I guess I’m on a bit of an Asian theme for the restaurants this week… SEI is located at 444 7th Street, NW. It looks pretty sweet, if a bit high end. Is this a special occasion restaurant? Any must order dishes?

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This is great timing as I was just asking a friend of mine what was going on with the old Waffle House located near E Street Cinema. Ed. Note: We saw An Education which I thought was terrific. I received an email update from the Downtown BID today with the news. They write:

Look for the old Waffle House (522 10th Street) to become the second DC location for Tackle Box, a Pure Hospitality Restaurant Group lobster shack. Located across from Ford’s Theatre (511 10th Street), the Waffle House offered steaks, grilled chicken and pork chops for breakfast, in addition to waffles, hot cakes and French toast. A different aroma will waft through the 10th Street corridor once Tackle Box, a casual sustainable seafood option, opens this fall and begins serving wood-grilled fish, crispy oysters, lobster rolls and other fare.

We judged the Georgetown location of Tackle Box here.

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Hill Country will be filling in the space of the old clothing store (I forget the name) at 410 7th Street, NW. The alcohol license application says that they’ll be specializing in BBQ:

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But Virginia Linen Service want their linens back! Inde Bleu is located at 707 G Street, NW.

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China Boy Deli is located at 817 6th Street, NW. It actually has surprisingly good reviews on Yelp. Has anyone happened to check them out?

I don’t think they made our list of best Chinese food in the city.

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Thanks to a reader for the heads up:

“It appears a new pho place will be opening at 608 H St NW, according to DC Register. It looks like they’ll be applying for a liquor license and will be open til 3 am!”

The liquor application says:

“NATURE OF OPERATION
Asian and Vietnamese cuisine. 65 seats and total capacity load of 65 on first floor and
storage on the second floor.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Sunday through Thursday 9 am – 2 am and Friday & Saturday 9 am – 3 am”

And speaking of Pho a reader has some veggie Pho news from Pho Viet (3513 14th Street, NW):

“I’m a regular at Pho Viet. Nina and Mike are really great people and have put a lot of work into their restaurant and I’m dying for them to succeed. They spent a year renovating that basement and they’re some of the hardest working people I’ve ever met.

Anyway, I wanted to let you know that they added veggie pho to their menu and they have a chicken pho too (with beef broth). When you originally posted about them, there were a few commenters who wanted veggie pho.”

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Tai Shan is located at 622 H Street, NW. They didn’t get very good reviews on Yelp but I thought it would be a nice tribute to the departure of our beloved Giant Panda…

I guess I’m totally veering off topic but I am also curious what the next big attraction will be at the zoo?

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Mehak is located at 817 7th Street, NW in Chinatown. Whenever I’ve walked past this place it is almost always nearly dead empty. But I saw a nice review from the Post:

So are there any fans out there? You can see their menu here.

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Sushi Go Round & Tapas is located at 705 7th Street NW. This is the spot located next to the Verizon Center. I’m always curious about this spot when I go see a movie at the Regal Cinema inside the mall. You can see their menus here. Any fans?

Incidentally I had a crepe at the nearby Crepes on the walk. I had a cheese, avocado and tomato one for $6 and it was awesome!

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Szechuan Gallery Restaurant located at 617 H Street, NW will become Ming’s.  Check out the description below from the alcohol application.  Does anyone know what Hong Kong style dishes are?

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PS 7’s is located at 777 I (Eye) Street, NW. You can see their menus here. Would this be a good option for restaurant week? Any fans out there in general?

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I saw a twitpic from @PQliving on twitter and stopped by yesterday when I was checking out Ping Pong Dim Sum. The crepe place is now open off 7th Street near G by the entrance to the mall/Gallery Place movie theater. I’d love to sneak some crepes into the movie theater… Here’s a look at the menu:

Do those prices seem reasonable?

After the jump are the two other kiosks one opened and one coming soon. Read Full Post

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Here’s the spot from 900 7th Street, NW that we discussed last week. I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek at a media preview. It’s a great big space covering 6100 square feet with a capacity of 238. Pictured above is the open kitchen and though I didn’t get to taste anything it smelled great. You can see the food menu below:

ping pong dim sum web menu

The bar was pretty nice as well.

Here’s an alcoholic bubble tea drink I got to try:

You can see the drinks menu below:

ping pong drinks web menu

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Thanks to @Ray Swore for the heads up. I’m really excited to try this place out. I haven’t had Dim Sum in ages. It’s located at 900 7th Street, NW in Chinatown. You can see their Web site from England here. @shaw-girl on twitter says she stopped in and said they’re going to open Dec. 12th!

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Just saw this application for Carmine’s Italian Restaurant coming to 425 7th Street, NW. It actually fills up two of the storefronts. Looks like it’ll be huge because it says the occupancy is 720. Not sure if that’s a typo I’m guessing it’s more like 220 but who knows. Here’s the application:

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