801 Restaurant & Bar Soft Opens Thursday in Former Dunya Space

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by Prince Of Petworth — July 12, 2016 at 3:40 pm 7 Comments

801
801 Florida Ave, NW

Aptly named 801 looks ready to roll:

“Join us for our soft opening weekend this week! We will be open Thursday at 5pm. Stop by and say hello to the 801 family.”

That MAn A

Best of luck
for some reasons this seems like it may be one of those high turnover locations
not sure why but thats just the vibe i get… hopefully im wrong and 801 will be around for some time
Christian

Why did Dunya close down again?

Is it just me or are all our new bars/restos beginning to look exactly the same, with appeal for one type of person?
- Ghost
  
  yeah I generally try to avoid these types of places, just kinda boring stale experience honestly. And food is usually underwhelming and over priced. If I had more money maybe I would feel differently
kwame

I think this will do well if they target the Brixton and Takoda crowd. Both of those places have lines down the block and this should alleviate some of the crowds.
- James
  
  I was there on Saturday, and it is exactly what you’d expect from the people behind FrontPage/MadHatter/Shaw’s Tavern 2.0. It’s basically another Brixton overflow or alternative.
  - divebar311
    
    Of course, it’s benefit is location, location, location. Has anyone been to Hawthorne? It sounds and looks a lot like this place and from what the other comments state it attracts the same crowd….
    
    WHY CAN’T SOMEONE REOPEN PATTY BOOM BOOM IN THIS PLACE??!
c

Was there on Saturday, nice terrace but nothing special. I can think of many other places I’d rather be for a $7 Blue Moon in a plastic cup.

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