Author Andrew W

Well, this made for an exciting commute. This morning around 10:30 I was sitting at the back of the 54 bus going south when all of a sudden I smelled noxious fumes and started coughing. It was a bit hard to breathe and everyone around me started coughing too. We spontaneously stood up and headed…

Doh. We learned a few months ago that the space in the Tivoli building that used to hold the Uptowner, a pretty tasty deli, would become a Verizon Wireless store. And now it’s open. The store is something called the Verizon Wireless Zone, which is a reseller, and looks pretty sparse inside. Too bad, the…

I am getting hungry: Heat Da Spot Cafe, a new Ethiopian restaurant and coffee shop is coming to 3213 Georgia Avenue NW. That’s right on the corner of Keefer Place where Tibet Shop used to be. They’ll be mostly a traditional coffee shop but will also serve an Ethiopian buffet for vegetarians and non-vegetarians on…

If you like coffee, you have another option in the neighborhood: Habit, a new coffee shop with an Australian bent. You may recall Last Exit the underground “speakeasy” cocktail bar that was a sister bar on Tonic, located at 3155 Mt. Pleasant. It was a pretty neat little spot, but closed along with Tonic. Since…

Just in case you weren’t sure that Chick-fil-A was really coming to DCUSA, I spotted some work in the space the other day and floor plans with the Chick-fil-A logo. So it’s happening. The controversial chicken restaurant is coming to the old Lime Fresh Mex space on 14th Street. The Post reportedthat they’re aiming for…

This sounds pretty great — Bar Otsukare, a Japanese whisky pop-up, will be coming to Crane & Turtle on Upshur Street every Monday starting June 29 this Monday, June 29. The idea, from local mixologists Eddie Kim and Jesse Selvagn, is to “demystify Japanese drinking culture in an accessible and unintimidating atmosphere.” If you haven’t…

The other day I wrote about the Airedale, which is coming to the old Mad Momo’s space at 3605 14th Street NW, just south of Spring Road. I didn’t have much info aside from the business card in the window that said “Europub+beer garden,” so I did some sleuthing and found the owner, Ben Jordan.…