1300 Connecticut Ave, NW
HipCityVeg openedtheir first D.C. location in Chinatown back in 2016. You can check out their menu here.
This is the formerChickery (previously home to Black and Orange/Rogue States burger spot) which closed back in February 2018. (more…)
1727 Connecticut Ave, NW
A tipster sends word that Arqa Lebanese Fusion Restaurant and Bar has either opened or will open shortly in the (former) Bistro Bistro space.
From a Craigslist ad:
“ARQA is named after the small village in Lebanon that is home to the delicious flavors of the Mediterranean. Simple, comforting cuisine is showcased in the form of mezze (middle eastern tastings) and small plates. (more…)
Photo by Stephanie Mencimer
Briefly upstaged by the beauty at 2nd and K eating rice and beans, the 16th Street chicken is back and in fine form. Thanks to Stephanie for sharing: (more…)
Let’s hope it wasn’t more of this.
Thanks to Ralston for sending: “Yikes! How do we find out what’s going on. A Safeway employee posted outside was pretty tight-lipped. What’s up?” (more…)
via MPD
From MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in reference to an Unarmed Bank Robbery that occurred on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in the 1700 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest.
At approximately 5:03 pm, the suspect entered a bank at the listed location. Once inside, the suspect approached the teller and presented a note demanding US currency. The teller gave the suspect an undetermined amount of US currency. The suspect then fled the scene. (more…)
18th and Church St, NW
Thanks to Nora for sending:
“As I was walking home yesterday, I was shocked to see that St Thomas Church (18th/P NW) was up, doors open and welcoming the neighborhood in an open house. I live near there and the construction has been going on for a couple years, but I hadn’t noticed anything seeming to be finished. (more…)
1702 Connecticut Ave, NW
Ellen reports:
“Big police presence this afternoon (think it happened maybe around 330). I was next door and saw the flashing lights outside on Connecticut Ave. They were interviewing witnesses and taped off the sidewalk.”
Another reader adds: “Don’t want my name but just saw some young men break through the door of Secondi in Dupont and run off with some handbags”
1515 17th Street, NW
Jason reports:
“Mr. Yogato was closed on Friday and again closed today [Wednesday]. Any word?”
Ed. Note: Mr. Yogato sold for a dollar back in 2018.
From an email:
“How lame is it that the keynote speaker to this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner is boring old historian Ron Chernow?? Wouldn’t you rather see a sharp-tongued and super woke comedian like, say, Haywood Turnipseed Jr. whose performed at the Kennedy Center take the stage? Wouldn’t it be fun if The Donald himself made an appearance??
Forget the Nerd Prom the night before, The Unofficial Correspondents’ Dinner is a first-of-its-kind Political Roast show that will feature a constituency of DC’s best comedians, in character, for a bipartisan bashing of epic proportions. (more…)
