This can be a curated checklist of D.C. space’s most notable and everlasting restaurant and bar closures, with new updates printed each month. See a closing we missed? Drop us a line.
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA—Celebrated New York bakery Mah-Ze-Dahr “made the extraordinarily troublesome choice” to shut its large Virginia locale on Thursday, January 23, per a assertion on Instagram. The three,000-square-foot facility close to the Crystal Metropolis Metro station, open since 2021, was the corporate’s largest retailer but. All workers had been supplied positions with associate Knead Hospitality + Design, the D.C. restaurant group that helped deliver the model to city. Mah-Ze-Dahr, recognized for its croissants, cheesecakes, and cinnamon rolls, made its first transfer outdoors of Manhattan with the 2020 opening of a short-lived Navy Yard storefront. 1550 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia
IVY CITY—D.C.’s all-day cafe Baker’s Daughter shut down its Northeast outpost in mid-January, and it’s not the one eating vacation spot within the industrial-styled district to name it quits this month; Italian eatery By way of Ghibellina can be marked as completely closed.
UNION STATION—UNO Pizzeria & Grill wrapped up a 35-year run inside D.C.’s historic transit station. The nationwide chain maintains a neighborhood presence in Northern Virginia. 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE
UNION MARKET DISTRICT—Parachute Pizza, Union Market’s fledgling stall filled with Sicilian-style pies, closed on the finish of 2024. “This isn’t the top for Parachute, only a pause,” per a closing message on Instagram. 1309 fifth Road NE
H STREET—Bronze, the groundbreaking Northeast restaurant that reimagined the historical past of the African diaspora via the lens of a fictional character named Alonzo Bronze, is formally closed. Its complete four-story constructing is at present listed for lease. 1245 H Road NE
