Thanks to Griffin for passing on from Raising Cane’s (“Our ONE LOVE® is quality Chicken Finger meals“) “Have no fear, we are coming to Washington, D.C. at the end of the year!” In a direct message they tell me “It’s projected opening with be in October. This is subject to change.” (more…)
photos by Thomas Cluderay
Thanks to Thomas (and Art for the initial heads up) for sharing this awesomeness last night:
“Grateful D.C.’s newest celebrity made another appearance tonight — a rare snowy owl making winter rounds!” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The dormant &pizza kiosk in the Union Station food court seems to to have entered a disassembly phase. (more…)
photo by SarahCarley
Ed. Note: I think this is the actually 25th annual lighting.
From a press release:
“The holiday season is upon us once again and so is the 24th annual Norwegian holiday tree lighting ceremony in the Main Hall of Union Station. The festivities will take place on Wednesday, December 8th at 5:00 pm and the holiday tree will be lit at 6:00 pm. (more…)
Thanks to G for sending from Union Station. Back in December Magnolia Bakery announced that they had “we made the difficult decision to close this location for the foreseeable future.”
Updates when we learn what becomes of the space.
Thanks to Michael for sending: “While Bojangles may be gone, It looks like Popeyes is heading to Union Station (and Suki Hana)”
Suki Hana’s website says:
“Suki Hana brings the best of Japanese cuisine to our customers at a fraction of the price typical Japanese restaurants can’t charge. (more…)
Lower level food court 50 Massachusetts Ave, NW
It’s been a while since I’ve stopped by Union Station, didn’t realize the Bojangles closed. There was great excitement when we first learned Bojangles was coming back in 2010 (a lifetime ago, a question we asked in that post “Do you think anything will ever go into the old movie theater space?”)
Thanks to Jonathan for sharing: “H&M at Union Station closed – sign said March 6th was their last day”
H&M opened in the former Barnes and Noble space in Union Station back in 2013.
Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Street Level-West Side Shopping Concourse
Alas not all is festive at Union Station. Magnolia Bakery’s website says:
“To keep our staff, customers and community at large as safe and healthy as possible, we made the difficult decision to close this location for the foreseeable future.” (more…)
This is the 24th anniversary of Norwegian Christmas at Union Station. Thank you, Norway! (more…)