Restaurants

HipCityVeg Opens in Chinatown

By Prince Of Petworth

hip city
712 7th Street, NW

Thanks to all who emailed about HipCityVeg’s opening in the former FroZenYo space yesterday. Check out their menu here.

“Who says you have to give up burgers, fries, and shakes to eat healthy? We’re not about that life. That’s why Nicole Marquis founded HipCityVeg in 2012 to bring delicious plant-based food to the world by presenting it in a form that people already loved. She created a fast food-inspired menu with fresh, often local and organic ingredients that helps you treat your body well.”

IMG_5181

Free Lunch Alert

By Prince Of Petworth

beefsteak T
4531 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Jose Andres’ tomato empire expands to Tenleytown today.  Beefsteak will be giving out free lunch until 2pm in the former Radio Shack space. You can see their full menu here.

beefsteak

It’s Official – Angles and Little Fountain have Sold, Last Day is July 31st

By Prince Of Petworth

IMG_5069
2339 18th Street, NW

Last week I mentioned that no matter how hard you try you can not stop the winds of change. And sometimes that’s OK. Owners Patrick and Kim have been operating the bar and restaurant for coming on 23 years. And 23 years in Adams Morgan, surviving all the ups and downs is really 46 years. As I said last week, this place was really special to me. And it was really special to many others. It was a neighborhood bar for a neighborhood that didn’t really have a neighborhood bar (no offense to Millie & Al’s, RIP) when they opened in ’95 (Little Fountain opened a couple years earlier in ’93.) Anyway why was this spot so special to me and many others? Like any good neighborhood, it is because of the people. And the people came because of Patrick and Kim.

IMG_5073
Patrick looking wistful remembering the good times and the tough times but mostly the good times

Now this may sound a bit ridiculous – but Patrick is a little bit like ‘the most interesting man in the world’ from those beer commercials. And when you’re incredibly interesting you attract an incredibly interesting clientele. And bike messengers. I kid, I kid. But seriously some of those bike messengers were crazy. Hell almost every regular in that place was a bit crazy. (more…)

Major Progress at Mythology on H Street

By Prince Of Petworth

IMG_5465

I was sure this place was dead, far from it!

“Mythology Restaurant and Lore Lounge will be exciting new additions to the vibrant Atlas neighborhood / H St NE corridor of Wash DC. Opening 2016.”

Previously we learned Mythology & Lore Lounge would be a:

“new Retail Class “C” Tavern. The establishment is a modern white table cloth chop house on the first floor providing steaks, seafood and vegetarian options with a significant dessert menu. There will be two kitchens. One on the first floor, and one on the second floor to execute the lounge menu. Menus will be offered up to an hour before closing. Lounge operations are on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors. Third floor will include collapsible doors that open to a summer garden with the back of the garden enclosed by a two story wall. Dance floor will be 15 feet by10 feet and located on the H Street side of the 2nd floor. The number of seats is 150 and the total occupancy load is 160. The rooftop Summer Garden has split-level seating with entertainment for 32 seats; 70 person load.”

IMG_5464
816 H Street, NE

“Food & Wine includes The Dabney on 2016 Best Restaurants of the Year List”

By Prince Of Petworth

dabney
122 Blagden Alley NW

From Food & Wine magazine:

“It’s no small feat for a restaurant to source 100 percent of its ingredients from the region, especially if the area is the mid-Atlantic, which isn’t known for bountiful produce. To turn those ingredients into outstanding food is more challenging still. To do this at The Dabney, chef Jeremiah Langhorne obsessed over historic cookbooks. The resulting dishes—aged ham toast with truffle Mornay sauce, peanut butter cake with celery ice cream—taste wonderfully modern but have roots that go back hundreds of years. The local pride extends beyond food to an excellent list of hard ciders, all also found in the mid-Atlantic.”

Agree with the accolade?

Half Smoke Still Coming to Shaw, Now with a bigger Summer Garden too

By Prince Of Petworth

IMG_5407
651 Florida Avenue, NW

Back in November of last year we learned that Half Smoke would be “serving sausages and other fast, casual menu items” at 7th/Georgia and Florida Ave, NW. I was starting to wonder if this was still happening and I guess it is because they just posted an addendum to their liquor license placard:

“Applicant requested to increase the seating capacity for the Summer Garden from 24 seats to 50 seats.”

Stay tuned…

District Doughnut Now Open in Cady’s Alley

By Prince Of Petworth

DDonut
3327 Cady’s Alley NW

From District Doughnut:

“Our Georgetown pop up has been months in the making. We are so excited to finally share it with you today! Our new space, located at 3327 Cady’s Alley NW, is tucked away in Cady’s Alley right off of M Street. The doors open today at 8AM – come and see us!

Our new space features our signature doughnuts, coffee and espresso by Compass Coffee, and beautiful art by local artist Taylor Kampa. We can’t wait to treat you to a new doughnut and coffee experience right in the heart of Georgetown.

What: Handcrafted doughnuts, coffee, espresso, local art Where: 3327 Cady’s Alley NW
When: Tuesday through Sunday, 8AM – 2PM“

“Little Coco’s will be opening sometime between July 6th and the 13th for dinner”

By Prince Of Petworth

LC
3905 14th Street, NW

An important update on Little Coco’s opening date:

“Little Coco’s will be opening sometime between July 6th and the 13th for dinner service. Two weeks later we should be opening in the morning for coffee and then lunch.”

Also in good beer news:

“El Chucho, Bar Charley and Slash Run are the first, and only, places to get your hands on Pale Fire Brewing Co. in the district.”

Pale Fire Brewing Co. is an award winning craft brewery located in Harrisonburg, VA. Only a year old, Pale Fire has already won two awards at the World Beer Cup ® as well as a medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival ®. Beer Advocate ® named Pale Fire Brewing Co. as one of its “33 best new breweries of 2015.”

Salad Days Saison is made up of “American two row barley and malted rye provide the canvas for pungent Amarillo, Simcoe and Cascade hops to mingle with our house Saison yeast. Notes of grapefruit, peach, and bubblegum dance out of the glass and mellow into a refreshingly tart, dry finish.” Salad Days American Saison won a Bronze award at the 2016 World Beer Cup ® in the American-Belgo Style Ale as well as a Bronze medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival ® for the same category.

View More Stories