It’s Wawa time! The beloved Philly-area convenience store with popular sandwiches is opening tomorrow at 14th and Irving according to WTOP. They’ll be offering free coffee starting at 8am, and the first 100 people there get Wawa t-shirts according to DCist. They’re donating $2500 to the Capital Food Bank too. This is the third store…

It’s that time again: local mainstay the Wonderland Ballroom is holding their 15th annual Sundress Fest, a block party with food, music and deals, and where anyone wearing a sundress get discounts. The event benefits DC Central Kitchen, and they’ll be selling sundresses at the fest in case you don’t have your own. The fest…

This is awesome news: a Korean restaurant with tabletop grills is coming to 3364 14th Street NW, the big space at 14th and Monroe that was the short lived Jenkins BBQ and slightly longer lived Ruby Tuesday. Washingtonian has the story, it will be an outpost of the Iron Age Korean BBQ chain, which has…

This is pretty crazy and unexpected: Meridian Pint is ending its 9 year run at 11th and Park and will be closing Sunday, April 21 and moving to Arlington. I didn’t receive a press release about it, but on Twitter they say “It’s with a heavy heart that we will be saying goodbye to Columbia…

Sad news for fans of neighborhood cocktail bar Union Drinkery at 3216 Georgia: they will be closing April 27th. DCist has the news, which includes word that the replacement is a wine bar called Saint Vincent, which includes one of the owners of the Midlands. I was always a big fan of Union Drinkery, which…

This is pretty neat: Femme Fatale DC describes themselves as a “a platform for womyn creatives and entrepreneurs to collaborate in sharing their passions” and they just opened a new pop-up at 3224 11th Street NW, where the Willow pop-up was before. The shop hosts events and serves as a shop for entrepreneurs and artists, with things like…

This is a welcome development: a Chinese restaurant called Queen’s English is coming to 3410 11th Street NW, formerly where The Good Silver and Kangaroo Boxing Club were. Eater reports the chef is Henji Cheung, formerly the executive chef at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. A sign in the door says now hiring, and…