Chinatown Coffee at 475 H Street, NW

From a press release:

What: Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, opening in Metro Center in January 2013, will host a doughnut preview pop-up at local indie coffee shop, Chinatown Coffee Co. Pastry Chef Jason Gehring and founder Elliot Spaisman will be on hand selling doughnuts from their upcoming doughnut and fried chicken take-out restaurant. Doughnut varieties available for sale each day include:

· Vanilla Glazed – vanilla bean glaze ($2.25)
· Brooklyn Blackout – devil’s food cake, chocolate glaze, cookie crumbs ($2.50)
· Maple Bacon – maple glaze, Benton’s bacon ($2.50)
· Peanut Butter & Jelly – strawberry jelly, peanut butter glaze ($2.85)
· Crème Brûlée – vanilla custard, bruleed vanilla glaze ($2.85)

· **Holiday specials: Eggnog cake doughnut–nutmeg butter cake, vanilla custard and rum glaze ($2.50) AND Panettone doughnut –yeast raised fruitcake, rum glaze, and toasted almonds ($2.25).

Additional flavors will be available on Thursday and Friday, including:

Thursday

· Banana Nut – banana cake, mascarpone glaze, pecans ($2.50)
· Gingerbread – gingerbread dough, gingerbread glaze ($2.25)
· Grapefruit – pink grapefruit glaze ($2.25)
· Black & White – chocolate dough, white ganache, vanilla glaze ($2.85)
· Gianduia – chocolate dough, chocolate custard, hazelnut glaze ($2.85)

Friday

· Twink-nut – golden vanilla cake, buttercream filling, vanilla glaze ($2.50)
· Chocolate Glazed – Valrhona chocolate glaze ($2.25)
· Pecan – butterscotch glaze, pecans ($2.25)
· Mocha – espresso dough, chocolate custard, espresso glaze ($2.85)
· Oatmeal raisin – oatmeal dough, buttercream filling, granola crumbs ($2.85)

When: Thursday, December 20th and Friday, December 21st, 2012. Quantities are limited and sales will begin at 8:00 a.m. until all doughnuts are sold out.

Where: Chinatown Coffee Co. is located at 475 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Metro: Gallery Place Chinatown – 7th and H Street exit.



1410 14th Street, NW

Tons of Logan Circle news this week. This space has been vacant since Mar de Plata closed back in May ’09. For a hot second it looked like a Fiat dealership would be taking over the space. Yesterday Washingtonian shared details about the Black Whiskey bar which will be taking over the space:

Darren Lee Norris says his new project, Black Whiskey, will debut in about 90 days.

Word came in the fall that the Kushi chef-owner signed a lease at 1410 14th Street, Northwest, and is transforming the two-story space into a whiskey bar and mixed-use art gallery.

More details on the space here.

We judged Kushi back in March 2010.



1701 K Street, NW

And I didn’t even know the Dress Barn had closed… A permit posted out front says a restaurant will be coming into the space:

More info as it becomes available. Pret a Manger it is. Pret a Manger is on a Taylor Gourmet paced expansion around town!

Ed. Note: We recently learned that a Noodles and Company was opening across the street on the east side of 17th and K.



14th and U Street, NW

Speaking about the new Italian restaurant coming to U Street yesterday, some readers mentioned how excited they were for Coppi’s to reopen after the Louis construction is completed at 14th and U St, NW. Well I saw something curious and I’m wondering what you guys think. On Coppi’s website they write:

“Update!! We are under construction! Anyone ready for the next chapter? Thank you for your continued support. We have something amazing in the making, stay tuned!”

But walking by U Street you see the following sign for DC Noodles:

And for Utopia:

But in front of Coppi’s there is no reopening in 2013 sign, only this:

Am I thinking too deeply on this?



3415 11th Street, NW

Dear Neighbors and Friends,

Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment on PoPville the other day. Your comments, though painful to read, were heartfelt and thoughtful – my entire Management Team and I are truly grateful. I got the sense that for many of you, your words were just as painful to write as they were for us to read! It’s that sincere desire you have for us to succeed that drives us and motivates us to work (24/7) to address ALL your concerns.

We opened The Coupe just over two months ago, giving Columbia Heights its own (and long anticipated) community gathering place – similar to what Tryst and The Diner are for Adams Morgan or Open City is for Woodley Park. Like The Coupe, all of my places had their share of opening problems and growing pains. We overcame many of those problems by changing and growing in response to the needs of the communities we serve. That is the common thread in all my places and what I believe has helped make us successful – an unwavering commitment to servicing the needs of the community by listening to what you have to say and taking whatever action is needed to make it right.

Many of the concerns and comments you expressed became evident to us soon after we opened. Throughout all of October and November, we tried to tackle what we could, knowing all the while that the affects of our efforts were being outpaced by the growing perceptions and the simple reality that more needed to be done. Just this last week we quietly launched a new menu that’s been in the works since early November and we completed a four week period of intense staff training – but much more is needed if we’re hoping to make The Coupe the place you, me and my staff want it to be.

Call it coincidence (maybe bad or good timing), but just as PoP’s blog was posting at 12pm on Tuesday, I was an hour into a major planning session with the Coupe Management Team over how we could tackle many of the very things you identified in your comments. Over the next two weeks, and the first week of January, we are making some much needed changes to our layout, service, consistency, signage, kids menu, pricing and a host of other things that you helped identify – and we would welcome more feedback. While we can be contacted through our website, I’ve setup another email for anyone in our community wishing to provide us with specific feedback, ideas or thoughts – [email protected].

We know that during these first two months we have not lived up to the expectations and standards you have come to expect from us, and for that we are deeply sorry. And you didn’t have to express it in words, we saw the expressions on your faces. We are working to make sure we see those faces again – -and again, and again!

Thank you for your support and patience, and on behalf of the entire Coupe family – Happy Holidays.

Constantine Stavropoulos

Owner

Tryst, The Diner, Open City
Tryst at The Phillips, The Coupe



1212 U Street, NW

Yesterday we learned that an “Italian concept” was coming to the former CB 1212 space on U Street. A very reliable source sends a huge update – they confirm that this will indeed be an Italian concept but more importantly they say who is behind the new spot – the owner of Russia House (1800 Connecticut Avenue, NW) and Biergarten Haus (1355 H Street, NE.) So maybe this will be Casa Italiano?

Whatever it will be called this is gonna be huge for U Street. More info as it becomes available.



3412 11th St, NW

From an email:

“Kangaroo Boxing Club has started showing fun movies every Tuesday starting around 10 PM. Past choices have been The Big Lebowski, Animal House and the Dark Knight with accompanying drink specials.

Also, we have added a late night menu that is available right now every Friday and Saturday.”


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