3313 11th Street, NW
Good news for fans of El Chucho’s brunch – you don’t have to wait until 11:30 to get it anymore:
“El Chucho will now be open for brunch at 10a.m. every Saturday and Sunday! Brunch will go from 10a.m. to 3p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, featuring our full menu in addition to some select brunch items and cocktails.”
5532 Connecticut Avenue, NW
A recent liquor license placard posted out front says:
“Inner city diner serving American and diner food, Sidewalk Café Indoor seats 28, Sidewalk Café Outdoor 28–Sidewalk Café Total 56 seats. Total Occupancy Load 99.”
Could be the first time anything in Chevy Chase has been referred to as “Inner city”…
We judged American City Diner back in 2011.
1124 9th Street, NW
Baby Wale opened up by the Convention Center back in August of last year. I’ve been meaning to ask about them for while now. You can see their sample menu here. Any fans?
5014 Connecticut Ave, NW
At long last a replacement for the former Clover Market space which closed back in 2012. Coming soon is Banana Leaf – Sri Lankan & South Indian Cuisine. Ed. Note: Not to be confused with Dupont Circle’s Banana Leaves.
I also like how the sign specifies – “Vegetarian & Non-Vegetarian”:
It’s located across the street from Politics and Prose and next door to Jake’s American Grille:
9th and P St, NW
From Shaw Main Streets:
“MANDALAY RESTAURANT TO CLOSE; NEW ASIAN CONCEPT COMING SOON
Washington, DC’s Mandalay Restaurant will close permanently on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 8:00 PM. But not for any reason you’d think of.
Aung Myint, chef/owner, is closing the District’s only Burmese restaurant after only eight months due to two deaths in his family causing him to relocate to Burma to manage a family business. “Not only do I have to do this for my family, but there are 600 people who work for the family business. I really have no choice.”
Myint, whose family built and will continue to own the building where the restaurant is located, has chosen his restaurant’s successor, with details to be announced shortly. “It was very important to me to find a new operator and concept that the neighborhood would feel comfortable with, after we were so warmly received by the community,” Myint says. “I couldn’t leave it to a broker after I left the country. The concept will be announced by the new team shortly.”
Mandalay had become a popular neighborhood destination, and was featured in a DC Main Streets Metrobus and Metrorail advertising campaign that can still be seen on the city’s streets. After initially only offering a seven course tasting menu, Myint expanded the restaurant’s offerings to small plates on the ground floor and brunch on weekends. With hundreds of new residents moving to City Market at O and Jefferson Marketplace, Mandalay was set to hit its stride.
Then came the terrible news that two cousins, who ran a 50-year-old family tourism business in Burma, both died of natural causes during the course of a single month. “My family is simply devastated, and no one in Burma is able to step up to the plate and take the reins,” Myint explains.
Mandalay will be serving dinner on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night, then closing at 8:00 PM on Thursday for a final staff event.
The original Mandalay Restaurant in Silver Spring, MD, will remain open.”
CityPaper reports that the new Asian concept will be Dim Sum. Updates when they get closer to opening.
Ed. Note: Another popular Burmese restaurant, Burma, closed in December in Chinatown.
4015 Georgia Avenue, NW
Potentially awesome development for the space above the Petworth Laundromat at Georgia and Shepherd St, NW. A recent liquor license placard has been posted for The Pitch:
“This will be a lounge that will provide entertainment and American/Jamaican Food. The entertainment will be a jazz band, open mic, dancing and DJ. Total occupancy load is 50, Sidewalk Café seats 8, Summer Garden Café seats 6.”
Updates as construction progresses and they get closer to opening.
3211 Mt Pleasant St, NW
@CraigPlazure tweeted us the sad update last night:
Back in March we first learned Adam Express intended to close but those plans fell through when a buyer backed out. For whatever the reason the closure seems permanent now so let’s wish the Baes a peaceful and happy retirement:
Mr. and Mrs. Bae previously biding farewell
1926 14th Street, NW
We suspected they were getting close…
A peek in the window also reveals that it looks like they kept the original external wall or did a great recreation:
From a press release:
“TICO restaurant, owned and operated by award-winning chef Michael Schlow, is set to open in the Louis Development at 1926 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC in June 2014. Schlow, considered to be one of the leading culinary professionals in the United States, opened the first TICO, named one of Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants in America” in Boston in 2011; this marks his first DC-based venture.
An American restaurant influenced by Schlow’s travels to Spain, Mexico and Latin America, TICO will offer various ceviches, tacos, small plates, a la plancha dishes, and family style entrées. Chef George Rodrigues, executive chef at TICO Boston, has relocated to DC and will helm the kitchen in Washington. Elkus Manfredi Architects has collaborated with Bethesda-based StreetSense to design the 164-seat space and will feature artwork from Schlow’s wife, Adrienne. (more…)
3911 14th Street, NW (between Randolph and Shepherd)
El Sol is located in the former Sisy’s space just north of 14th and Randolph St, NW – the liquor license placard says:
“This will be a full service restaurant that will serve American and Mexican food. Total Occupancy Load 31, Seating inside 23, Sidewalk Café seating 8.”
4th and H St, NE
Thanks to a reader for sending the photo above:
“Construction activity at TruOrleans this morning.”
Last month we heard the space would become a new restaurant with:
“American fare with Mediterranean influence, craft cocktails and local craft beer”
Updates as more info becomes available.