1819 7th Street, NW before opening

From Mason Dixie:

“To Our Beloved Biscuit Fans and Fam:

It is with heavy heart that after 6 years of being DC’s go-to biscuit shoppe, we have made the very difficult decision to close our doors. While our hearts are broken to see our restaurant’s journey come to an end, we are humbled and consider ourselves lucky to have a strong, growing frozen consumer product business that is now nationwide in over 5,000 locations, growing faster than ever, and now expanding into new products. The impact of COVID-19 has been surreal and defeating and we had to make the tough decision that continuing to sail into an unknown future of restaurant ownership was too risky when we have the opportunity to focus our efforts on a growing, thriving, and critical business in grocery, one where we have the ability to feed and educate the nation on what better for you biscuits really means.

We want to take the opportunity to thank all of our supporters and dedicated fans for all you have done to get us where we are today and while closing the restaurant is like closing the foundational chapter in our coming-of-age story, it is also what has led us to some remarkable moments in our history here in this amazing city: (more…)



7th and Rhode Island Ave, NW by DC Fire and EMS

Thanks to Shawness for reporting: “Woke up to smelling smoke at 4:30….found the 7-11 at 7th and Rhode Island had burned. Huge response by fire department. Looks like severe damage.”

DC Fire and EMS reported: “Update Working Fire 7-11 Rhode Island Ave & 7th St NW. #DCsBravest have the fire under control with no injuries. Investigators on scene to determine cause.”



1017 7th Street, NW

The anticipation for Pearl’s Bagels continues but they’ve applied for a liquor license, which reveals a few more details:

“The Establishment will be a bagel shop serving breakfast and lunch with pop-up dinners in the evenings. Seating Capacity of 15 and a Total Occupancy Load of 19.

HOURS OF OPERATION: Sunday through Saturday 7am – 10pm”

Happy to hear it’s still moving forward, anyway. Stay tuned.



Ed. Note: stock photo of ticket, not the car in question

“Dear PoPville,

Last night we received our first parking ticket (Shaw. On 5th street.) for a zone sticker violation since lockdown began.

We have a guest permit, we just didn’t bother using it because parking enforcement hasn’t been active lately. But they’re back apparently. Not much we can do until inspection stations catch up with their backlog etc (and I’m not about to risk a day crowded into the DMV) but just a heads up.”



7th and O St, NW

Readers reported around 5-7 shot fired at 7th and O St, NW. There was a report of an ambulance on scene but I haven’t seen any official reports of injured from MPD. Will update when/if they release anything on this.



651 Florida Ave, NW courtesy HalfSmoke

From an email:

“HalfSmoke is pleased to unveil a collection of new frozen cocktails to help beat the heat this summer. Frozen libations will be available for guests on HalfSmoke’s 35-seat patio exclusively on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through September 6, 2020. All three frozen beverages are 16 ounces, priced at $10 each. Highlights include the Frosé, frozen rosé wine; the Piña Colada with rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice and the Margarita with tequila, lime, triple sec and agave syrup. (more…)



8th and P St, NW

Ruth reports: “Stabbing around 8am today near the corner of 8th and P Streets NW in Shaw.”

Shane reports: “It looks like it was actually at the SW corner of 7th and Q NW, that’s where CSI is currently swabbing blood. When I walked by an arrest was being made at 8th and P NW.”


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