
1115 New Jersey Avenue, SE right outside the metro
Thanks to Anna for sending: “Signs going up in old Peet’s space.”
This will be Gregorys fifth D.C. location. Check out their menu here and stay tuned for an opening date.

1115 New Jersey Avenue, SE right outside the metro
Thanks to Anna for sending: “Signs going up in old Peet’s space.”
This will be Gregorys fifth D.C. location. Check out their menu here and stay tuned for an opening date.

4513 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to Matthew (and everyone else) who messaged about the latest Starbucks closure in Tenleytown (in between Guapos and Chick Fil A). They left a very nice note: (more…)

18th and Wyoming Ave, NW
Thanks to all who passed on from Harpeth Swill (“Japanese style cold brew place” 2nd floor of 18th and Wyoming Ave, NW in the former JRINK/Skynear space, opened in Feb. 2020):
“we wish we had longer
We are sad to say that this will be the last week of Harpeth Swill. After a year of fighting with Covid, we have decided to close our doors after this weekend. (more…)

Photo by Rey Lopez
From a press release:
“Panama’s premier specialty coffee company Café Unido is opening a roastery and retail shop in Northeast Washington, D.C., and will become its headquarters of operation in the United States.
Unido Roastery DC will complement the Café Unido coffee shop inside the nearby Latin lifestyle market, La Cosecha. (more…)

4224 Fessenden St NW
“Dear PoPville,
“Coffee Nature is a local coffee shop in Tenleytown/Friendship Heights. It’s owned by Joseph Oh and his family, and is truly a staple of the community. Joseph’s dream when moving to America was to start his own business, and he has certainly succeeded — transforming this space into a home away from home for many customers, with (pre-COVID) open mic nights, art displays, and seriously impressive latte art (and coffee quality!).

4224 Fessenden St NW via GoFundMe
Like many local businesses, Coffee Nature has struggled due to Covid, and Joseph is now far behind on rent for the shop and barely able to cover his home mortgage. Coffee Nature has had to close, and employees have been let go. A concerned customer created a GoFundMe. for neighbors to help support the shop during this time. (more…)

916 G Street, NW
A new liquor license placard for Urban Roast et al says: “Request to change hours of operation and alcoholic beverage service. Expansion of the premises to the second floor (more…)

1624 U Street, NW
They original opened in November. Glad to see they’re back at it! You can see some of the cafe menu here.

entrance 12th and I Street, NW
Thanks to Jonathan for the heads up. This will be Slipstream’s third location following the original in Logan Circle and later in Navy Yard. Stay tuned for an opening date on number three.
Looks ready to roll: (more…)

5252 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to Noa for passing on from Dolci Gelati:
“GRAND OPENING is here. On Monday, March 29th, we’re opening our new location! We’ll be serving FREE gelato cups from 2-9PM.” (more…)

1704 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to Martha for the heads up. From Dolcezza:
“WE MADE IT Let’s Celebrate
PHEWWW
This week marks a full year since so many small businesses in DC were ordered to close and, we are THRILLED that one year later our Dupont shop has reopened and – MORE GOOD NEWS- our Bethesda, City Center, and Fairfax locations are OPEN FOR GOOD Our location inside the @hirshhorn will also reopen when the @smithsonian is open to the public again. (more…)