800 New Jersey Avenue, SE

On Monday we reported that “Staff training has been happening” at the new Whole Foods coming to Navy Yard. Now a reader who attended one of their hiring events said they were told doors open October 18th!!

And for those who don’t actually like going into Whole Foods, also earlier this week, we learned “Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery From Whole Foods Market To Washington D.C.”.



79 Potomac Ave, SE

Thanks to L. for sending:

“Update, per the Dock 79 resident newsletter:

Dacha will begin starting construction Tuesday 7/24/2018 and strive to have Phase 1 completed by Thanksgiving.

Fingers crossed!”

Anyone hear any updates about Logan Circle?


From a press release:

“Hatoba (300 Tingey Street SE #170, Washington DC, 20003, @Hatoba_DC) – the 3rd Sapporo-style ramen shop from the talented team behind the Daikaya Group including dynamic DC-based partners and restaurateurs Daisuke Utagawa, Chef Katsuya Fukushima, and Yama Jewayni – is slated to open in the District’s notable​ ​’The Yards’ neighborhood in Winter 2018. Hatoba will be the fourth restaurant to open in Washington D.C. from the Daikaya Group joining culinary siblings Daikaya, Haikan, and Bantam King. Hatoba will continue the tradition of featuring Daikaya Group’s custom-made ramen noodles by Nishiyama Seimen Company in Sapporo, Japan. (more…)


From an email:

“Walters, formerly on Georgia ave is popping up at the All Star game at 1221 Van St SE. The pop-up gathering will include a beer garden and full bar in a space at a building at the corner of South Capital and N Streets, S.E. that next spring will be the future home of Walters Sports Bar. The location is directly across the street from Nationals Stadium.

“Among the events scheduled to take place during that five-day period will be a first-of-its-kind LGBTQ Pride Baseball Pop-Up bar hosted by the Washington Blade, which this year became the first LGBT publication to serve as an official sponsor of MLB All-Star Week.

Aimed at serving as a safe space for LGBTQ attendees 21 and older, the pop-up will be open: (more…)


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