RSS FeedDowntown DC/Penn Quarter News Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood – Retail Closes/Opens
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Closings
Downtown – Andrew’s Ties (1155 F St NW) – We’re sad about this one as we bought a few men’s ties and many socks here. Now closed.
Downtown – 1791 Deli (8th St NW between G and H St) – Didn’t eat here much but when we did, the sandwiches were stuffed with meat. Now closed.
Downtown – Local Vine Cellar (415 11th St NW) – We had hopes that this specialty wine and spirits store would make it but it is not in the best trafficked part of downtown as it sat between E St and Pennsylvania Ave. Now closed.
Closing (b/w Opening)
Downtown – J&G Steakhouse (in the W Hotel) (515 15th St NW) to be replaced with Pinea – We enjoyed dinner a number of times at the J&G Steakhouse and the Wine Bar downstairs but that shop closed up and we learned that Pinea will take its place in September.
Openings
Downtown – Specs, an eyeglass store, is building out at 1206 G St NW across the street from the downtown Macy’s. This is a New York City based retail chain that will be opening their first DC location in August. (Hat tip to a regular PQ Living reader. Photo above.) [website]
Downtown/CityCenter/Penn Quarter – Lots of activity in CityCenter bounded by 9th, 11th, H Streets, and New York Ave NW including: restaurants (Mango Tree applied for its liquor license) and retail (Longchamp opened its doors and Paul Stuart announced it would open in 2015)
Downtown – Noelia Restaurant opened at 1319 F St NW. Early impression: We went for friends and family dinner service and kinks were still being worked out. Food was above average but not entirely amazing. We’ll go back to get a better read. [website] – [Twitter]
Downtown – Boss Shepherd’s opened at 13th and E St NW for both lunch and dinner service. We checked out the interior during the pre-opening party but did not check it out for regular service yet. It’s tough to make a go of an underground restaurant and we hope they last longer than the last restaurants operating in that space (Bluepoint opening from 2007 and John Harvard’s Brewpub information). [website] – [Twitter] – [Facebook]
Penn Quarter – Signs are going up at the old M+S Grill for Mastro’s Steakhouse (600 13th St NW) and our intelligence tells us the signs are “lovely.” [Corporate website] – [representative menus from Chicago’s Mastro’s] (h/t: PQ Living reader)
Penn Quarter/Chinatown – Our intelligence tells us that Penn Commons (part of the Passion Food Hospitality Group) will be opening in August at 700 6th St NW. That’s real soon now. UPDATE: We hear the opening date is August 4. [website] – [Twitter] – [Facebook] – [menus]
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Has Bo-Dogs on E St closed? I went by there last weekend and saw a handwritten sign with new hours (no weekend hours) and then again this weekend and saw the sign was down and the inside looks like it had been stripped. No condiments, the counter appeared to be taken apart. If so, this is sad news.
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Crumbs was a noted closure–the 11th St. NW location was featured in the Post.