1327 Connecticut Ave, NW
Has the heir to the Pazyryk Rug Gallery space just south of Dupont Circle finally opened? Zac reports:
“walked by Super Pollo yesterday and looks like they are open.”
Can anyone else confirm? Anyone take an early taste? You can see their Virginia menus here.
Photo by DC Fire and EMS
DCFD reported:
“Update 2nd Alarm 3200 block O St NW. Most fire has been exposed and extinguished. We contain to open up and extinguish pockets of fire and prevent extension to adjacent structures. 1 injured firefighter non life threatening injury being transported.”
5832 Georgia Avenue, NW
Thanks to Sean for sending:
“IMM Thai Georgia lasted a year. This is a hard location for a sit down restaurant. I think a Wawa or 7eleven would last. What do you think?”
via Facebook
353 Cedar St NW via Facebook
Mike writes:
“Thought you might want to know that apparently Taco-ma Yucatan Chicken in Takoma has closed. We are now in a burrito desert. Send help.”
TACO-ma Yucatan Chicken posted on May 15th:
“Dear friends and neighbors,
We have made the difficult decision to permanently close Taco-ma. (more…)
Ed. Note: ABP closed on L Street back in late February.
Thanks to C for sending:
“Au Bon Pain permanently closed at 1100 Vermont (Vermont and L).
This follows the closure of the Zoup! on the other corner, in the same building. They have signage up indicating a full renovation for 2019 and seemingly soliciting new retail and offices… And there was the rumor about a downtown Wawa coming in which no longer seems to be the case.”
2317 18th Street, NW
Thanks to Cameron for sending:
“Our bartender at Pitchers just told us they’re opening up a lesbian bar in the basement called A League of Her Own and I’m shook. Coming this summer.
It’d be the only lesbian bar in the city.”
On June 19th Pitchers DC posted:
“We are so happy to announce that Jo McDaniel will be joining the Pitchers Team. She will eventually run “A league of her own”. Here is a little about Jo.
Jo McDaniel has been creating a safe space in the LGBTQ bar scene in the DC area for 13 plus years. Since 2005, she has been that queer chick behind the stick at some of DC’s most relevant gay bars.
Earlier this month she won Stoli’s Key West Cocktail Classic after being the first woman to win the regionals in DC. She’s bringing $10,000 back home to Casa Ruby as well as winning $5,000 for AH Monroe, a Key West charity dedicated to providing resources for HIV and AIDS.
Jo is excited to be joining our bartending team and will be managing A League of Her Own, our queer women’s space, slated to open at the end of July.”
1020 19th Street, NW
UPDATE from the owner:
“I changed the name of the restaurant to Bryson’s Cafe after my first born son who is now 13 months. There is no curse! Our business is doing really good especially our catering business. We are actually in the process of expanding and seeking new locations under our new name. 19th St Customers can expect a small remodel coming soon and some minor tweaks to the menu with a heavy focus on our new mix and match tacos which have been wildly popular. Any future remodel work we will just do on the weekends but we will stay open. We will also be running some really good promotions in the upcoming future, such as our $1 large la colombe coffee which we are running right now. Bryson’s is an evolution of Moxies. Since we are locally owned and operated, We took all the feedback from 2 years and we adapted and made improvements. We will continue to improve and customers should check out the “new” Bryson’s Cafe!”
Thanks to ek122 for sending: (more…)
1824 Columbia Road, NW
A reader reports: “a new pizza place in what was most recently Lilise Pizzeria.”
Previously this space has also been home to Pitazzi, Cafe Arte, and 90 Minute Cafe. Wishing Myth Pizza lots of luck!
9th and Q Street, NW
Or so I’m told. Back in May I shared some scuttlebutt that a Japanese concept from the owners of Chaplin’s was coming to the former Shaw’s Bijou/French Quarter Brasserie space. French Quarter Brasserie closed in January and Shaw Bijou closed in January of 2017. Chaplin’s is located down the street at 9th and P Street, NW and opened back in 2014. I know hear it’ll be called Zeppelin and should open in a couple of months. STAY TUNED.
4619 41st Street, NW
Thanks to Jason for sending:
“any information on Olive Bistro and Cafe coming into the old Bread + Salt location in Tenleytown?”
Tenleytown Main Streets reported:
“The latest entrant into the Tenleytown restaurant scene will offer a Mediterranean-influenced menu, with a strong emphasis on Turkish cuisine.
The new restaurant will offer full-service lunch and dinner during the week, with plans to expand into breakfast on the weekends. A late night bar will serve signature drinks with a Turkish spin, while on the side patio they plan for hookah to be available. And, of course, patrons can enjoy a special blend of freshly brewed Turkish coffee.”