1224 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Dupont Circle
From an email:
“Starting this weekend, all Duke’s locations will be offering a bottomless “Tea Time” from 3-6PM which will include all-you-can-drink Hot Toddies, Irish Coffees, Espresso Martinis, and Bourbon Vanilla Sweet Teas for $26 with a 90-minute limit!”
1836 18th Street, NW
Paper has come down from the windows at Vagabond: “Featuring food and drinks from our favorite beach travel destinations around the world”
Some sweet sneak peeks here: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On 8/24 at 4 pm, I was doored by a parked Zipcar user while riding west on R just before 20th St. near Dupont, breaking my clavicle and generally making life terrible. I know it was a while ago, but did anyone witness it?”
Witnesses can DM OP here.
“Dear PoPville,
Any tips on what is going on with Little Serow? Just went to their website and it looks like they are “on hiatus” with no further explanation….please lord don’t let them be closing. This is some of the best food in DC.” (more…)
Chef Dina courtesy Fava Pot
From Fava Pot:
“Fava Pot’s 9 Year Anniversary Celebration
Wednesday, September 14 | 11am – 1pm
Dupont Circle | 1817 M St NW
$5 For Any Egyptian Bowl of Your Choice
Happy Hour All-Day (more…)
This rental is located at 2000 Connecticut Avenue, NW near California Street, NW. The Craigslist ad says:
“$2,500 / 1br – 505ft2 – Bright 1 Br w Towering View Over Connecticut Avenue! (Dupont Circle – Kalorama – Adams Morgan) (more…)
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1800 Connecticut Ave, NW
Update from Twitter: “Believe it is going to be the Dupont location of Brine, the oyster bar on H St.”
I walked by last weekend and the space was getting completely cleaned up. In December 2021, before the invasion of Ukraine, we heard “Here’s what’s up (we, Brine Oyster Bar, share the same owners as Russia House!):
Most RH staff relocated during the pandemic, so they’ve been restaffing up and almost there! RH completed an entire remodel including a new bar, kitchen, bathrooms, & decor, & shooting to open early January!”
Then we heard from owner Aaron McGovern in April 2022: “To date we’ve experienced nearly 20K in property damage and an undetermined financial loss of business because of these circumstances. Russia House’s future is uncertain and we still have faith that it will one day provide DC with another 20 years of amazing experiences.”
Still no sighting of the sacred Sakharov sculpture in storage: (more…)
photo by WMATA
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to let you know that the Dupont Circle Metro Station North Entrance Canopy project is complete! WMATA took down the fencing last week.”
“Dear PoPville,
On the night of April 13, 2022, my long-term partner, my teammate in this game we call life, my best friend- Dr. Peter Tripp– killed himself by jumping off the William Howard Taft Bridge. He was 29-years-old. His senseless and untimely death came as a complete shock to all who knew and loved him.
During my search for Peter, that night, I first spotted the police under the Taft Bridge through the bars of the suicide barrier on the Ellington Bridge. A jogger had found him, the police found the jogger, and I found the police. (more…)