
1700 block of Florida Ave, NW looking towards California Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending a permit that CVS has applied for the space in the block where Pleasant Pops, Commonwealth and Red, White & Basil used to be. (more…)

1700 block of Florida Ave, NW looking towards California Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending a permit that CVS has applied for the space in the block where Pleasant Pops, Commonwealth and Red, White & Basil used to be. (more…)

14th and Corcoran Street, NW
Thanks to Jay for sending the sad news about Kaza: “Never been in there but they always had nice jazz music playing on the sidewalk.” (more…)

Spotted in Friendship Heights: (more…)

1000 U Street, NW
Following last week’s news of the upcoming CVS closure in Penn Quarter comes news from U Street. Thanks to all who sent word CVS: “the CVS Pharmacy on 1000 U STREET NW, WA will be closing the pharm dept on 10/30. You can fill your Rxs at 1900 7 St NW or any other CVS Pharmacy”
While the note only mentions the pharmacy other readers sent word that the whole store was closing. This weekend I noticed a bunch of moving materials out front: (more…)

1625 Eckington Place, NE courtesy Union Kitchen
From Union Kitchen:
“The wait is over. We’ve opened our doors at Quincy Lane! We hope you’ll join us for opening day and a free Blind Dog chocolate chip cookie.
We’re all stocked and ready to go with our: (more…)

1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Foxtrot has been shooting for an October opening and now they’ve applied for their liquor license:
“A new Retailer’s Class B Full-Service Grocery store selling beer and wine for off premises consumption.”
and
“A new Retailer’s Class “C” Restaurant located inside of a Full-Service Grocery Store (more…)

8th and E Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I just found out the CVS at 435 8th St NW is closing 10/26. This CVS and their AMAZING pharmacist Denise have been serving our neighborhood for 26 years. I want to do everything I can to have them stay open. Can you please help? Do you have any ideas on how I can do this?”

You can read about them and see some of their wares here. Buck Mason’s website says opening “Spring 2022” (more…)

4850 Massachusetts Avenue, NW photo by An-Phuong Ly
From an email:
“A new retail outpost of Cork Wine Bar & Market will open in partnership with Pizzeria Paradiso on Wednesday, October 13 in Washington D.C.’s Spring Valley neighborhood. Cork Spring Valley will offer its trademark collection of Old-World wines by the bottle in addition to grocery and to-go market items from local woman and minority-owned food businesses.
A grand opening event on Friday, October 15 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. will kick off a number of opening promotions and giveaways available throughout the weekend including: (more…)

1625 Eckington Place, NE courtesy Union Kitchen
Update from Union Kitchen:
“NEW OPENING DATE: We are going to open on Tuesday, October 19th! Our daily hours are 8 am – 9 pm”
From Union Kitchen:
“Mark your calendar – October 11th
We’re so excited to open our doors at Quincy Lane in Eckington loaded up with Everyday Essentials, Made to Order, and Local Products.
Thanks to Peter for sharing a sneak peek at the menu: (more…)