3504 Connecticut Ave, NW
From a press release:
“Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts, owners of Cork Wine Bar, are proud to announce the expansion of their wine bar and market to Cleveland Park. The husband-and-wife team’s newest project will be located at 3504 Connecticut Ave NW, with a targeted opening of early Fall 2025. The third Cork location follows the 17-year-old flagship on 14th Street NW and an outpost in Spring Valley, which opened in 2021. “We are excited to join the Cleveland Park community,” says Gross. “We are looking forward to meeting our new neighbors and seeing old friends and regulars, and introducing them to the new Cork, a neighborhood place where guests can gather to enjoy good food, excellent company, and delicious wine.”
Cork Cleveland Park will have 20 seats in its street-level wine bar and retail area, a mezzanine-level tasting room with an additional 15 seats for wine classes,
tastings, and private events, as well as storefront outdoor seating for 8. Gross and Pitts tapped acclaimed local DC firm, Gronning Architects (who also worked on Cork 14th and Cork Spring Valley), to curate the layout and design of the new project.
While this location will be a smaller operation than its 14th Street counterpart, Cork Cleveland Park will still house approximately 350 retail bottles of wine, and guests can enjoy any bottle on the shelf on site, plus a weekly revolving list of wines by-the-glass, an extensive curated selection of cheese, charcuterie, tinned fish, and small plates, and wine centric programming such as tastings, classes, pairing dinners, and special events.
Cork Wine Bar opened in the Logan Circle neighborhood on January 29, 2008, in its original location at 1720 14th Street NW. Cork immediately received recognition by winning the RAMMY for Best New Restaurant and was a James Beard semi-finalist for Best New Restaurant. They expanded in 2009 by opening Cork Market & Tasting Room just up the street, then consolidated as Cork Wine Bar and Market in 2017, in its current location at 1805 14th Street. Cork further expanded in 2021 by opening Cork Spring Valley in northwest DC. Through the years, Cork has regularly been recognized as one of the best wine bars in DC, including winning the RAMMY for Best Wine Program and being recognized as one of the U.S.’s Best Wine Bars by Food and Wine.
Location: Cork Wine Bar and Market Cleveland Park
Address: 3504 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Target Opening: Early Fall 2025“