Aug 05, 2019
An Employee Says She Was Fired From Open City After Commenting On A Customer’s Trump Pin
The employee says the restaurant was doing “damage control.” Open City claims this isn’t her first such incident.
Jun 17, 2016
The 10 Best Iced Coffee Drinks In D.C.
It’s summertime, add some ice to that java.
Nov 15, 2007
About Tonight
>> Open City, the coffeehouse, diner and bar in Woodley Park, is celebrating its 2nd birthday tonight by offering diners their choice of a free cup of Tryst blend coffee, a glass of champagne, or a piece of chocolate birthday cake. >> Homegrown online fashion purveyors Unsung Designers are heading to New York, but tonight they’ll be hosting a final D.C. trunk sale from 6 to 9 p.m. at 2412 18th Street NW in…
Jul 03, 2007
Johnny’s Baaaack and Taking Things to New Heights
I was a bit uncertain as I walked down Calvert St. toward Open City. I was looking for New Heights, and what I saw was a slightly shabby awning on a narrow storefront. This, I thought, is nothing like Firefly. But I’d been tipped off. I was there to see a man named John Wabeck about some soft shell crabs. A few months ago, Wabeck left the kitchen at Firefly to escape conference calls and…
Aug 29, 2006
Brew at the Zoo
By DCist contributor Celeste Dawn Mitchell Two thousand of the khaki crowd’s finest came out to party Thursday at Friends of the National Zoo’s Young Professionals’ (or FONZ YP’s, if you will) sold-out Brew at the Zoo. Proceeds went toward its Asian elephant conservation project. Just in case patrons forgot they were partying for a cause, four-ounce fill-lines on souvenir mugs intimated that this was a classy tasting affair, not a frat kegger. Though…
May 17, 2006
Photo of the Day: May 16, 2006
Since everyone is sick of architectural photos (sorry Brownpau) we’ll go with my other favorite subject – animals. In this case, animals in cracker form at Open City. Flickr user ambimb says this is a camel, but with that short nose, I’m thinking feline. This shot was taken on a Canon PowerShot S400. The EXIF data can be found here. And if it’s animals you want, the DCist tag pool has plenty of them….
Dec 20, 2005
New and Improved: Sosan and Nana
The District’s shopping landscape has undergone some alterations over the past few weeks. With the addition of boutique Sosan and a shiny new space for Nana, you have two new reasons to avoid the mall. Even if it still is freezing outside. Sosan: As much as we love Woodley Park, for a while it has felt like the District’s equivalent of Indiana (the crossroads of America). Now, instead of just appreciating Woodley’s location for its…
Dec 03, 2005
Open City Opens in Woodley Park
Yesterday DCist popped by Open City in Woodley Park, a new “coffeehouse/diner/bar” from the folks behind Adams Morgan’s popular Tryst and The Diner. While we didn’t try the food our companion dined on decadent-looking chocolate cake, and the plates going by seemed to match the generally good quality we’ve found at the proprietor’s Adams Morgan establishments. Over at the Post’s City Guide, Open City has gotten mixed reviews, perhaps a reflection of some of the…