Navy Yard

79 Potomac Ave, SE looking towards Salt Line

From a press release:

“All-Purpose Pizzeria, located in Capitol Riverfront at 79 Potomac Ave SE, will open on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Initial operating hours will be Sunday – Thursday from 4pm to 10pm and Fridays & Saturdays from 4pm – 11pm.

The restaurant features indoor and patio seating, bar seating as well as a rooftop bar which is expected to open in June. Beverage highlights include Italian Water Ice-inspired frozen cocktails Luigi, a vodka-based lemon cocktail, and Mario, a tequila-based grapefruit cocktail. Optional floats will also be available for frozen cocktails. Draft cocktails include a Negroni and the Shaw location’s popular Black Manhattan. Wines on draft include a rosé and a bianco from Scarpetta and the menu features twelve draft beers from local and regional breweries. (more…)

1237 First Street, SE

After some early estimates Declaration is nearly here:

From a press release:

“Declaration Nats Park, the newest restaurant to hit the Capitol Riverfront restaurant scene, has confirmed today that their Grand Opening will be Thursday, April 5th at 11am, just in time for the Nationals home opener. Declaration Nats Park is the fourth restaurant to join the PRG Hospitality family and the second installment of the neighborhood pizza spot in Shaw of the same name. Located at 1237 First St SE, the restaurant will celebrate its grand opening with a free meatball slider with the purchase of a Samuel Adams beer and chances to win gift certificates, Nat’s gear and tickets, and two lucky winners will receive a free pizza every time they dine in during a home game!

courtesy Declaration

The new restaurant is owned and operated by longtime DC restauranteur Alan Popovsky and Corporate Executive Chef and Food Network Chopped Champion Demetrio Zavala of PRG Hospitality who currently own Teddy & the Bully Bar in Dupont Circle, LINCOLN Restaurant in Thomas Circle, and Declaration in Shaw. Having been in the industry for over ten years and started multiple successful DC restaurants Mr. Popovsky has a unique perspective of what works and what doesn’t. He considers the key ingredient to success to be customer satisfaction and expectations and that’s exactly what he plans to accomplish with Declaration Nats Park.

“The opportunity to have our newest restaurant just a baseball throw away from Nats Stadium felt like we had just won the World Series,” says owner Popovsky. All puns intended.

The new restaurant is larger than its original counterpart with seating for 100 featuring an Ohio barn wood exterior, an outdoor walk-up bar, and interior finishing’s, like a steel panel wall with an American flag mural painted across it, by Roxanne Christie of Accents Arts & Design and formerly of Swatchroom. (more…)

202 M Street, SE photo by Ryan

In other Navy Yard pizza news, thanks to Ryan for sending: “looks like it’s not just a rumor anymore.”

This is the former Il Parco space and this is excellent news.

Image courtesy of Grosvenor Americas

Ed. Note: “Murderers’ Row were the baseball teams of the New York Yankees in the late 1920s, widely considered one of the best teams in history.” Since Declaration will be joining Taylor Gourmet, Chop’t, Chipotle, Roti and RASA and is right near the baseball stadium – I love just the reference. I am not alluding to any actual crimes that have occured in the area.

UPDATE: The press release was way off – Declaration will not be opening “opening until mid-March!”

courtesy JBG

From a press release:

“JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE: JBGS), a leading owner and developer of high-quality, mixed use properties in the Washington, DC market, is thrilled to announce that Mission, a popular Mexican bar and eatery, will open this summer in the Capitol Riverfront District in Southeast Washington. Mission will be owned by Fritz Brogan and Reed Landry of the Mission Group, and will build on the group’s successful track record with Mission-Dupont and Hawthorne on U Street. Mission will open in the summer of 2018 in the flagship retail space of JBG SMITH’S new 1221 Van Street multi-family project, located steps from the main entrance to Nationals Park and four blocks from DC United’s new stadium at Audi Field.

The food and drink menu at Mission’s Capitol Riverfront location will be similar to that of Mission-Dupont, which opened in 2014. Food selections will include twelve taco options, huaraches, elote loco, nachos and flautas, among many other offerings. The two-level space will encompass more than 10,000 square feet of interior space, an expansive 350-foot wraparound second-floor outdoor balcony, plus a two-story glass storefront overlooking the stadium entrance. (more…)