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The Biggest D.C.-Area Restaurant Openings in June 2025
Skip to main content Current eater city: Washington, D.C. This is Eater DC's guide to all the new restaurants, bars, and cafes that opened in June. For more 2025 debuts, check out our roundup of best new bars and other recent restaurant arrivals to note . If there's an opening in your neighborhood that we've missed, let us know at dc@ PENTAGON CITY — A Cantonese dim sum spot opens on Thursday, June 26, in Westport shopping center. 1983 Chinese Cuisine serves dim sum staples like congee, shrimp dumplings, and turnip cake, along with heftier dishes like pepper steak and whole roast duck. General manager Cuong Vo tells ARLnow that the name 1983 honors the year of the water pig, with the green-covered restaurant themed around the Chinese zodiac's symbols of luck and money. 1101 S. Joyce Street B26, Arlington, Virginia WEST END — The Setting, an intimate cocktail bar near George Washington University, has turned into a new kosher sushi spot with everything from fried specialty rolls to classic California rolls, poke bowls, different levels of omakase, and appetizers like onigiri and edamame. Oro Nami has been kosher-approved by the Vaad of Greater Washington and the underground sushi bar was blessed with a mezuzah during its opening on Wednesday, June 25. There is also plenty of house cocktails to pair with the sushi here, including highballs, a blossom martini, and Old Fashioneds. 2512 Pennsylvania Avenue NW H STREET — A new spot in Northeast is embracing the fusion of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and American flavors. Tiffany's Bar and Bistro is putting a spin on dishes like a harissa fried chicken sandwich, a kabob melt sandwich, and za'atar grilled calamari, while also serving classics like creamy hummus and eggplant dolma rolls. Washingtonian notes its opening party on Saturday, June 21, included belly dancing, and the owners are 'trying to blend cultures' at the charming bistro. 709 H Street NE GEORGETOWN — Ramen by Uzu debuted in the Grace Street Collective on Friday, June 20, serving up namesake chicken and vegan ramens along with plenty of comforting Japanese dishes. Cold sesame noodles, Japanese curry chicken on rice, and tsukemen (broth-less ramen) make up the rest of the entrees, plus sides of seaweed salad, edamame, and kimchi. Started by former semi-pro basketball player and chef Hiro Mitsui, who has had stints at Toki Underground, Maketto, and Paperhorse Ramen, the ramen shop already has a stall in Union Market that takes online pick-up and delivery orders. The new Georgetown shop is only taking in-person orders, for now. 3210 Grace St NW UNION MARKET — Indian chef Sanjay Mandhaiya, the creative force behind Logan Circle's Pappe, unveiled an all-new culinary endeavor across town on Thursday, June 19. Karravaan celebrates various cultural influences along the popular trading route, with Persian, Portuguese, Indian, and Turkish cuisines showcased under the same roof. Both Indian naan and Persian barbari are served in unlimited quantities, and represent two different takes on flatbread. The theme continues in an extensive selection of passed plates, which include jamon-wrapped dates combining classic Spanish and Moroccan ingredients alongside Tibetan momos, traditional pork, and vegetable dumplings. Family-style orders include seasonal sabzi tagine in its eponymous cooking vessel. The notion of taking diners on a journey is paramount at Karravaan and a railway motif proliferates across the restaurant, from the train-platform ceiling design to the open kitchen design meant to evoke the look of a parked train car. 325 Morse Street NE UNION MARKET — A new fish-obsessed Italian restaurant, Tarì Trattoria, also debuted on Thursday, June 19, on the ground floor of the Gantry apartment building. Francesco Amodeo, founder of D.C.'s acclaimed amaro producer Don Cicco & Figli, is behind the intimate trattoria. The modernized Amalfi Coast recipes at Tarì all come from his childhood in the small town of Furore and kitchens across Southern Italy. Fish availability changes almost daily because of the process of dry-aging and seasonality, with whole fish delivered on ice packs and completely processed in-house. The pastas and mains reflect this commitment to showcasing lesser known seafood, including a show-stopping pasta made with seven different fishes and kingfish served with escarole, anchovies, capers, and an herb-filled sauce called 'salmoriglio.' The small menu wraps with unique desserts like dried eggplant dipped in chocolate ganache and topped with preserved fruits and almonds. The new trattoria is opening from 5 to 10 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. 300 Morse Street NE SHAW — Award-winning Ethiopian chef Elias Taddesse builds upon the 96-seat 'culinary incubator' he opened in May. Along with remixed takes on burgers (Mélange) and fried chicken (Doro Soul Food), Mélange Foods, Inc. adds to its roster with the opening of his Mexican-influenced Moya on Tuesday, June 17. More than seven years in the making, Moya's menu features tacos like goden tibs with confit shallot, pickled jalepeños, and rosemary crema; portobello mushroom tibs, pickled red onion, and roasted garlic crema; and shiro-marinated Atlantic cod, plus sides like spiced injera with guacamole. Moya's answer to birria features fiery, slow-stewed siga wot, melted Chihuahua cheese, and diced onion. Tres leches comes with a fourth dairy component: home-made milk ice cream. Find the trifecta of eats under the same roof of the Atlantic Plumbing Development (where Roy Boys formerly sat) . 2108 8th Street NW CAPITOL HILL — A beloved Mediterranean sweets shop from Georgetown opened a second D.C. edition in early June. Pasha Castle serves treats like baklava, pistachio-crusted rolls and cookies, stretchy Lebanese ice cream called booza, sweet Turkish delights, and crispy knefe alongside plenty of teas and coffee drinks. The new location is open at 8 a.