1601 14th Street, NW photo courtesy Le Diplomate

From an email:

“We wanted to make sure that Le Diplomate’s annual extravaganza in celebration of Bastille Day is on your radar this year. On Friday, July 14, the District’s favorite French brasserie promises to deliver a day imbued with unmatched joie de vivre, blending entertainment and gastronomy to celebrate France’s national holiday. (more…)



1520 14th Street, NW

Last month we learned that Bar Japonais would be coming to the former Estadio space. Here’s the full press release with lots more info:

“The team behind Bar Chinois, including Dean Mosones, Mark Minicucci, and Margaux Donati, announced the upcoming launch of their new izakaya restaurant, Bar Japonais. The anticipated opening is scheduled for early 2024. (more…)



1440 P Street, NW

From PETA:

“Because Whole Foods is selling coconut milk from Thailand—including through its own 365 by Whole Foods Market brand—even though PETA Asia investigations have revealed that monkeys in that country are caged, kept in isolation, chained for life, and trained through fear of punishment to pick coconuts, PETA “monkeys” will dump wheelbarrows full of humanely picked coconuts outside Whole Foods’ P Street store as part of a new international campaign against the company. The action follows PETA’s successful campaign against HelloFresh, which will no longer obtain coconut milk from Thailand. (more…)


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