1901 L Street, NW
“Melt Shop DC Grand Opening today at 1901 L St. NW at 11am! See you there!”
Hours are M-Sun 11am-8pm. Check out their menu here.
L Street looking east towards 19th
Restaurants
1648 North Capitol Street, NW at R Street
Good news for Bloomingdale – Pub and the People is now hiring. Stay tuned for an opening date!
New Tavern serving high-quality American Fare with entertainment for special events, live music, karaoke and community speaking events. Total occupancy is 99. Sidewalk Café with seating for 125 patrons.
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905 Brentwood Road, NE
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve been thinking today about my favorite restaurants in DC in places you would least expect them. There’s something special about going to a hidden gem in the middle of a neighborhood vs. fighting the crowds on 14th street. My favorites in my area are Iron Gate and Restaurant Nora. I would love to know what you and the other readers would add to this list.”
Thanks to @dougblandry for tweeting us the update:
“@PoPville interior of just-closed Diego at 14/V is already underway to something new”
A few weeks ago we heard about a new concept hoping for a March opening. We’ll revisit as they get closer to opening.
2100 14th Street, NW
1825 18th Street, NW
From an email:
“This email is just a quick heads up that both El Chucho and Bar Charley will be open for brunch this Monday February 16 at 10 a.m. Both of our stores will be featuring bottomless mimosa deals that include your choice of a brunch item!
3313 11th Street, NW
We will also be celebrating National Margarita Day at El Chucho on Sunday February 22! Being as it is a Sunday, we will be opening at 10 a.m. and serving our full fleet of tasty margaritas all day long! Drink specials in honor of this most vaunted of booze-soaked holidays will include draft margaritas (the El Codo) for $4.50, and frozen margaritas for $5.50! All of our tequila from Casa Herradura will also be discounted.”
1356 Okie Street, NE
Back in January 2014 a liquor license placard was posted here for Ivy City Tavern:
“New Tavern. Seafood base menu. Entertainment with dancing, live bands, cover charge and DJ. Occupancy load is 49. Summer Garden.”
I didn’t really know much beyond that – but now tons of info from the Washington Post:
“Ivy City Smokehouse will serve Profish’s smoked salmon, whitefish, trout and more, said Rorapaugh. “We embrace the name. Obviously, we’re going to be smoking in-house. It’s going to smell like applewood or hickory, or whatever we’re smoking with.” They’ll also give customers a view of the smoking process, and welcome them into the kitchen for educational demonstrations.”
Well I guess that settles it – I’m moving to Ivy City!
Anyone go last time? That description of the Sushi Belly Tower was:
“Founded by Michael Stember, Sushi Belly Tower presents nontraditional, underground full-kit food experiences—creating and serving the best version of all things. Stember cultivated his passion while at Stanford training for the Olympic Games, (he eventually ran in the Sydney Olympics) so the food he designs is a careful combination of fuel and art.
A Sushi Belly Tower dinner serves anywhere from 40 to 75 guests in cocktail-style interactive dinner feasts featuring a live band. Our popular sushi dinners includes 10 to 20 courses of sashimi, root vegetables, fresh herbs with multiple salts and oils and an unlimited open bar throughout the event. We showcase a live food design experience, plating each course directly in front of our guests. For us, an interactive feast includes an accessible, transparent process of food, art, music, and drink.
Tickets cost $175 plus applicable sales tax. Our pricing reflects the quality of our ingredients: grass-fed lamb, ultra-premium sashimi-grade fish, fresh herbs, rare oils, Wagyu beef flown in from Japan, and our top-shelf custom cocktail program.”
703 Edgewood Street, NE
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1414 9th Street, NW
Back in September we noted there was again action at the former home to Vegetate, Cafe Eagle, Taqueria Mexicana, Eagle (again), Northern Restaurant and Secret Lounge and Sports Bar. At that time a commenter told us some scuttlebutt:
“the space has been leased by John Fielding, whose industry pedigree is pretty great (Broad Branch Market, Tabard Inn, etc.). He’s going to be opening a fast casual restaurant on the 1st floor with upstairs bar. Upscale Chinese cuisine is the rumored theme.”
Ed. Note: Props to the tipster for being 99% correct. Send more tips to [email protected] :) thanks.
A liquor license placard has now been posted for Chao Ku saying:
“A casual fast-food restaurant serving Chinese food. Seating for 56 and a total occupancy load of 56.”
Hours of operation are listed as Sunday through Saturday 10am – 2am.
Here’s lots more info from their Kickstarter page:
“Chao Ku, which means “super cool” in Mandarin slang, is a fast casual Chinese restaurant set to open in 2015 in the historic Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC, serving fresh, traditional Chinese dishes and craft beer.
The Concept
This concept is the brainchild of John Fielding, founder of Broad Branch Market in Northwest DC and Paul Pelt, former head chef at the Tabard Inn, a longtime culinary landmark in the district.
John and Paul love to eat. So much so that they’ve made it a lifelong quest to find tasty, affordable food wherever they go. After years of restaurant-hopping around DC, they found themselves, more often than not, ending up in ethnic Chinese joints in the suburbs outside of the city. Through these expeditions, they noticed that DC was lacking in high-quality Chinese food within the city. Chao Ku is the realization of their ideal to introduce DC to this cuisine with fast, super-friendly service and authentic ingredients and techniques.
John and Paul believe that a great meal doesn’t have to be expensive and that good food is best when shared. Chao Ku will serve traditional Chinese food made from fresh ingredients, a far cry from your standard food court Chinese. Think savory Tofu Edamame, slow-cooked spare ribs, Singapore noodles, and ‘Chinese burgers’ served in pita buns. The food will be served in the classic Chinese “family style,” with vegetarian and vegan options, so everyone can try a bit of everything and it’s easy to order more. Best of all, the majority of the entrees will be less than $10 each.”
You can read more here.
Check out the early menu and a flashback to Vegetate after the jump. (more…)
707 H Street, NE
Addis Ethiopian restaurant is coming to the former Casual Corner space. Check out their menus here. Their website says:
“We are immigrants from Ethiopia who came here in search of the American dream to become an entrepreneur. Just like any other successful entrepreneur, we worked extremely hard to make the dream reality. None of us ever dreamed in our wildest dream to become a restaurant owner in the city of Washington DC, the nations capital.
We want to share the most beautiful tradition and a life style which we all grew up in with the rest of the world. We have opened our door to anyone who wants to experience the original extraordinary ethnic Ethiopian foods.
“Enkwan Dehna Metachuh” Welcome To Addis Ethiopian Restaurant!
Our doors are open every day from 11am until 11pm”
A peek inside:
717 8th Street, SE
Washington Post breaks the big news about Rose’s Luxury:
“Silverman has signed a lease for the ground-floor space of the Homebody store, located next to his debut restaurant on Eighth Street SE, where he will open an evening-only fine-dining establishment that will take the Rose’s Luxury experience to the next level. During daylight hours, the space will double as a coffee shop and cafe.”
Ed. Note: Sadly owner chef Aaron Silverman is of no relation to your truly.