Dupont Circle

Welp, the closure is confirmed. The owner replied yesterday to my queries via email:

“I am sorry happened really fast and since i am there last 18 years it was sad and hard. I will do some other location or always want to go culinary school i don’t know yet. All i know time has come to make some changes in my business life.”

I asked him if the scuttlebutt about Pupatella coming was true and he replied:

“There will be good local people replacing us, it will be good change for the neighborhood. I will alway miss the place and all of you.

Thank you supporting us all those years.

Mumtaz”

Stay tuned on all fronts.

2132 Florida Ave, NW

Back in August we learned that renovations had started at Annabelle. At that time they hoped to open by late October. While that no longer seems realistic, obviously, a liquor license placard reveals that the renovations will increase the seating size:

“Applicant requests to increase Total Occupancy Load from 99 to 144.”

Updates when an exact opening date is picked.

Thanks to Andy for sending the update above.

To all who sent me this video in the first place – I will never forgive you.

Update from the Washington Post:

“The inspector dinged the shop for a handful of mostly minor violations, including no soap or paper towels at the hand-washing sink, a dirty can opener and “two dead roaches,” according to the inspection report.

“There were no indications of rat droppings or anything inside the establishment,” said Alison Reeves, a spokeswoman for the health department.

(The inspector arrived Friday afternoon, and Dupont Pizza is back in business.)

The owner said the video dates back at least three years, and maybe longer.”