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Major Progress at Building Coming to 9th and P St, NW – Will Be Home to Mandalay Restaurant

9th and P St, NW

Mandalay currently has a location in Silver Spring. Their Website says:

Mandalay Restaurant and Café brings dishes from all over Burma to the DC area. Our chef (and our mom) is formerly the head chef of the Burma restaurant in Washington, DC.

We do not specialize in the cuisine of any particular area of Burma (Myanmar), instead we bring a mix of dishes from the seasides to the mountains, using fresh ingredients and time tested recipes. Any dish can be made as spicy as you like, but even without the “hot” every dish is full of flavor. It doesn’t have to be hot to be good, but if you like it that way just let us know and we’ll “light it up” for you.

We also offer a range of drinks and desserts to round out your meal. Our full service bar can serve up just about any cocktail and a wide range of beer and wine. Our vegan coconut “ice cream” served in the shell is very popular as is our traditional semolina cake or sticky rice cake.

You can see their menu here.

And here’s a rendering of the building:

Category: Coming and Going, Development, Restaurants, Shaw

By: Prince Of Petworth | 17 July 2012 4:00 PM | 26 Comments

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Is this the same management/ownership as the Mandalay location in Silver Spring (which used to be in College Park)?

If so, is the Silver Spring location relocating to 9th and P, or is the restaurant expanding from one branch to two?

July 17, 2012 at 4:10 pm
- anon
  
  If memory serves, they’re expanding. Very much doubt they’d give up their Silver Spring location as they always seem to be doing good business when I stop in.
  
  July 17, 2012 at 4:25 pm
- 14
  
  They’re definitely keeping the Silver Spring location. Just expanding to DC! Yes!
  
  July 17, 2012 at 4:41 pm
tonyr

The space next to Seasonal Pantry (a block or so south on 9th) now has a alcohol application posted. Bar with cold food 11 a.m. to 2/3 a.m.. Kinda surprised that they’re playing down the food part.

July 17, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Q-Street

Does anyone know what are the upper floors going to be used for?

I’m looking forward to the restaurant. The construction here has started and stopped a number of times. I hope they have the path forward all squared away.

July 17, 2012 at 4:23 pm
- 14
  
  Upstairs will be residences. Possibly for the owners.
  
  July 17, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Bloomingdude

First Czech and Slovak food and now Burmese. How fabulous is Shaw?

July 17, 2012 at 4:29 pm
- Rukasu
  
  “We do not specialize in the cuisine of any particular area of Burma (Myanmar)”
  
  July 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
  - Anonymous
    
    Is there a particular reason you copied that.
    
    July 17, 2012 at 7:05 pm
J

Yes! I love this place and am often too lazy to go all the way to silver spring!

July 17, 2012 at 4:31 pm
JerryCurleyAndJoe

Why must every new building around here look exactly the same? Just watch, in 30 years from now none of these places will have aged all that well, and people will be clamoring to tear them down and build something new. It’s the modern-day equivalent of all those mid-century modern buildings that sprouted up in the 50s and 60s. Most of them are gone.

July 17, 2012 at 4:34 pm
- rmattab
  
  I couldn’t agree with you more about new construction in DC of today and the past 10-15 years; here’s an example of another boring, generic new building in dc – it could be a style called ‘DC Generic’ – so many missed opportunities and a shame for our urban environment
  
  July 17, 2012 at 5:50 pm
  - WalbridgeGuy
    
    I’ve wondered about this too. Are there only 3 architects in DC, none of whom have ever actually seen the city and thus don’t know of any of its interesting historical architecture to try to echo?
    
    July 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
    - Anon
      
      Totally agree. And this is a main reason why I am against raising the height limits of buildings in DC. I do not trust our builders/architects to develop anything of visual interest and then our whole city could be taken over by tall, boring, generic buildings like these.
      
      July 18, 2012 at 11:30 am
- thebear
  
  Ya know what else sucks about modern buildings? No usable balconies. My 1975 building has 12×5 balconies on most of the units. That’s big enough for a nice bistro table and chairs, and growing flowers and herbs. Having a little piece of “outdoors” that’s all yours to sit, enjoy coffee, drinks or meals, even work if it’s nice out, makes up for the smallish, boxy, otherwise nondescript “hi-rise” apartments in this city. I can’t believe what some of these outrageously priced new buildings are calling “balconies:” Some are barely big enough to even open the door all the way and step out onto it, much less put even a single folding chair there.
  
  July 17, 2012 at 6:15 pm
  - Anonymous
    
    Agreed. More balconies!
    
    July 17, 2012 at 6:58 pm
  - anon
    
    I lived in Crystal City briefly in the 1990s. The balcony was the one redeeming feature of the otherwise depressing apartment–could’ve played basketball on that thing.
    
    July 18, 2012 at 9:54 am
    - thebear
      
      I just don’t get the aversion to having usable, personal, outside space. It’s not like it would add significant, if any, construction cost. If anything, it would be a huge selling point. Not everyone who wants outdoor space wants to live in an English Basement or row house.
      
      July 18, 2012 at 10:45 am
      - ph
        
        I heard that the top floors were residences for the owners. The top floor has a balcony in the rear (you can’t see it from the rendering). Also, pretty sure they are building a roof deck. Stuff tends to be nicer when the builder intends to live there.
        
        July 19, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Rebecca

Wonder if this location will be as cheap as the one in Silver Spring? My husband and I had dinner there a few months ago and the bill for our fabulous meal was only $23.

July 17, 2012 at 4:38 pm
- Anonymous
  
  I bet you $10,000 it won’t be
  
  July 17, 2012 at 6:59 pm
- jumpingjack
  
  Mandalay is wonderful! Delicious food and good service. I hope the new location continues the tradition. It is not cheap though, for ethnic food. Entrees are $10 to $14, but portions are quite small. I’ve found the bill usually comes to about $20/person.
  
  July 18, 2012 at 8:21 am
  - Anonymous
    
    The cheapest entree is ten bucks. Two entrees plus tax and tip equals 26 minimum.
    
    July 18, 2012 at 9:48 am
I. Rex

Oh hells yeah. I love this place and now I won’t have to go all the way to Silver Spring….

July 17, 2012 at 6:00 pm
LoganGuy

I love the Silver Spring location! Can’t wait!

July 18, 2012 at 8:58 am
Anonymous

You can watch this building go up in the background of the City Market construction cam: http://oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/citymarket

July 18, 2012 at 10:14 am