Good news, Eastern Market! At 11 AM tomorrow, Pitango Gelato will open its third DC location next door to the original Peregrine Espresso. Damn – now I’m craving an affogato.
When we got word that tomorrow would be opening day, we immediately took a walk over to Eastern Market to check out the space. We had been watching the construction with interest, but the news that they were ready still took us by surprise. What we saw when we got there was a Pitango shop that was just about ready for business.
A few more shots of the interior after the jump. (more…)
I passed the storefront countless times: heading to CVS, picking up my dry cleaning, depositing a check. Each time, I found myself staring in the window and wondering what was going on behind the brown paper. I found out last week, and as of Monday Pound Coffee’s new location is officially open. And not a moment too soon, it turns out.
Pound the Hill, as they’re calling their new digs, was meant to be the second space for one of NOMA’s earliest arrivals. The plan was to keep the original open, get the new space up and running, and maybe even look ahead to another location when the time was right. On Monday, Eater DC reported that the NOMA shop was closing for good, the victim of a landlord dispute and fortunate timing.
We stopped by to take a First Look around the Capitol Hill space just over a week ago, and the reports of early crowds come as no surprise. The coffee has always been a hit – Pound is the only coffee shop on the East Coast carrying Kickap00 Coffee, Roast Magazine’s 2010 Roaster of the Year and purveyor of “organic, fair trade, artisan-roasted,” and their Nutella latte has a rabid following. Couple that with the welcoming space we found when we visited and you’ve got the makings of a new neighborhood destination.
We’ve got more pictures, an overview of what visitors can expect, and some big news for Hill staffers after the jump.
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When we got word that tomorrow would be opening day, we immediately took a walk over to Eastern Market to check out the space. We had been watching the construction with interest, but the news that they were ready still took us by surprise. What we saw when we got there was a Pitango shop that was just about ready for business.
