3200 M Street, NW at Wisconsin
Thanks to Rifka for sending: “Banana Republic in Georgetown had its last day Saturday. Shop was almost completely empty and they didn’t have info about if they planned to have a store in DC in the futures, since the Penn Quarter store closed last year.–”
Looks like Banana Republic fans will have to head to Friendship Heights just over the border in Maryland at 5430 Wisconsin Ave.
1063 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to Jeremy and everyone else who passed on from ching ching CHA: (more…)
1410 U Street, NW
Thanks to Krishna for passing on the sad news from DC Noodles:
“DC NOODLES IS NOW CLOSED
This location has been our home for the past 13 years. We have welcomed you all with joy and pride. We are thankful and grateful for your support and generosity – that truely got us through the recession and Covid. (more…)
7th/G Streets NW at Capitol One Arena
Update from Councilmember Brooke Pinto: “Monumental Sports owns this space & decided not to renew McD’s lease. New use should be announced soon. But, it’s important to ensure that our residents & biz in Chinatown feel safe & can operate w/o risk of incident.”
Thanks to Paul for sending Sunday: “McDonald’s in Chinatown is closing. Today (Sunday) is their last day.” (more…)
Sad new from the Washington Post yesterday:
“The Washington Post will stop publishing its stand-alone print magazine, one of the last of its kind in the country and which has been published under different names for more than six decades, the newspaper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, announced Wednesday.
…restaurant reviews and the crossword puzzle will continue to appear in print. Popular features such as Date Lab will not continue.
The magazine is distributed with copies of the Sunday paper. Its last issue will publish on Dec. 25”
1731 Connecticut Ave, NW
Scuttlebutt confirmed! (more…)
Well, it was a helluva ride. Thanks to Jack, Justin, Josh and all who sent us the farewell note from Revel: (more…)
1743 L Street, NW via Chocolate Moose
Thanks to Karen and Wendy for passing on the sad news: “Received a sad email (but no unexpected given most still working from home): the Chocolate Moose store is closing its doors. Such a unique place, love to all.”
Chocolate Moose writes: (more…)
515 Florida Ave, NW
In 2014 Thai X-ing opened their “new” location at 2020 9th Street, NW. It’s been years but I still did a double take when passing the original space the other day: (more…)
Thanks to Rachel for sharing this terrible news with us.
Mintwood Place opened up here to huge acclaim back in January 2012. (more…)