Neighborhoods

Dog Haus Biergarten – Burgers Brew Brats – Nearly Ready to Roll at new Connecticut Ave Location

By Prince Of Petworth


4340 Connecticut Ave, NW at Yuma, previously home to Acacia Bistro

“Dog Haus serves the Absolute Würst in gourmet hot dogs, hand-crafted sausages, and premium burgers, all on grilled King’s Hawaiian Rolls. We also offer the best fried chicken sandwiches and wings in town. Visit us for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Our full-service Bar & Grill features 24 rotating craft beers on draft, a full wine list, and a signature cocktail bar. We are the perfect spot for watching sports, large groups, and enjoying food made with hormone- and antibiotic-free meats and plant-based proteins. Perfect for dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering in the Van Ness (Washington DC) area.”

Have a peek inside: (more…)

Coffee and Tea Coming (back!!) to Shaw near the Convention Center!! Cotti Coffee and WUU Tea Studio

By Prince Of Petworth


9th and M Street, NW

Ed. Note: Old heads will remember this space was previously home to First Cup Cafe (formerly formerly known as Breakwell’s) which closed back in 2019.

Thanks to Debbie and Jared for sending the great news about a new coffee and tea option coming to Shaw at 900 M Street, NW – Cotti Coffee and WUU Tea Studio” (more…)

“An Ode to Basebowl”

By Prince Of Petworth


1201 Half Street, SE

“Dear PoPville,

I’m so sad to hear about the news of Basebowl’s closing. It will always hold a special place in my heart — it unexpectedly became part of a fun ‘tradition’ with a new person in my life!

I met this guy in the summer of ‘24 out in the wild (in DC, meaning an ABA networking event that I crashed with a friend). We saw each other a few more times in a chaotic kind of way, but our friendship / budding romance rekindled in the spring of ‘25 with the start of baseball season.

We first stumbled upon Basebowl (more…)

Pret a Manger permanently closes a Downtown location

By Prince Of Petworth


1828 L Street, NW

Thanks to Asher for sending: “Pret a Manger 1828 L St permanently closed.”

Pret a Manger opened here in late 2010. ‘Twas a game changer for the fast casual sandwich scene when they first started popping up those many moons ago. Fortunately, for fans, you’ll still be able to get some nearby at: (more…)

Today in DC HISTORY: December 19, 2009 – The Snowball Fight that went bad – Cop Pulls Gun at epic 14th and U Snowball Fight

By Prince Of Petworth

OK kids gather round as old man Dan takes you back to the DC of another age. I’m going to tell you a little story about December 19th, 2009. There was a time when organized snowball fights first emerged in DC. Thanks to cellphones, the internet/Facebook and a little mischief word quickly spread. And we hadn’t had a really good snow in a while so folks were pretty giddy about what would become known as snowpocalpyse/snowmageddon (the snow storms from December 2009 into January/February 2010.) ANYWAY, a massive snowball fight erupted at 14th and U Streets, NW UNTIL (more…)

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