RSS FeedThe Smith Restaurant Opens In Penn Quarter On Monday, January 30 (901 F St NW)
The Smith will open for dinner service at 901 F St NW on Monday, January 30. The Smith replaces the McCormick & Schmick’s that formerly operated out of that space. Initially open for dinner service, breakfast, brunch, and lunch will follow at a later time.
The menus for The Smith should be similar to those found in their NYC locations. As described on their website, The Smith offers the following:
The breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menus feature a selection of farm fresh, familiar and creative bistro dishes. We work very closely with local farmers and purveyors to source food from people we know and trust. We believe in using local, natural and sustainable foods. We have high standards for every ingredient and we put thought into every bite, because our guests deserve it.
Thanks goes to the always eagle eyed @eat_dc (Twitter link) for alerting us to this news.
Winter Restaurant Week Begins In One Week (Jan 30)
The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan (RAMW) Washington’s Winter begins next week on January 30 and runs for seven days through February 5. Dinners are priced at $35, lunches at $22, and brunches at $22.
To see a list of participating Penn Quarter and downtown restaurant, click on this link.
2017 Presidential Inauguration: Tomorrow Is Game Day
Traffic restrictions went into place this morning as planned to prepare for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration that will usher in Donald Trump as President and Mike Pence as Vice President. We saw police cars positioned along E St NW in accordance with the red zone outlined in maps distributed by the US Secret Service.
There are a number of official events taking place today and tomorrow with the only events open to the public listed below:
- Thursday, January 19 – Make America Great Again! Welcome Concert at the Lincoln Memorial (4 pm to 6 pm)
- Friday, January 20 – Swearing in ceremony at the US Capitol (11:30 am to 12:30 pm) followed by the Inaugural Parade (3 pm to 5 pm) along Pennsylvania Ave
A concise list of links to sites with information about the inauguration and how to get around the neighborhood can be found below:
- Official 58th Presidential Inauguration & Twitter feed– Lists all the official events organized by the Inauguration Committee
- DC Government Inauguration home page & Twitter feed – Listing of DC or locally related information from the DC Government
- DC Interactive Inauguration map – A handy interactive map showing various points of interest related to navigating the Inauguration and downtown DC
- Washington Post inauguration navigation– A good summary of how to navigate the Inauguration including two maps about how to access the area and how to get to specific
- Inauguration and Inaugural Parade breakdown – A graphic showing the sequence of events for the inauguration and the parade that follows including a map tracing the parade route
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NOTE: The Washington Post website paywall has been lifted through Saturday, January 21 whereby you don’t need an account to gain unlimited access to content.
Poki District Hawaiian Cuisine Coming To F Street In Penn Quarter (906 F St NW)
Signage is up for Poki District at 906 F St NW billing itself as “Authentic Hawaiian cuisine”. This location is the former home of Amorini Panini which closed in the first half of 2016. Once PQ Living learns more we’ll update our readers.