430 8th Street, SE
Thanks to Caroline for sending:
“No more Subway in the Eastern Market area! I tried to open the door to head in for my morning Oven Roasted Chicken on wheat and then saw the sign. It’s a loss for me. I loved the staff here. One employee’s wife even made my whole family traditional Tanzanian garments for Christmas one year.”
Updates when we learn what becomes of the space.
Ed. Note: Other fast casual chains folks are missing.
641 Indiana Avenue, NW near Navy Archives metro
Thanks to Andrew for sending the Eats United update. This space was also previously home to Grand Trunk and Kabob Capital. Not looking good for Eats United: (more…)
Thanks to Kim for sending. Check out their menu here.
Ed. Note: A Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls is also coming to the new Western Market Food Hall.
1303 19th Street, NW at N Street
500 H Street, NE
From an email:
“Restaurateur Asad Sheikh is expanding his latest venture Butter Chicken Company, a fast casual concept, to the H Street NE corridor. Located at 500 H Street NE, this outpost solely dedicated to India’s iconic dish Butter Chicken, opens Tuesday, February 18th. Similar to the downtown DC location, only 300 servings are prepared per day, however the H Street NE restaurant will be open all day long, with 100 servings prepared for lunch and another 200 for dinner. Sheikh previously opened award winning restaurants in Northern Virginia (Curry Mantra London Curry House and 1947), before deciding to focus on Washington, DC. Sheikh opened two locations of Bombay Street Food in Columbia Heights and Capitol Hill in 2019, inspired by the bright and vibrant street food flavors he grew up eating in Bombay. He debuted the original Butter Chicken Company this past fall in downtown DC. (more…)
Because Kosta is the man and has been the man for 30+ years!! “I arrive everyday between 2-3am to receive fresh produce and proteins… Remember, The Food I serve to you is the same food my family eats every night…”
1120 19th Street, NW
1829 M Street, NW
Ed. Note: This space was most recently home to Flipside Filipino restaurant which closed in January.
Thanks to the folks at Cafe Mia for letting us know they’ve opened and sharing their Menu (PDF) with us. “Our specialty is Peruvian style rotisserie chicken but we serve other great items as well.” They also have a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich served on brioche for $6 :)
Peek inside: (more…)
Vermont Ave, NW between L and M Streets
Thanks to PI for sending the photos. Back in March of last year we learned that “”HEY YALL! We are so excited to be bringin ANOTHER Block to DC @theblock.dc this spring – we will be right by the Farragut North metro stop off Vermont Ave NW.” (more…)
901 New York Avenue, NW
Dagger. Time ran out on Bagels and Baguettes sooner than we thought. Hopefully they are able to find a new, better space soon.
Thanks to MAK and James for sending: (more…)
Ed. Note: I think Tryst though a bit of a walk from metro sounds perfect. 2459 18th Street, NW. Photo by PoPville flickr user AWard Tour
“Dear PoPville,
So I wanted to know a good place for a birthday lunch/brunch kinda thing. I really like the areas around U Street/Logan Circle, Adams Morgan, and Eastern Market/Capitol Hill. The most important thing location-wise is that it’s metro accessible since that’s how many of my friends will be getting there. Any type of food is good. The place would preferably be not too expensive since we are students and on a budget.”
Thanks to Dylan for sending. Slapfish opened in the former Capriotti’s space in May of 2019. (more…)