More stuff coming to Upshur Street! Celebrity chef Alex McCoy is opening an “old world sandwich shop and market” at 845 Upshur, according to the Washingtonian. The final-name-pending spot will have British style sandwiches, like salt beef (a lot like corned beef), tuna and chicken salad, and other items, all served to-go.
The peregrinations of McCoy take some time to follow — he opened Duke’s Grocery, a British spot in Dupont a while ago, then opened Alfie’s, the Thai spot at 3301 Georgia, as a pop-up — maybe to stay put, or maybe to move to a space he owned at 845 Upshur Street, the old China America Inn next to Willow.
Then McCoy and team decided the Upshur space’s kitchen wasn’t big enough, so Alfie’s is moving to a location to be determined downtown. And Alfie’s will change over to Tchoup’s Market, a New Orleans po-boy spot going for more of a bar vibe.
And now we know more: Tchoup’s opens August 4th while the British sandwich spot is aimed at the next few months.
Sounds good to me!
