14 F Street, NW

Ed. Note: In December 2022 we shared the sad news that Kelly’s Irish Times announced “the passing of our founder and patriarch, Hugh Kelly”.

Thanks to Brian K. for sharing the massive news that Kelly’s Irish Times Pub is for sale:

“14 F St NW represents a rare opportunity to acquire a freestanding restaurant/retail building only two blocks from Union Station on the border of the Capitol Hill/East End submarkets. Read More

18th and M Street, NW

Thanks to Jon for sending on Friday: “I was having lunch at Daily Grill in Dupont Circle this afternoon and they said it was their last day and they will be closing for good.”

I stopped by on Sunday and indeed: Read More

1527 14th Street, NW

This is a very tough one. Great Wall is always prominently mentioned when we discuss best Chinese in town.  On Sunday Tim Carman tweeted: “My heart breaks to report that Great Wall Szechuan House will close this December. But I’m glad May Kuang and Yuan Chen, the partners in life and blisteringly good mala dishes, will finally get the retirement they deserve. Thank you both for feeding us so well for so long!”

Back in February 2020 we learned that, the Great Wall Szechuan House restaurant was for sale on 14th Street but would remain open until sold. Stay tuned for more info on that front.

For those unfamiliar with the magnificent and always reliable Great Wall Szechuan House: Read More

13th and G Street, NW

Thanks to DJ for the heads up. Read More

816 H Street, NE Ed. Note: The People’s Kitchen coming to the first floors here

Thanks to all who messaged us about both H Street, NE bars recently closing. Dirty Water opened here back in September 2017.

Dirty Water tweeted last night: “We are closed for good. Thanks to everyone who made DW what it was for 6 years.” Read More

Remember when the Real World folks stopped by. There was a time. There was a time… Read More

1355 H Street, NE via IG

A regular reported to me via email last night around 8pm: “Biergarten Haus is closing at the end of tonight. Rumored to reopen in September. But….September is skeptical…. Haven’t seen an official notice yet.”

Still no official word on their social media but Fritz Hahn tweeted around 10pm: “Breaking: Biergarten Haus is closing tonight, after 13 years on H Street. Staff found out today. Am told there’s a chance it reopens Sept. 1, but that seems iffy.

This is purely a business decision, has nothing to do with the lease.” Read More

3634 Georgia Ave, NW

Some of these are harder than others. Temperance Hall became Looking Glass Lounge back in 2007.

Thanks to all who sent us their devastating coming closure message last night: Read More

Thanks to FJ for sending:

“H&M on F St NW closing! (1025 F Street, NW) Interesting to see given how there’s a push to save downtown.” Read More

7006 Carroll Ave

Thanks to Beth for passing on from the Old Takoma Business Association:

“Letter from Mark Choe, owner of Mark’s Kitchen, as he closes the doors after 32 years:

To My Friends in Takoma Park and Beyond,

Even at night, when I’m alone sweeping the dust from beneath the tables, I never feel that the restaurant is empty. I see children’s feet swing, with the knowledge that time will bring their toes closer to the floor, closer then, to boundless futures. I see laborers rushing bites in-between shifts, long-estranged relatives in leisurely conversation, and lovers young and old renewing their mutual mastery. I see a million faces or more, and yet it all strikes me as one, a great social organism which I have nurtured as my own these past thirty-two years. Read More