WHERE TO SPOT SOLAR ECLIPSE SPECIALS AND WATCH PARTIES IN D.C.
Pop-ups and events are in full swing around D.C., and this selective guide includes everything longer-term pop-ups and one-off events.
#ChefsForWCKFamilies Dinner
The Deal: Chefs Stopping AAPI Hate mobilizes top D.C. culinary talent to come to Penn Quarter’s Moon Rabbit and cook a one-night fundraising dinner. All proceeds will directly support the families of World Central Kitchen’s humanitarian heroes who were tragically killed in Gaza from an IDF attack on April 1. The multi-course meal will be prepared by: Kevin Tien (Moon Rabbit, Hot Lola’s); Susan Bae (Moon Rabbit); Tim Ma (Lucky Danger, Laoban Dumplings, Any Day Now); Ryan Ratino (Hive Hospitality’s Bresca, JÔNT, MAASS, and Omo by JÔNT); Erik Bruner-Yang (Maketto); Rose Previte (Compass Rose, Maydan); Amy Brandwein (Centroline, Piccolina); and Matt Adler (Caruso’s Grocery, Cucina Morini).
When: Monday, April 29 at 6 p.m.
Where: Moon Rabbit, 927 F Street NW
Cost: The $400 dinner includes beverage pairings; contact Pamela Yee (Chefsstoppingaapihate@gmail.com) to inquire about corporate sponsorship packages.
Ampersandwich
The Deal: Two years after its debut, chef Reid Shilling brings back his popular sandwich pop-up to mark the start of baseball season in Navy Yard. New and returning dishes take over the happy hour menu at Shilling Canning Company through the month of April. Four showcased sandwiches include: Baltimore Pit Beef, drawing from Shilling’s Maryland heritage with seven ounces of pit beef and creamy horseradish sauce on a griddled benne bun; the McReid (St. Louis style ribs and pork shoulder on a benne bun with sour dills and red onion); buttermilk-fried chicken breast topped with homemade hot honey, pickles, mayo and iceberg lettuce; and the double-decker AmpBurger built with house-ground chuck patties, cheddar cheese, sour dills, lettuce, and white onions with its proprietary Amp Sauce.
Where: Shilling Canning Company, 350 Water Street SE
Dates: Available Wednesday through Friday (at the patio or bar) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: Sandwiches are $14-$16; there’s also $3 oysters, $10 snacks (deviled eggs, truffled fries, country ham biscuits), $6 drafts, $10 house wines, or a $10 Five Sisters Fizz cocktail made with basil-infused vodka, preserved 5 Sisters Farm blackberries, lemon, mint, and sparkling wine.
The Shell’s Cookbook Dinner Series
Fried Rice Collective’s Scott Drewno and Danny Lee eat and drink their way through two of their favorite culinary books on Fridays this month at The Shell, a private events space inside their Barracks Row breakfast newcomer I Egg You. 517 8th Street SE
- A multi-course dinner on Friday, April 26 celebrates the April release of chef Deuki Hong’s new Korea World cookbook. The four-course spread, with help from Anju chef Angel Barreto, includes bindae tteok and branzino jorim and optional beverage pairings. Tickets are $100 with a signed book for $21. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Palestinian Musakhan Chicken Pop-Up
The Deal: Chefs and longtime friends Edward Reavis (All Set Restaurant & Bar, Money Muscle BBQ, Fryer’s Roadside) and Marcelle Afram (Shababi Palestinian Rotisserie Chicken) team up on an April takeout and delivery menu in Silver Spring. Available at All Set (8630 Fenton Street) April 24-25.
Lost Island Vibes at the Square
The Deal: Owen Thompson, who ran U Street’s tiki standard-bearer Archipelago until its closure last year, is now running the bar at downtown’s food hall the Square. Every Saturday, he revives his tropical talents with a Lost Island Vibes pop-up full of pina coladas and mai tais. And the Square’s next monthly retail pop-up packed with local artisans is May 18.
Where: The Square, 1850 K Street NW
Dates: Saturdays from 4 p.m. to close
Brunch on the Go at The Yards
The Deal: The annual brunch-and-bubbly run series is back at The Yards for the first three Saturdays in May. Each session starts with a stretch led by Mayweather Boxing followed by a guided 2-mile walk (or 3-mile run) with Pacers Running. After the workout, enjoy a brunch box curated by a neighboring Southeast restaurant: pizza pad Emmy Squared (May 4), Puerto Rican eatery La Famosa (May 11), and Southern staple Due South (May 18). Each brunch box includes brunch for two, a bottle of bubbly, and two champagne flutes.
Where: Pacers Running at The Yards, 300 Tingey Street SE
Cost: Tickets are $65 and cover a brunch box for two runners alongside a bottle of bubbly and two champagne flutes; 21-and-up registration is required on Eventbrite.
Monstera Burrito
The Deal: Chef Alex McCoy (Lucky Buns, Bar Boheme) slings West Coast-styled breakfast burritos that frequently sell out inside Georgetown’s historic Saras Market. Beef barbacoa braised for hours with chilis, lemongrass, and aromatics joins egg, poblanos, onions, fried potatoes, cheese, guajillo crema, chilis, and homemade salsas inside a flour tortilla. Other offerings at the new weekend-only venture include aguas frescas like hibiscus juice and ginger-lemongrass lemonade, coffee, and eggy tortas built on freshly baked bread with chorizo or bacon. Monstera’s morning menu goal is to offer “vibrant, loaded breakfast plates that will get you going regardless if you don’t plan on hitting the beach for a wave or two,” says McCoy. The storied Georgetown bodega, around since 1919, changed ownership this past year and “we are excited to be part of the rebirth of this neighborhood institution,” he says.
Dates: Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Inside Saras Market; 3008 Q Street NW
Cost: Burritos start at $15
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