Georgetown

2805 M Street, NW

Furin’s of Georgetown closed after 27 years in July 2011. Chipotle’s ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen will be moving into the space assuming their upcoming zoning hearing goes well. ShopHouse’s first location opened in back in Sept. 2011 at 1516 Connecticut Ave, NW in Dupont. You can see their menu here.

3205 Prospect St, NW

Back in March we learned that Georgetown Falafel and Koshary was moving into the former Prince Cafe space at 3205 Prospect St, NW. I hadn’t heard of Koshary [an Egyptian dish of rice, lentils, chickpeas and macaroni topped with tomato sauce and fried onion] but folks were pretty excited about the potential. Unfortunately the potential was not met as they got thrashed on yelp and closed last week.

Has anyone tried the koshary at Astor Mediterranean in Adams Morgan?

1211 Potomac Street, NW

Luke’s Lobster opens their Georgetown location at 6pm tonight. You can see their menu below:

Georgetown_Menu

We judged Luke’s Lobster Penn Quarter location back in July 2011.

And here’s a peek inside the new Georgetown space at 1211 Potomac Street, NW:

Photo of downstairs space courtesy of Luke’s Lobster

Photo of upstairs space courtesy of Luke’s Lobster

1211 Potomac St, NW

From a press release:

Luke’s Lobster team is proud to announce that a new Luke’s will open August 23rd in the former Philly Pizza space at 1211 Potomac Street.

Luke’s Hoya roots are strong—almost as strong as his ties to his coastal hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. From late nights at Philly Pizza to small business classes (which he took alongside the founders of Sweetgreen, the wildly popular salad shop around the corner), Luke’s Georgetown years were as formative as his lobster-boat summers. Dishing fresh, sustainable Maine lobster to his old neighborhood and fellow Hoyas has been Luke’s dream since he served his first sandwich. In particular, he has been pining for the building where he burned his mouth so many times on melted cheese and tomato sauce before the pizza joint closed in 2010.

He couldn’t have found a better location. The whitewashed clapboard house at 1211 looks as though it was transplanted directly from a Maine lobster dock. Luke’s first two-story location will have room to satisfy neighbors and students alike amid lobster gear from his old boat. And the neighborhood’s love of good food, from cheesesteak to cupcake, makes it the ideal community to share the world’s greatest lobster, in the form of DC’s favorite lobster roll.

1211 Potomac St, NW was previously home to Philly Pizza then Grow Fresh and more recently The Crave pictured above in March 2012. We judged Luke’s Lobster Penn Quarter location back in July 2011.