coffee

1355 H Street, NE

Thanks to Pete for sending word from the folks at Vigilante coffee:

With the recent closing of SOVA and the current buildout of the H Street Coffee House there is a serious lack of caffeine on H st. We’ll be launching a Pop Up Coffee Shop inside Beirgarten starting Tuesday Feb 19th to help keep the neighborhood caffeinated! We will offer an espresso bar, Japanese Pour Over coffee, locally baked pastries, teas, and other non coffee beverages. Beirgarten will supply wifi and tables for customers to sit and enjoy their coffee.

This is a combined effort brought to H st by Vigilante Coffee, Maketto, and the new owners of H St Coffee house.

Hours 7am-1pm

1359 H Street, NE

Dear PoPville,

This is a bummer. SOVA is a nice place – totally chill with nice staff and good food and drinks. My band, Hollertown, played there every third Thursday and it was always fun. You never knew what you were going to get: wild drunken dancers, sedate and attentive quiet listeners or rowdy, loud conversationalists. Almost four years ago, I met the woman who became my wife there.

The owner writes us:

To all, It comes with deep regret that I must inform you that SOVA will be closing at the end of business, this Sunday, the 17th. This was not an easy decision, but it was a decision that had to be made, unfortunately. It was also a decision that had other people to consider, and who’s decisions mattered. I’m very very sorry. We were severely scared financially during the early years when business on the whole street was difficult to come by, and especially during the 3 plus years of street construction. We had some good nights, great nights even, but we also had nights where it didn’t make sense to even open the bar. To many of them. We grew with the street, and things got better. Just not better quick enough.

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