holy Belgian bistro saturation point! But I’d rather have news of something like this opening than another jumbo-slice vomitron.
The downstairs was a used furniture/junk store at one point but has been closed for a LONG time. Upstairs was a boutique/vintage clothing shop (the “Dutchess” part). Is the new place taking over both levels?
A Belgian brew pub would be tight! Any idea which DC beer folks are associated with this? There are a lot of Belgian restaurants in that stretch but none that are making their own Belgian-Style beer!
When did Belgian become the new “it” cuisine? I thought we were still doing farm-to-table. I know fusion and tapas are over….
I’m pretty skeptical that this is actually a brewpub, unless anyone can confirm otherwise. It just doesn’t seem like they’ll be brewing their own beer there.
Argh. People need to learn the difference between “Belgium” and “Belgian.” Also, people need to learn what does and does not get capitalized in English.
Oye. I am living in Brussels now. Now of the “belgian” cafes even closely approximates real belgian cafes, aside from serving belgian beer.
I bet this is the venture from the Brasserie Beck brewer. He’d been hunting down space for a while.
Nope this is not the location of Right Proper. I certainly hope it is a brewpub since I live just a couple blocks away. I wish them the best of luck!