1424 Park Road, NW
“Dear PoPville,
SalviMex, in the former Mi Cuba Cafe spot on 1424 Park Rd NW, is now open. I went there with my family. The food is high-quality authentic Salvadorean at a very reasonable price. I had sopa de mondonga, came in a giant serving with excellent ingredients.” (more…)
2414 Wisconsin Ave, NW also previously home to Z Burger/All About Burger
Well not super exclusive, if you walk by you can take a peek in the window too but the algorithm likes the word exclusive so we do we gotta do yo!
The latest from Joia Burger last week: “Not quite there yet, but we’re getting closer and closer every day to open our second location in Glover Park. Sign is up‼️ Stay tuned for more updates.”
Have a look inside, gotta be super close: (more…)
1613 17th Street, NW
Thanks to Chris for sending:
“a new medical marijuana dispensary is coming to the old subway on 17th St.in Dupont Circle. Picture of the license that’s on the window.” (more…)
1826 Wisconsin Ave, NW previously home to Janti Cafe
“Caspian Crust
🥐 Handcrafted pastries |☕Specialty Coffee |🥪Gourmet Paninis
💫 Authentic Mediterranean flavors
📅 Open Daily: 7 AM – 7 PM”
The Menu: (more…)
5027 Connecticut Avenue, NW near Politics and Prose et al
“Dear PoPville,
Do you know what happened to Honey and Friends? I think it used to be called Bee Goods Ice cream when it first opened (it took over where Sugar Fox used to be). (more…)
From DDOT:
“The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is advising all stakeholders to expect a permanent closure of S Street NW between Florida Ave and New Jersey to vehicular traffic beginning March 22, 2025.
S St NW between New Jersey Ave and Florida Ave – The roadway and parking areas along this segment will be permanently closed to motorists beginning March 22, 2025. Pedestrian access will be maintained and promoted, and bike traffic will have designated bike lanes as planned. (more…)
1426 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to Kate for sending:
“New York-Based Springbone Kitchen Coming to former Shouk space– 1426 Wisconsin Ave, NW in Georgetown” (more…)
Thanks to analya for sending photos of the completed mural on Holmead Place in Columbia Heights. The artist (more…)
2441 18th Street, NW
Back in May we wondered what was coming to the old Sakuramen upstairs seating space. [Note: All well with Sakuramen downstairs.]
Slow slow drum roll – Welcome ‘Classic Tobacco”…
Woof.
courtesy Uchi
From a press release:
“Hai Hospitality, the acclaimed Austin, Texas-based hospitality group best known for its Uchi, Uchiko and Uchibā restaurant concepts, announced today that it has signed a lease at 17xM, an award-winning Class A trophy office building in Washington’s Central Business District developed by Skanska USA Commercial Development. The space will be home to Uchi, the nontraditional Japanese restaurant founded in 2003 by James Beard Award-winning Chef Tyson Cole with seven locations nationwide. It is set to open in late fall 2025. (more…)