1338 U Street, NW
Peking Express is located at 1338 U St, NW.
Restaurants
2620 Georgia Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
What happened to Mama Chuy’s on Georgia Avenue? It’s one of the best taco places in the city, but I noticed last week that the building is empty. Are they closed for good (please God no!) or did they just relocate?”
Back in 2014 we noted the building was for sale. Mama Chuy’s facebook page hasn’t been updated since early 2015, their website is no longer live and their voicemail is full. Not looking good…
3907 14th Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Since there were some recent questions on the progress of Jackie Greenbaum’s new venture on 14th St., Little Cocos, I thought I’d send along this picture from this afternoon. Looks like they’re building a roof deck (which looks similar to El Chuchos’).”
Back in January we learned that Jackie’s was closing at the end of March:
The closure is intended to coincide with the opening of Greenbaum’s new Italian restaurant, Little Coco’s, due to open in Petworth DC in the spring. Chef Adam Harvey will be the Executive Chef of the new restaurant, which will serve modern Italian cuisine ranging from creative pizzas to regional dishes. Most of the kitchen and service staff from Jackie’s will relocate to Little Coco’s. “We’re passing the torch from Jackie’s to Little Coco’s,” said Greenbaum, “and bringing the creativity we were known for at Jackie’s to Italian cuisine.”
As for the planned roof deck: “It’ll be a three season roof deck just like they have at El Chucho.”
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1375 Kenyon Street, NW courtesy Lauren
Here’s where the &pizza is coming to in Columbia Heights – it’s the former 826 DC space, which moved to the Tivoli in November. The liquor license placard for &pizza says:
“New Restaurant to prepare and sell pizza and pizza products. Total Occupancy Load is 46. Sidewalk Café with 32 seats.”
Hours are listed as Sunday through Thursday 7 am – 2 am, Friday and Saturday 7 am – 4 am. Stay tuned for an opening date.
Also standby for Pizza D’Oro‘s opening date further up 14th Street.
3410 11th Street, NW
From KBC:
“course one: wee heavy scotch ale, served with a scotch egg using a local made Cumberland banger from Meatcrafters, and a spiced apple salad.
Course two: India pale lager, served with a braised pork belly from Cibola Farms
Course three: coffee stout served with a chocolaty delight
6:30 seating tickets/
8:30 seating tickets.”
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1436 Park Road, NW
Thanks to Tucker for sending: “pho 14 finally has alcohol. Look at that legit local beer list!!”
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From a press release:
“Mess Hall – Washington DC’s premiere food incubator based in Brookland, is pleased to present ‘Ramen World 2’, a collaborative and community-driven culinary event taking place on Sunday, February 28th, 2016 featuring some of the area’s most celebrated chefs, restaurants, live entertainers, artisans, and most importantly – ramen masters. Two timeslots will be offered this time around for the event, with the first round beginning at Noon and ending at 2:00PM. There will be a break for chefs to reset and restock, and the second round will begin promptly at 4:00PM and will end at 6:00PM.
Ramen World 2 will highlight the same local noodle powerhouses featured last year, with some new additions: Ramen World co-founder Erik Bruner-Yang of Toki Underground is returning after a successful launch of his second H street restaurant, Maketto. Myo Htun of Chaplin’s is back as well, and will be joined by newcomers Jonah Kim & Mike Isabella’s shared Ballston eatery Yona. Patrice Cleary’s Purple Patch will also be included in this year’s line-up. (more…)
1408 U Street, NW
Thanks to Jim for sending:
“Looks like a new @jimmyjohns coming to 14+U between McDonalds and DC Noodles”
This is the former 24 Seven Mediterranean Restaurant that closed in 2012 and moved to 15th and U St, NW. They are now The Mediterranean Spot. The founder and CEO of Jimmy’s Johns is a controversial figure to say the least…
1408 U Street back in the day:
Thanks to a reader for sending. Caffe Aficionado currently has a location in Rosslyn and their website says:
“Caffé Aficionado is a specialty caffe located in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, VA. We offer the best in craft coffee, artisanal teas, fresh-squeezed juices, delightful pastries, inspired sandwiches and salads, and our signature Liège waffles.”
You can see their menu here.
11th and U Street, NW
Sloppy Mama’s Barbecue will be at Solly’s this weekend including from 3-11pm today. Nice. They’ll potentially be taking over full time in March – stay tuned.
This weekend’s full menu after the jump. (more…)