Photo by Jim Havard
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“Dear PoPville,
I was walking towards Foxtrot on Mass Ave and (more…)
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“This is Sadie enjoying a snow day in Mount Pleasant.”
14th and Irving Street, NW
Thanks to T. for sending: “Street vendors just cable lock their stuff up but will be interesting to see if they actually clear anything out.”
Part of the Clyde’s Restaurant Group family, Cordelia Fishbar is a seafood-forward restaurant in the heart of Union Market—known for its exceptional raw bar, freshly shucked oysters from both coasts, and a menu that ranges from bright crudo and shellfish towers to whole grilled branzino and squid ink linguine frutti di mare. Here’s what’s happening this week:
🦪 Half-Price Oysters Every Tuesday, 4PM to Close All night, every Tuesday. Half-price raw oysters—freshly shucked and responsibly sourced. Cordelia is proud to be part of the Oyster Recovery Partnership‘s Oyster Shell Recycling Alliance, returning every shell to the Chesapeake Bay to support new oyster growth.
🍹 Happy Hour: Tue–Fri 4–6PM & Tue–Sun 9PM to Close Two happy hours mean plenty of opportunity to enjoy $9 martinis, $9 select wines and cocktails, $5 Miller High Life, and half-price raw oysters and shellfish towers. A perfect way to wind down after work or ease into a great evening. Walk-ins welcome, no reservation needed.
🎵 Live Music every Thursday at 7:30PM Let the weekend start early! Settle in, order something delicious, and enjoy an evening of live music. No cover charge, just show up and enjoy.
🥂 Bottomless Brunch Every Saturday & Sunday, 11AM–4PM $33 per person for bottomless tiki cocktails, mimosas, and bloody marys. Gather your favorite people and stay for awhile because weekends were made for this.
Make a reservation or explore the full menu at cordeliadc.com.
📍 Cordelia Fishbar | 550 Morse St. NE, Washington, DC 20002 | Union Market District
This rental is located at park rd nw near sherman ave nw. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
There is a no-parking spot at the intersection there in front of Heat da Spot. When cars park there, it makes it virtually impossible to see cars heading north on Georgia Ave when trying to turn off of Keefer Pl. onto Georgia Ave. (more…)
To celebrate DC native Haili Blassingame’s debut novel, THEY ALL FALL IN LOVE AT THE END, Lost City Books is throwing a launch party themed around messy love stories. Haili, and a crew of writers she has assembled, will read excerpts from their work, but there will also be audience participation in the form of anonymously submitting messy dating stories. It’s going to be a night of laughter, of gasps, of books, of great company. Refreshments will be available. We can’t wait to see you there!
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if anyone has experienced in the last few months food delivery drivers (Ubereats/postmates/doordash) having the app say a woman is coming to deliver -complete with her picture and name -and in reality a man shows up? (more…)
via NPS
From the National Park Service:
“The National Park Service is preparing for a three-year, $113 million rehabilitation of the seawalls around the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River through West Potomac Park funded by the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund. This critical investment will ensure the park is able to protect some of the nation’s most iconic memorials and the Japanese flowering cherry trees from the immediate threats of failing infrastructure and rising sea levels for the next 100 years.
Initial construction activity will begin in late spring and early summer 2024 (more…)
There was a time. There was a time at 14th and U circa 2007, PoPville archives.
And that time is coming back – sorta. Thanks to Michael Neibauer for passing on the wonderful news he reported in WBJ:
“Taco Bell is expected to replace the shuttered D.C. Noodles at 1410-1412 U St. NW, on the ground floor of the Louis at 14th Street apartment building, with a Taco Bell Cantina, according to plans obtained from ConstructConnect.” (more…)
photo by Brian Wee
Thanks to Brian for sending: “I managed to grab a shot of the resident pair of peregrine falcons at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.”
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
4302 Connecticut Ave, NW
The bank is not coming back. Thanks to L. for sending: “Near Potbelly on Conn Ave.”