Map 11 • Near Northeast images

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Near Northeast

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Map 11

Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale are at the edge of the gentrification craze pushing east from Shaw, which is predicted to be the next Dupont Circle, and historic homes, including some breathtaking Victorians, are being restored block by block. Unfortunately, the huge swath of railroad tracks slicing through does little for unification or aesthetics, however, and certain areas require an extra bit of caution.

image Landmarks

• Chocolate City Beer • 2801 8th St NE
DC’s first microbrewery melts Chocolate City’s heart.

• Crispus Attucks Park • V St NW & U St NW
Neighborly public space in the heart of Bloomingdale.

• LeDroit Park • Rhode Island Ave NW & Florida Ave NW
Race relations/green space.

• Washington Coliseum • 1140 3rd St NW
DC’s performance venue.

image Coffee

• Big Bear Cafe • 1700 1st St NW
202-643-9222
Bloomingdale’s independent coffeeshop, with its artful latte foam and free wi-fi, is an absolute star.

• Peregrine Espresso • 1309 5th St NE
202-543-5459
Mini-chain with attention to detail.

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• Boundary Stone • 116 Rhode Island Ave NW
202-621-6635
Where hipsters go to meet and make baby hipsters.

• Fur • 33 Patterson St NE
202-842-3401
You like sweaty 18-year-old girls?

image Restaurants

• The Atlas Room • 1015 H St NE
202-388-4020 • $$$
Global fusion taken to a new art form.

• Bacio Pizzeria • 81 Seaton Pl NW
202-232-2246 • $$
If this were Connecticut, it’d be called Mystic Pizza.

• Beau Thai • 1550 7th St NW
202-536-5636 • $
Continuing the tradition of terribly punny Thai restaurant names.

• Cookie’s Corner • 1970 2nd St NW
202-986-2793 • $
Part take-out, part convenience store. Ask about Cookie.

• DC Empanadas • 1309 5th St NE
703-400-5363 • $
Once, these gourmet empanadas only came from a truck.

• Kushi • 465 K St NW
202-682-3123 • $$
Izakaya and sushi restaurant with plenty of small-batch sake.

• Mandu • 453 K St MW
202-289-6899 • $$$
Upscale Korean fare with a twist.

• Masseria • 1340 4th St NE
202-608-1330 • $$$$
Italian set menus in unlikely garden-like setting.

• Menomale Pizza Napoletana • 2711 12th St NE
202-248-3946 • $$
Chef’s a master pizza maker from Italy.

• Rappahannock Oyster Bar • 1309 5th St NE
202-544-4702 • $$
Renowned raw bar and small plates.

• The Red Hen • 1822 1st St NW
202-525-3021 • $$$
Seasonal, fresh, Italian-influenced American cuisine.

• Takorean • 1309 5th St NE
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The Korean BBQ Taco truck goes brick-and-mortar.

• Thaaja • 1335 2nd St NE
202-289-4200 • $
It’s like Chipotle only for Indian food.

• Uncle Chip’s • 1514 N Capitol St NW
202-999-4990 • $
Cookies. Sandwiches. Coffee.

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• A. Litteri, Inc. • 517 Morse St NE
202-544-0184
Fine Italian grocery and deli.

• Anna’s Linens • 1060 Brentwood Rd NE
202-529-3402
Nicely priced linens and curtains.

• City Cleaners • 84 Rhode Island Ave NW
202-299-0009
Standard drycleaners in Bloomingdale.

• Giant Food • 1050 Brentwood Rd NE
202-281-3900
Washington DC’s first supermarket.

• Harris Teeter • 1201 1st St NE
202-589-0351
Teeter prevails where Lee failed.

• Home Depot • 901 Rhode Island Ave NE
202-526-8760
You know, Home Depot.

• Le Droit Park Market • 1901 4th St NW
Beloved community convenience shop.

• Lyon Bakery • 1309 5th St NE
202-484-2100
Artisan breads of every sort.

• Red Apron Butcher • 1309 5th St NE
202-524-6807
An American butcher with a European twist.

• Trickling Springs Creamery • 1309 5th St NE
717-816-3622
Find out what dairy is supposed to taste like.