Slim’s Diner, the new diner from the Room 11 folks at the corner of Georgia and Upshur, is now open! They’re serving breakfast and lunch until Friday when they’ll be open their regular hours, 7am-midnight Sunday-Thursday and 7am-2am Friday and Saturday. They’re open until 4pm today. I stopped by their opening event and sampled a…

Pizza fans, here’s a new option for you: Pizzeria Vetri from Philly restauranteur and James Beard Award winner Mark Vetri, now open at the southeast corner of 14th and Florida. I stopped by their opening party a few days ago and enjoyed it — it’s a modern, smallish space but everything I tried was tasty:…

If you want to get some tasty Thai food and cocktails, you better make a reservation soon. The City Paper reports that Alfie’s, the Thai popup from Food Network Star chef Alex McCoy, is closing at the end of July to move somewhere “more downtown.” The original plan was that Alfie’s was a pop-up while…

On Sunday some friends and I went to PupusaFest, the fundraiser at Sacred Heart Church at 16th and Park. It must have been a successful fundraiser because there was a huge crowd, but that also means really long lines. The way it was organized, you had to wait in one line to buy tickets for…

We’ve been waiting for this for a while: Slim’s Diner, the diner from the Room 11 folks, is opening to the public on Wednesday. They posted last month on Facebook about only needing a few permits and inspections and have been holding soft openings last week, so this time it’s for real. I’m excited. They’ve…

This is awesome! The Banneker Pool at 2500 Georgia Ave NW will have what they’re calling a #SplishSplashSummer pool party tomorrow night, with a DJ and night swimming. The event, from 7 to 11 pm, is free but they ask you to RSVP. It’s free for residents and non-residents alike, and there’s no outside food…

Colony Club, the coffee shop and bar at 3118 Georgia Ave NW, is hosting their monthly patio parties again, and the first one for this summer is tomorrow. They’ll have pizza from the Timber Pizza Co. food truck (who are opening a brick and mortar location on Upshur in a few weeks), karaoke, German beer…

Oh man, this sounds awesome. The Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church at 16th and Park has organized their second PupusaFest for this Sunday: last year’s was a big hit, they had more than 10,000 pupusas but they were sold out by mid-afternoon. This year they’ll have more, all handmade by local experts. If you’ve…

More new things! Homestead, the bar and restaurant from the Blaguard folks coming to 3911 Georgia Ave NW is opening on Thursday, according to a press release. The spot, next to Qualia Coffee, will be focused on American food in family-sale portions with seasonal cocktails and local ingredients, including herbs they’ll grow there. There will…

It’s officially summer now, and right on time the city’s public pools are now open during the week as well as the weekends. Most pools in the city are open every day but one: in our case, the Banneker Pool at 2500 Georgia Ave NW is closed every Thursday, and the Upshur Pool at 4300…