3110 Mt. Pleasant Street, NW
Major love for Martha Dear in magical Mount Pleasant:
“5 YEARS AGO TODAY WE OPENED OUR DOORS!! ALL GAS, NO BRAKES.
BEYOND GRATEFUL TO OUR GUESTS AND STAFF (PAST AND PRESENT). THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR DREAM FROM DAY ONE. LOVE T + D.” (more…)
“The Mount Pleasant Perpetual Stew Project
a free stone soup-style community meal for these trying times ✨ the stew returns, winter 2025
The Stew is back! Your faithful stewards will be back in action January 10th to kick off our next season. We’ll be back in Lamont Plaza, ladles ready and arms open 💛🫛🥔🥕🌽🧅 ” (more…)
2001 18th Street, NW
OK, finally some action at the old Imperial space at 18th and U! A liquor license application has been posted for Carla/Harrigan & Rock Fine & Rare. Details are slim at the moment: (more…)
1251 9th Street, NW
Thanks to Tony for sending the closed sign on the door of Union Kitchen: ‘We are closed sorry for any inconvenience’
“Union Kitchen @ 9th/N NW has been closed for the past few days. Maybe permanently? Shame, since it was one of the last
few places to get a coffee after 7 p.m. Looks like it’s the 7-11 a few blocks north, or suffer through the evening :-)” (more…)
inside 410 7th Street, NW photo by Chris Bryan
From a press release:
“PubKey, the celebrated Greenwich Village “Bitcoin bar” where conversations around the future of sound money, monetary policy and technology flow as easily as the drinks, will open its much-anticipated DC flagship location at 410 Seventh St. NW in Penn Quarter on Dec. 19.
The 12,000-square foot space – the former Hill Country – represents a major expansion from PubKey’s 2,000-square-foot NYC location. The two-story space will allow PubKey DC to bring to life a welcoming, irreverent pub with a media studio, event stage and speaker series on cutting-edge topics across freedom tech and policy, a private dining room, community events such as trivia and karaoke and chophouse-style restaurant opening in the new year, all under a single roof.
Inspired by the historical role of taverns as free-thinking hotbeds for revolutions, (more…)
4235 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Action at the old &pizza space. Before the &pizza’s brief tenure here the space was previously home to Squisito pizza and pasta (also was once planned to be a Pie Five Pizza Co.) and a Buredo before them. So what’s coming now? (more…)
Almost missed this tasty news from Doubles last week:
“BIG NEWS!!! We are launching FRIDAY LUNCH SLICES from Sonny’s Pizza this week! 🍕🥳
Every Friday from 12 – 3 PM you can order slices of (more…)
“Florencia Agrazo and Carola Mandelbaum, co-owners of Flor. Books”
From a press release:
“Flor. Coffee + Books, the Buenos Aires–inspired café and bookstore that opened in Georgetown in August, is relaunching its upstairs bookshop, Flor. Books, this week, with a refreshed selection and new programming shaped by customer feedback.
Co-owned by Florencia Agrazo (Flor. Coffee) and Carola Mandelbaum, who curates the shop and leads events, Flor. Books is “designed for discovery and connection,” according to Mandelbaum. The shelves highlight contemporary literature, standout international and Spanish-language titles, and writers whose work crosses cultures—from atmospheric fiction and inventive narratives to timely nonfiction and bilingual books for young readers. Guests will also find limited-edition classics and thoughtfully chosen gifts. (more…)
Unexcpeced on these freezing December days but awesome: (more…)
501 8th Street, SE previously home to Ophelia’s Fish House and Chesapeake Room
“Coffee to start your day.
Cocktails to complete your evening.
A new place for the community to gather is coming your way December 2025. (more…)