Downtown

1801 L Street, NW

Thanks to Grant for the heads up. This is the former Au Bon Pain space that closed back in March. Their website says:

“When we looked around for inspiration, we were drawn to the richness, flavours and natural healthiness of Mediterranean cooking. We base our food around the Mediterranean diet, meaning our menu focuses on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seeds and unrefined cereals. We look to replace butter with healthier fats such as olive oil, use spices and herbs instead of salt to flavour dishes and look to encourage more chicken and fish in our diets, with a little red meat thrown in for good measure. We do also understand the need to have a treat, be it a glass of red wine or something sweet, but only as a small part of our diet.”

Check out Leon’s Menus here.

Anyone take a taste overseas?

looking east towards Connecticut Ave

Photos by Harrison O’Neill
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Thanks to Harrison for sending. This is the former Friends Kabob space at 20th and M St, NW. Updates as we learn more and they get closer to opening.

1195 20th Street, NW

1025 Vermont Avenue, NW

Thanks to Naan & Beyond for sending the good word. Check out their menu here. They closed their 1710 L Street, NW location back in December. This is the former Juice Joint space that closed back in October 2016.

looking north towards Stan’s

1828 L Street, NW photo by Lila Guterman

First Poke opens across the street and now Hummus. Thanks to all who messaged about the new coming soon signage for Little Sesame coming to the former Veloce space, which closed back in December. Little Sesame‘s previous location in Dupont closed along with DGS Deli back in February. (more…)