PROJECTED OPENING: Early 2026 304 Carroll Street NW Phia will be opening early next year on the Takoma Park/Takoma DC border, bringing Appalachian tradition and cooking to DC and Montgomery County. Founded by Brad Feickert, Phia is named after his grandmother and her story serves as the inspiration for the new restaurant. Feickert hopes to make the concept not only about food, but a place where people feel at home.

PROJECTED OPENING: Late 2025 1111 20th Street NW Moxies, the Canadian-born premium casual restaurant known for its chef-driven menu, craft cocktails and high-energy vibe, will open its first-ever DC location just south of Dupont Circle later this year. The 8,000+ square-foot flagship led by Brandon Thordarson will feature a modern dining room, bold statement bar and versatile spaces designed to host everything from intimate nights out to lively group celebrations. Guests can expect globally inspired dishes made in-house, inventive cocktails and a stylish, high-energy atmosphere unlike anything else in the neighborhood. For more information, click here.

PROJECTED OPENING: Fall 2025 1100 15th Street NW Isla, a luxe ode to island ingredients and flavors with a global vibe, and Goodlove, a stylish cocktail lounge rooted in good music and chic design, will be opening in DC’s Midtown Center this Fall. Both Isla and Goodlove bring a distinct culinary and aesthetic point of view to downtown, with an emphasis on live-fire cooking, exquisite seasonal, soulful fare, and lush, transportive design at Isla, and perfectly executed cocktails and sexy, music-driven vibes at Goodlove. The 8,000-square-foot Isla, the led by Executive Chef Lonie Murdock, will celebrate the heritage and passionate globe-trotting shared by Murdock and her partner Darren Hinds, a veteran Toronto nightlife impresario and restaurateur. Hinds, meanwhile, will take the lead at 2,200-square-foot Goodlove – which, although just steps from Isla, is a destination all its own, filled with intimacy, hints of glamour, and most important, a cerebral love for music, from rock to house music to R&B, with DJs spinning nightly. Murdock’s menu will reflect heritage and modernity, tradition and experimentation. Goodlove will be a complement to Isla’s elegance, a place for lovers of music and style. Bartenders here will specialize in classic cocktails – and their Goodlove remixes.