Image via google maps
Yesterday we learned “Hill Country Backyard BBQ not coming back to the Building Museum but They’re Gonna do Something in Navy Yard”. A commenter with the scoop on the new location for Navy Yard:
“They’re setting up shop at the corner of N St. SE and South Capitol where the gas station used to be. They have string lights, picnic tables, bathrooms and a ‘Hill Country’ bar set up already.”
Photo credit James Jackson
From an email:
“To celebrate 1 year of muffin glory, Donnie Simpson Jr. at Uprising Muffins has combined two amazing worlds: Ice Cream & Muffins.
Just in time for summer and Memorial Day Weekend “The Upwich” launches today. You’re reading correctly: Ice Cream Muffin Sandwich!!! (2 Muffin Crowns and a hefty scoop of vanilla ice cream between them)
2 flavors will be offered: Chocolate Chip w/Vanilla Ice Cream & Double Chocolate w/Vanilla ice Cream.
Below are some fun number we’ve compiled for the first year:
134,440 muffins sold in the last year.
11,250 pounds of flour used.
Over 13,000 Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffins sold.
Uprising has also launched the Elevation Blend Coffee – exclusively roasted by Ceremony Coffee Roasters. It’s a medium roast with a slightly darker profile. A combination blend of Peru and Mexico beans that is Fair Trade Certified.
Their catering program is quickly replacing “coffee & donuts” with “coffee & muffins” to groups of all sizes. Offering fresh baked, full sized and mini muffins, boxes of coffee hot or iced & large batches of savory bacon, egg and cheese muffins are making their round all over DC!
The Upwich is $4.99.”
1817 7th Street, NW
A few months ago we learned that Jose Andres would be opening up a new restaurant at the coming Trump Hotel in mid-2016. Looks like he’s gonna have some company – The National by Geoffrey Zakarian. The liquor license placard says:
“New Restaurant serving American and French cuisine. Total occupancy load is 350. Summer Garden with 60 seats.”
The National’s NYC website says:
“The National Bar & Dining Rooms is the culmination of internationally acclaimed Food Network chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s vision to bring true all-occasion dining to New York City’s Midtown.
The experience is inspired by the grand cafés of Europe and by classic American dining rooms, with a welcoming yet refined interior design by the Rockwell Group, bustling atmosphere, and great service. The menu at The National offers classic bistro dishes with Zakarian’s signature Modern American touch – a style of cooking that earned him critical acclaim at his previous establishments TOWN and Country. Zakarian’s cuisine is fresh and accessible, concentrating on American ingredients prepared with French technique.
The James Beard Award-winning, grand cafe is located at The Benjamin – a restored 1927 Emery Roth hotel – an architectural landmark of the Beaux-Arts style and a fitting complement to the restaurant’s refined style, café culture, and eclectic interior design. Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, we invite you to stop by any time for a cup of coffee, a drink at our bar, or a full meal.”
Check out their menus here.
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
1847 7th Street, NW
The “Tea Room · Internet Cafe · Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant” is looking good.
“Calabash features organic Teas, Soups, Muffins, Cookies, Samosas, Spices, Herbs, Seasoning Blends, Infusers, Tea Pots, Cookies, Tea Cakes, etc.”
Updated Hours are listed as:
Mon-Thurs 11-8
Fri 11-9
Sat 9-9
Sun 10-6
Now that our staff is trained, next Mon we go to:
Mon-Thurs 8-8
Fri 8-9
Sat 9-9
Sun 10-6
They opened May 7th, anyone stop by yet?
18th and H St, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending. Their website says:
“The best piece of Greece!
The authentic pies have only one name: alfa! They smell like Greece and invite you to follow them in a delightful gastronomic journey, full of taste and flavors! With unique taste and quality, the famous kihi pies as well as the other pies of alfa are indeed the best piece of Greece!”
Check out the pies here.
9th and O St, NW
Back in January we learned Azi’s became ‘Citations’ Caribbean Restaurant “Turn a Traffic Ticket into a Meal Ticket!”. And just a few weeks ago they added some tropical outdoor seating. Thanks to all who tweeted and emailed about the abrupt closure:
Caribbean Citations writes on their facebook:
“I’m very sad to announce that as of May 15 2015 we were forced to close due to my investors having a change of heart which i had no choice but to close our doors at our 9th st location but we are not going to miss a beat because i am opening our new location in anacostia this morning at 1208 Martin Luther King ave se Washington D.C. 20020. I will miss all my new and old customers very much and thank the shaw district for the love and support and i would love to come back when we find a space suitable for my company. I promise you haven’t seen the last of Caribbean Citations or myself Mr Michael Sterling. This time im all by myself with no one else pulling my strings and looking for me to make them rich. My love to serve my community is what drives me and i learn something every day and bad people are all around us and i will pray for them all. Love you all.”
1800 N Street, NW just west of Connecticut Ave
The 24 hour Surfside opened up in January. Outdoor seating is looking good, especially since there’s no seating inside.
451 K Street, NW
This might be the craziest roller coaster ride of coming/not coming I’ve ever seen. Congrats Ray’s! For the record, I do hope you are coming for real this time. But until I’m actually eating a burger here it’s all scuttlebutt until then… Thanks to a reader for sending the updated photo.
1917 18th Street, NW
DC Grill Express is now open in the former City2Cafe space. You can see the sandwich and burger menu here: DC Grill Menu (PDF)
And the breakfast menu here:
2157 P Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for tweeting us the word that the new Z Burger has opened on P Street in the former Falafel spot:
