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“Dear PoPville,

Any suggestions for local DC spots for darts – practicing and playing with friends. I know Midlands has two boards, any others?”

and

“Looking for around Shaw, pleasant plains, Parkview, U st, or Columbia heights. Thanks and sorry for the delay, was on vacation this week. I’m looking for places in DC to play darts. Any suggestions from the popville community? Thanks!”


From a press release:

“Restaurant industry professionals and their allies gathered tonight at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the 41st Annual RAMMY Awards as Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced winners and a range of special distinctions in a number of categories celebrating excellence in long-standing categories that range from individual professional honors to accolades celebrating culinary concepts and service.

This year’s category changes included a move from Pastry Chef of the Year to Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year, ensuring the area’s many outstanding bakers and pastry chefs were recognized, and introduced Best Bar as a publicly voted category, recognizing the magnitude of nightlife establishments in the region. Similar to past years, publicly voted categories were open to any eligible restaurant or foodservice operation in the region, regardless of RAMW membership. For the very first time, both the finalists and winners for the five publicly voted categories were chosen by the public.

The 2023 RAMMY Awards Winners are (*denotes publicly voted category*): (more…)



1355 H Street, NE via IG

A regular reported to me via email last night around 8pm: “Biergarten Haus is closing at the end of tonight. Rumored to reopen in September. But….September is skeptical…. Haven’t seen an official notice yet.”

Still no official word on their social media but Fritz Hahn tweeted around 10pm: “Breaking: Biergarten Haus is closing tonight, after 13 years on H Street. Staff found out today. Am told there’s a chance it reopens Sept. 1, but that seems iffy.

This is purely a business decision, has nothing to do with the lease.” (more…)



640 Rhode Island Ave, NE

From a press release:

“metrobar, the award winning transit-themed outdoor venue celebrating all things DC, is excited to announce that doors are opening this July to the inside of our railcar bar. Track work is complete and you and your crew are invited to go off the rails and grab drinks in railcar 5058 this summer! (more…)


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