52 O Street, NW

From an email:

The Ulysses Room Night Market will bring together our favorite local designers and boutiques for a night shopping event (inspired by the popular Brooklyn Night Bazaar). We also invited Cream Cycle – whose hand-made gourmet ice-cream sandwiches will be available for the first time to the public and will include: Mexican Jalapeño Chocolate (chocolate cookie, jalapeno ice cream, fresh banana), Cereal Milk (cereal milk ice cream, vanilla cookie, granola), and Ginger Spice (ginger bread cookie, vanilla ice cream, fresh nutmeg and ginger)

This event will bring together some of our favorite independent designers, shops, and food purveyors in DC for a festive evening of shopping, food, and merriment under the ivy-ringed skylight of Ulysses Room.

Full list of vendors after the jump. (more…)



1911 9th Street, NW

A few weeks ago we learned Simon Vintage would be taking over the former Toucan Boutique space at 1911 9th Street, NW just south of U Street. The owner writes:

We are now opened as of today, December 10th. We are selling vintage (and some newer) furnishings as well as many other vintage items.

There is a plan to get rid of the white wrought iron gate, but probably not until the summer.

We have a basic website up at simonvintage.com where you will see how Simon, miniature pinscher, ties into furniture…!

Pease stop in and say hello! Open 11 to 8 daily and noon to 8 weekends.



3320 Cady’s Alley courtesy of Eastbanc

From a press release:

Fresh, well-tailored men’s fashions are coming to Cady’s Alley. EastBanc, Inc. and Jamestown announced today that popular online men’s clothier Bonobos has signed a long-term lease to occupy the south end 3320 Cady’s Alley retail space in its Georgetown Renaissance portfolio. The 1,000-square-foot space will serve as a Bonobos Guideshop location, offering customers an opportunity to be fitted and try on merchandise (by appointment) prior to making online purchases. Bonobos will replace the current occupant at 3320 Cady’s Alley, Yves Delorme, which is consolidating with its McLean and Bethesda locations. The Bonobos Guideshop grand opening is slated for late January 2013.

Bonobos is the largest apparel brand in the U.S. that sells its product exclusively over the Internet, and the company prides itself on offering exceptionally tailored apparel to fit men and their lifestyles. Bonobos’ brick and mortar Guideshop sites were conceptualized to transform the customer shopping experience with personalized, realistic impressions of online inventory and to register clothing measurements for future Internet purchases. Currently there are six Guideshop locations in the U.S., including a holiday pop-up in Bethesda.

The Bonobos space is prime commercial streetscape property in Georgetown and the gateway into Cady’s Alley. Augmenting the collection of distinguished designer brands currently located in the Georgetown Design District, Bonobos will round out the retail quarter as DC’s epicenter of modern fashion, furniture and lifestyle goods. The Bonobos deal is part of a recent surge of leasing activity in the Georgetown Renaissance portfolio, including deals with sophisticated retailers Intermix, CB2, Babette, The North Face, City Sports and West Elm. The Bonobos lease agreement validates the westward movement in Georgetown toward deluxe lifestyle offerings and will balance the current luxury fashion tenants – Intermix, Babette and Relish – with men’s trend-setting apparel.

“Bonobos will deliver forward-looking classic men’s fashions to the vibrant retail community in Cady’s Alley and we are pleased to have them be a part of the distinctive urban village that comprises our properties,” said Anthony Lanier, president of EastBanc. “We are impressed with the online success of the Bonobos brand and how the company effectively expanded its Internet presence with a traditional retail fashion model. Securing Bonobos supports our commitment to the neighborhood’s status as Washington’s premier retail destination and will surely complement the foot traffic in the corridor.”

You can see more about the Bonobos guideshop here.



1829 M Street, NW

Thanks to a reader for sending word on this new spot coming to M Street, NW between 18th and 19th Streets. He writes: “Bringing the two snack trends together.” At first glance I thought it was going to bring yoga and cupcakes together, which would’ve pretty awesome too. YOCAKE will feature frozen yogurt and cupcakes. You can see their menu here.



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Thanks to a reader for sending photos of all the coming soon signs now up in the retail spaces at Rhode Island Row located outside the Rhode Island Ave metro (near Home Depot.)


Chipotle

The Rhode Island Row website lists the following retail/restaurants as coming soon:

Opening First Quarter 2013: Chipotle, Sprint, T-Mobile, DC Dept. of Motor Vehicles


Carolina Kitchen

Opening Summer 2013: Carolina Kitchen, CK Burger, D’Arte Nail & Spa Salon, and Sala Thai


DMV


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