Penn Quarter Living

15/08/2023

Good news all! Dos Toros Taqueria is making headway on the 7th and G St NW location across from the Capital One Arena including a liquor license application posting. Looking forward to some good tacos!

13/06/2023

07/04/2023

We encourage everyone to read this report and figure out how the proposed changes would alter your experience in the neighborhood either for the better or for the worse.

Mayor Bowser is encouraging more residents to move downtown and feedback will be needed to help guide further development of our neighborhood.

The neighborhood is a magnet for visitors.

13/03/2023

Compass Coffee opened late last month at 11th and E St NW. We've visited a few times and it's a great place to have coffee and breakfast. Three breakfast sandwiches are on the menu too!

Check the link below for more pictures, hours, and menu information.

http://pqliving.com/compass-coffee-opens-in-former-peets-space-435-11th-st-nw-11the-corner/

23/12/2022

The Museum of Illusions is now open at CityCenter. It's above the Brioni clothing shop.

http://pqliving.com/the-museum-of-illusions-open-at-citycenter-927-h-st-nw-2nd-level/

16/11/2022

We enjoyed a recent visit to the new location for Baker’s Daughter found in the Eaton DC Hotel at 1201 K St NW. Breakfast and lunch are available. (The I St NW location in Chinatown is firmly closed.)
http://pqliving.com/bakers-daughter-cafe-and-market-moved-to-eaton-hotel-1201-k-st-nw/

12/11/2022

A favorite downtown DC tradition happens Monday evening...the Macy windows unveiling. Fun for all ages!

Get ready to deck the halls, or window displays that is, at Macy's Metro Center Annual Holiday Window Unveiling! The grand reveal will take place along the G St. side of the store, between 12th & 13th Streets NW, featuring live entertainment from WHUR 96.3.

The holiday fun takes place Monday, Nov. 14 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Click here to learn more: http://bit.ly/3fSEYo7.

18/08/2022

We visited Puttery recently and enjoyed our evening there. The mini golf themed bar and restaurant is engaging and has plenty of places to take fun photos for an evening out. We snapped a few of the interior and posted them in our review.

We're glad it's here in Penn Quarter and DowntownDC!

Puttery (800 F St NW) opened its doors to Washington DC in late June of this year and we can now say we’ve seen it, done it, and liked it. A mini-golf themed restaurant and bar spanning multiple levels and a broad swath of space now occupies both the former Olivia Restaurant (Nopa and Zola restaur...

15/06/2022

We haven't written up a Cribs post in a while to highlight a cool neighborhood condo for sale. We found one worth mentioning recently so here is the 35th edition where we visit The Lafayette on D St NW...Perched Over (Lower) Penn Quarter.

http://pqliving.com/?p=21573

26/05/2022

Hi all...we're reminding you about 7th Street NW being shut down to vehicles next Saturday, June 4 for DDOT's/Mayor Bowser's Open Streets initiative. More details can be found in the post below.

http://pqliving.com/open-streets-taking-over-7th-st-nw-on-sat-june-4/

24/02/2022

Hello Penn Quarterites...the DowntownDC BID is polling residents and workers about how to improve Chinatown-Gallery Place's 7th Street corridor. The survey count is in the mid-300s and we definitely need to have representation from the residential and worker community to boost that number.

Please take a moment to fill out the 10 question survey!

http://pqliving.com/take-a-10-question-survey-to-tell-the-downtown-dc-bid-about-your-vision-for-gallery-place-chinatown/

What is your vision for the future of Gallery Place-Chinatown? Tell the Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) in a 10-question survey. But hurry. The survey closes February 28, 2022. As of the evening of February 23 only 344 people have taken the survey and more responses are needed to tru...

15/02/2022

Hey downtowners and Penn Quarterites. The DowntownDC BID is hosting a community meeting Thursday night to present work on the public realm in downtown DC. Registration is required and a few more deets are in our post.

The Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) will host a public community meeting to discuss the master public space plan for downtown DC parks on Thursday, February 17 from 5 to 6:30 pm. This includes work accomplished by the DowntownDC Parks Master Plan project team and the Gallery Place-Ch...

03/11/2021

First went the Starbucks (2 of them!). Then the McDonald's shut its doors (E St NW). Now it's CVS' turn (8th St NW).

http://pqliving.com/penn-quarter-cvs-in-lansburgh-building-closing-this-month-435-8th-st-nw/

12/09/2021

Good news everyone! Landmark's E Street Cinema opened last Friday.

We’re delighted that the E Street Theatre (555 11th St NW – entrance on E St NW between 10th and 11th St NW) reopens today to a full slate of movies. The movie listings can be found here.

12/08/2021

Smashburger opened in late July on 7th St NW. Menu photo in the post: http://pqliving.com/smashburger-open-in-penn-quarterchinatown-804-7th-st-nw/

12/07/2021

Ed Note: We goofed. We thought the ANC 2C meeting was Mon, July 12 but it's Tue, July 13. We corrected all our posts and sorry about that!

We're excited to hear about a neighborhood public arts project from the National Museum of Women in the Arts discussed at tomorrow night's ANC2C meeting starting at 6 pm. Details can be found in today's PQ Living post.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Ave NW) at the corner of 13th St, New York Ave, and H St NW will be discussing a public art project at this tomorrow evening’s ANC 2C meeting (Tue, Jul 13) at 6 pm. The ANC2C website links to the evening’s full agenda.

20/05/2021

Truluck's seafood restaurant is opening this Saturday. We can comment that the interior looks great as does the food photos we received. We're trying the scallops first!

http://pqliving.com/trulucks-washington-d-c-opens-its-doors-this-saturday-may-22-700-k-st-nw/

05/03/2021

The business environment is very different now than it was in 2019 when the outdoor amplified sound legislation bill was discussed. The pandemic cratered many retail businesses in the Penn Quarter neighborhood but the return to what we once knew could be swift. The reintroduction of this bill to the DC Council's agenda is an important step in moving *all* stakeholders forward.

The outdoor sound legislation on which the DC City Council held hearings in 2019 has been reintroduced by Chairman Phil Mendelson, Councilmember Brooke Pinto (Ward 2), and Councilmember Anita Bonds (At Large). The status of the bill can be seen here and the (re)introduction can be seen here [PDF] wi...