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, staying open till 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and till 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 615 Pennsylvania Avenue SE MOUNT VERNON TRIANGLE — H&H Bagels celebrated its D.C. debut on Thursday, June 12, bringing the highly anticipate New York bagels to the District. Classic everything bagels and schmear still dominate the small menu, along with bacon, egg, and cheese bagel sandwiches, but the bagel shop also serves fun flavor combinations like spicy scallion cream cheese. To maintain its iconic texture, chew, and taste, H&H sends its dough made from kettle-boiled NYC water down to its newest location. Founded in 1972 by Helmer Toro and Hector Hernandez, the original H&H Bagel was as classic as it gets. The new D.C. location is open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. everyday. 601 K Street NW NOMA — NY-based celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Marcus DC, his first in the nation's capital, on Tuesday, June 3, in the Morrow Hotel. With Ethiopian-Swedish fare and plenty of mid-Atlantic seafood dishes, executive chef Anthony Jones — a Maryland native that worked at Miami's Red Rooster Overtown in 2020 and most recently led the kitchen at Dirty Habit — adds his own local twists to Marcus DC's dishes. There's a mambo sauce-slathered Chuck B's roast chicken (named after one of the original founders of Go-Go) to Mel's crab rice — Jones's homage to his summers growing up in Calvert County picking up fresh crabs with his family from Mel's crab truck. Executive pastry chef Rachel Sherriffe, formerly of Rooster & Owl, created a dessert selection influenced by her Jamaican heritage (think Thai basil rice pudding and praline coconut cake). The cocktail menu was crafted by master mixologist Glendon Hartley, of award-winning Causa/Amazonia and Service Bar, to specifically complement the food with Ethiopian spice berbere and tamarind. The new restaurant is open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and till 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 222 M Street NE See More: DC Restaurant News DC Restaurant Openings
New York Times
01-04-2025
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Van Cleef & Arpels' Cadenas Watch at 90
In 1935, Renée Puissant, the artistic director of Van Cleef & Arpels, envisioned transforming an ordinary padlock into one of the house's jewelry watches. The result was the Cadenas, French for padlock, a bold design that stood in stark contrast to the dainty watches made for women of the time. It featured a tilted rectangular case (14 millimeters by 26 millimeters) that was held by two snakelike chains and a shackle that closed on top of the wrist. The timepiece quickly became one of the house's most recognizable creations. Since then, the Cadenas has been in continuous production. And to mark its 90th anniversary, a new combination of gems is scheduled to be presented at Watches & Wonders Geneva, enhanced by pavé diamonds on the shackle and case, accented by baguette-cut sapphires. 'The padlock watch, as its name suggests, is inspired by an everyday object — a padlock — and reflects an artistic approach characteristic of modernism, where artists like Duchamp elevated ordinary objects to the status of art,' said Alexandrine Maviel-Sonet, the patrimony and exhibitions director at Van Cleef & Arpels. She was referring to Marcel Duchamp, the French artist whose representation of a urinal, 'Fountain,' upended modern art in 1917. Ms. Maviel-Sonet noted that Ms. Puissant's fascination with art and her ability to incorporate its influences changed the jeweler. From 1926 to 1942, she said, Ms. Puissant amassed a number of patents and introduced classic designs such as the Minaudière, a variation on the classic jewelry case; the Ludo bracelet, a cuff with a belt buckle-style closure and labeled with Louis Arpels' nickname; and the Mystery Setting, a gem-setting technique that had no visible metal prongs. Rainer Bernard, the head of research and development at Van Cleef & Arpels, attributed the success of the Cadenas watch to its dual identities. 'It's a piece of jewelry with a functional twist,' he said, noting the slightly tilted watch face, designed to face the wearer rather than the public, effectively turned the piece into what the industry calls a secret watch, even though there was no concealment mechanism. Women of style in the 1930s, including the actress and socialite Paulette Goddard and the Duchess of Windsor, frequently wore the Cadenas, bolstering its desirability, which remains strong, according to Jemima Chamberlain-Adams, the deputy director and a jewelry specialist at Sotheby's Geneva. 'Every time Cadenas comes to auction, it does really well,' she said, 'especially the rarer pieces from the 1940s, and all the more so if there is provenance.' A notable example was the platinum and diamond Cadenas that belonged to the duchess, which Sotheby's sold in May 2011 in Geneva for 362,000 Swiss francs (around $411,000 today), far surpassing its high sale estimate of 63,000 francs. Over the years, several variations of the Cadenas have been introduced, including versions with two leather cords, a single leather strap and a single metallic bracelet. However, the original design's proportions and essence have remained unchanged, Mr. Bernard said. 'We have tried to modernize it, but every time we tried, we always got back to the original proportions,' he explained, adding that the only recent updates have been an increased dial size, for improved readability, and a rounder clasp with a simpler closing mechanism. 'Otherwise, it's still fresh, it's still modern. People look at it and ask what it is, as it is not immediately clear that it is a watch, so it remains powerful and intriguing.'
