Thanks for the Memories and Meals: D.C.’s Shuttered Restaurants
Yaku will be history by January.
The poor economy keeps putting the squeeze on local restaurants.
The latest to shut their doors (or scheduled to shut their doors) include Vegetate in Shaw, the CPK on Connecticut Avenue, Yaku in Arlington, D'Acqua on Pennsylvania Avenue, Savory Cafe in Takoma Park, and Enjera Eritrean Restaurant and Bar in Crystal City.
These victims, some of which promise to be back online in the future, follow in a long line of restaurant funerals this year. Check out this sad list:
- Nathans in Georgetown
- Mark and Orlando's near Dupont Circle
- Farrah Olivia in Old Town
- Le Paradou in Penn Quarter
- Hungry Tiger in Tenleytown
- Napa 1015 on H Street NE
- Jackson's Roasting and Carving Company in Arlington
- La Rue 123 in Fairfax
- Locanda on Capitol Hill
- Olives in downtown
And many many more that I don't have the time or inclination to track down. But on the eve of Thanksgiving, I'd like to say thanks to all of these fallen dining spots. Thanks for filling our stomachs over the years, no matter how well (or poorly) you did the task.
11:38 pm
Burrito Fast in Mt Peasant closed too.
so sad.