2311 Calvert Street, NW
Ed. Note: Sorriso Bistro closed here in 2021, previously this was home to the House of Philly which closed in 2012.
Maggie and I spotted a new Thai restaurant coming to Woodley Park: “Thai and Time Again” coming soon next to the former Afghan Grill in Woodley Park. This space has been empty for awhile, so good news.” (more…)
2016 P Street, NW
Thanks to Andrew for sending: “Did Bangkok Thai in Dupont close for good? They had signage up last month that they were closed for renovations until April 1, but now there are no signs at all.”
While their website is still live, their phone has been connected.
How the front used to look: (more…)
3211 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
Sabydee opened here back in 2017. Before them this was the longtime home to the legendary Adam Express. Updates when we learn what becomes of the space. (more…)
1360 H Street, NE
Imm on H opened here back in 2105. Thanks to G for sending. The inside doesn’t look too promising at the moment either: (more…)
Photo by Rex Block
Sean asked us: “Have we done best drunken noodle available by delivery???”
The early recommendations: (more…)
Thanks to a reader for the tip on this development. I’m a bit late on this one but folks have frequently asked me if I’d heard any news about this retail space that has been vacant for quite a while. Turns out it is run by a company called Beau Thai LLC.
After doing a google search I found the following from the Bloomingdale blog:
“She is aiming for an early March opening. She is a veteran in the Thai food business (and a relative of the operator of Thai X-Ing on Florida Avenue NW).
She will at first only have take-out service, as her zoning appears to be restricted to that for the time being (take-out was apparently grandfathered-in through prior use of the, very nice, building). She told me that what she really wants to do is a full-fledged sit-down Thai restaurant, however.”
Hopefully it opens soon. Lots of people love Thai X-ing on nearby Florida Avenue, NW so hopefully this space will offer similar quality.
@metrocurean shares the news on twitter that “Ezme is having its grand opening today at 2016 P St, NW”. We spoke about Ezme a few weeks ago. That was a quick arrival!
And in other restaurant news the original Thai Tanic at 1326 14th Street, NW is looking to expand into their second floor.
I wasn’t terribly excited about the Cricket grand opening in this location but the Sala Thai liquor license application got me pretty psyched. The Sala Thai spot is located a few storefronts south of Cricket on Georgia Ave.
It actually will take up two spaces:
The occupancy load will be 80 and I was pretty excited to see that they are requesting a summer garden area to seat 16:
I mean I guess I can, but wouldn’t a happy hour from 6pm – 8pm make more sense for the majority of working residents?
When a reader inquired about Thai X-ing last week folks were mentioning other good Thai places that they liked. I noticed Paragon Thai was located at 3507 Connecticut Ave, NW in the strip with the new Weygandt Wines. I know this spot used to be a restaurant previously but I forget the name. Anyone know if Paragon Thai is a new spot? Is it any good?