Restaurants

Peek inside the new Nando’s Openining on F Street Monday

By Prince Of Petworth


836 F Street, NW photos courtesy Nando’s

From Nando’s:

“On June 12th, 2023, Nando’s Flies the Coop to 836 F Street, NW

New Restaurant, Featuring Contemporary South African Design, Replaces Original Nando’s in Chinatown

Nando’s PERi-PERi, the beloved South African restaurant brand recognized around the world for its spicy flame-grilled chicken, opens its new-and-improved flagship location today on F Street in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington. The new Nando’s is at 836 F Street, NW, just a block from the Capital One Arena, in the space once occupied by the Spy Museum.

Nando’s has closed its nearby restaurant on 7th Street in Chinatown, making way for a handsome new location with bespoke South African design. (more…)

“This beautiful farewell from the owner of Mark’s Kitchen”

By Prince Of Petworth


7006 Carroll Ave

Thanks to Beth for passing on from the Old Takoma Business Association:

“Letter from Mark Choe, owner of Mark’s Kitchen, as he closes the doors after 32 years:

To My Friends in Takoma Park and Beyond,

Even at night, when I’m alone sweeping the dust from beneath the tables, I never feel that the restaurant is empty. I see children’s feet swing, with the knowledge that time will bring their toes closer to the floor, closer then, to boundless futures. I see laborers rushing bites in-between shifts, long-estranged relatives in leisurely conversation, and lovers young and old renewing their mutual mastery. I see a million faces or more, and yet it all strikes me as one, a great social organism which I have nurtured as my own these past thirty-two years. (more…)

Spot of Tea coming to Dupont

By Prince Of Petworth


21st and P Street, NW

Thanks to Andrea for sending: “Signs up that Spot of Tea will open here “soon” – replaces Valley Brook Tea, which replaced Starbucks.”

Ed. Note: Valley Brook Tea Moved around the corner (2015 Massachusetts Ave, NW) inside The Ven at Embassy Row Hotel.

and Brina: “Spot of Tea signs up at the old Valley Brook Tea location on P St in Dupont! Looks like the whole storefront. Excited to still have a tea place in the location!” (more…)

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