New restaurants are opening on the 14th Street NW corridor faster than we can dine at them—including seven in just the past two weeks. Will the restaurant derecho ever abate? Will the strip be overrun by pizza joints? Is there such a thing as peak taco? Take in this list of what’s new and what’s still coming, and decide for yourself.
Restaurants opened in 2012: 4
1. Hanoi House, 2005 14th St. NW
2. Drafting Table, 1529 14th St. NW
3. Black & Orange, 1931 14th St. NW
4. The Pig, 1320 14th St. NW
Restaurants opened so far in 2013: 9
5. Etto, 1541 14th St. NW
6. Taqueria Nacional, 1409 T St. NW
7. BakeHouse, 1407 T St. NW
8. Matchbox, 1901 14th St. NW
9. Le Diplomate, 1601 14th St. NW
10. B Too, 1324 14th St. NW
11. Ghibellina, 1610 14th St. NW
12. Black Whiskey, 1410 14th St. NW
13. Sweetgreen, 1325 W St. NW
Restaurants Yet to Open: 14
14. Kapnos, 2201 14th St. NW
15. G, 2201 14th St. NW
16. Diego, 2100 14th St. NW
17. Piola, 2208 14th St. NW
18. Doi Moi, 1800 14th St. NW
19. Ted’s Bulletin, 14th and Swann St. NW
20. Lupo Verde, 1401 T St. NW
21. Tico, 14th St. NW between U and T streets
22. Compass Rose, 1346 T St. NW
23. Bar di Bari, 1401 R St. NW
24. M Cafe & Bar, 1634 14th St. NW
25. Barcelona Wine Bar, 1622 14th St. NW
26. Chipotle, 1508 14th St. NW
27. Something from the Taylor Gourmet guys, 1418 14th St. NW
LITTLE MEXICO
(Taco and Mexican spots: 7)
Diego
Tico
Taqueria Nacional
Chipotle
El Centro D.F.
Pica Taco
Tortilla Coast
vs. LITTLE ITALY
(Italian and pizza spots: 10)
G
Piola
Etto
Lupo Verde
Bar di Bari
M Cafe & Bar
Matchbox
Manny & Olga’s
Posto
HomeMade Pizza Company
Non-Local Restaurants Coming: 4
Piola
Barcelona Wine Bar
Chipotle
Tico
Fast-Casual Spots Opening in 2013: 5
Chipotle
G
Sweetgreen
Taqueria Nacional
BakeHouse
Establishments with Black in the Name: 4
Black Cat
Black & Orange
Black Whiskey
Black Jack
Graphic by Jandos Rothstein.
The map originally contained several production errors. It labeled two restaurants as No. 17. The lower one should have read 19, corresponding with Ted’s Bulletin on 14th Street NW. It also labeled Riggs Street as R Street, showed Corcoran Street continuing past 13th Street, showed Rhode Island Avenue running through Logan Circle, and left off several streets.