PROJECTED OPENING: No New Info At This Time To Be Announced in Adams Morgan Co-owner and Director of Operations, Geraldine Mendoza, has announced that Taqueria Xochi is finalizing plans to open a second location in Adams Morgan. This new location is expected to introduce outdoor seating and offer more sweets from Chef and Co-owner, Teresa Padilla. It will have more of an ice cream parlor feel and plans to make a variety of flavors of paletas and nieves, which in Mexico are popsicles and sorbets. The owners still have not decided if there will be indoor seating, but the addition of outdoor seating will be the first time Taqueria Xochi has had seating; initially starting as a ghost kitchen and takeout spot. For more information, visit their website here.

PROJECTED OPENING: No New Info At This Time 3451 Benning Road NE Entrepeneur Mary Blackford will be opening Market 7, a new food hall in Northeast D.C., that aims to serve underserved communities in Ward 7 and 8 access to fresh and prepared foods from black-owned businesses this year. This 7,000 square-foot concept will feature eight food stalls as well as a live pantry. Aesthetically, Market 7 will have a modern feel and aims to be a gathering place in the community and will also host cooking demonstrations and classes. Market 7 has also partnered with Whole Foods, in order to bring black-owned products onto Whole Food's shelves and to Market 7 when it opens at the end of this year. For more information, visit their website here.

PROJECTED OPENING: 2026400 Florida Avenue NEMOB Hotel will be opening their first American outpost in the Union Market neighborhood in 2026. This new establishment will boast 144 rooms, a rooftop restaurant with incredible views of D.C., a cinema, bar, and much more. For more information, visit their website here.

PROJECTED OPENING: Fall 2026 1860 Reston Row Plaza, Reston, VA Old Ebbitt Grill will be expanding for the first time in its centuries-long history, with a new concept, Ebbitt House, opening in Reston this Fall. The new outpost will bring classics from Old Ebbitt Grill to Virginia, as well as twice-a-day happy hour, a raw bar, seafood towers, and more. Ebbitt House is expected to seat 300 guests inside and an additional 125 on the outside patio. There will be two bars inside and one outside on the patio. Guests can expect Ebbitt House to be more modern than Old Ebbitt Grill. For more information, click here.

PROJECTED OPENING: No New Information At This Time 12137 Rockville Pike Suite #14, Rockville, MD Chef Jose Garces in partnership with Zong Chen and Alexis Chen will be opening a new location of Buena Onda in Rockville's Pike Center. The menu developed by Garces takes inspiration from Baja peninsula's culture, seafood shacks, and taquerias. Buena Onda will offer a casual and laid-back experience for its guests. The space itself will be 2,000 square-feet. Three more locations will be opening in the DMV, with those locations yet to be announced. This Rockville location will be the first in the major expansion. For more information, visit their website here. 

PROJECTED OPENING: No New Information At This Time 967 Rose Avenue, North Bethesda, MD A new Japanese-inspired restaurant, Mui, will be opening at North Bethesda's Pike & Rose in the space formerly home to The Block this year. This 8,506 square-foot restaurant will feature non-traditional Japanese dishes as well as traditional kaiseki, sushi, omakase from Japan (which will be the highlight of Mui). Some additional menu options will be seafood and meat cooked on a Robata grill. The food menu will be complemented by an agave, scotch, and sake menu curated by a highly trained mixologist. More information to come as the opening is closer. For more information, click here.

PROJECTED OPENING: 2026 1155 Dahlia Street NW Giulio Adriani will be opening a second location of his concept, Slice & Pie, at the Parks at Walter Reed this year. Guests can get excited for an expanded menu at this new location, with menu options such as paninis, pizza, smash burgers, and more. This new location will have 26 seats for guests to sit and enjoy their food, making it larger than it’s U Street predecessor. For more information, visit Slice & Pie’s website here.

PROJECTED OPENING: 2027 3000 M Street NW José Andrés Group and Thor Equities are joining forces to create the renowned hospitality company’s first hotel: The Bazaar House by José Andrés. The 67-room luxury hotel will feature an exclusive private membership club, multiple food and beverage venues all curated by José Andrés Group, events space, an expansive dedicated wellness center, high-end retail offerings and more, slated to open in 2027 in Georgetown. The private club will be a focal point of the project, featuring exclusive benefits and venues for members, including The Bazaar Club—a penthouse club with a signature restaurant with breathtaking views of Georgetown. For more information, click here. 

PROJECTED OPENING: 2026 176 Maple Avenue West, Vienna, VA Chef Victor Albisu will be opening Electric Bull, a boutique steakhouse, in his hometown of Vienna, Virginia next Summer. Electric Bull will build on Albisu’s legacy as an award-winning steakhouse chef. The 2,500-square-foot steakhouse will feature 80 seats for dine-in service, including a full-service bar and a front patio. Electric Bull will showcase a full-service steakhouse experience, beginning with a raw bar featuring crudos, ceviches, carpaccios, and tartares. Oysters will be available dressed raw or grilled. Decadent fugazetta pizza, a double-crusted Argentine specialty piled high with caramelized onions and mozzarella, will stand out as an option for bread service. Eggs will be available throughout the day, in indulgent omelets, scrambles, fried egg platters, and steak and eggs, with elevated toppings like caviar and truffles. Red meat will be at the heart of the Electric Bull menu, with an array of both classic and non-traditional steakhouse cuts such as hanger steaks, teres major, picaña, flank and flat iron steaks, South American-style short ribs, and a family-recipe house-made chorizo. For more information, visit their website here.

PROJECTED OPENING: 2026 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD Uchiko will be opening in Bethesda later this year, making it Maryland’s first location of the concept. Uchiko will bring a taste of elevated Japanese cuisine to the suburb from its James Beard Award-winning Chef Tyson Cole. Guests can expect Uchiko’s signature smoke and char grill alongside hot and cold tastings, sushi, sashimi and a seasonal omakase. Uchiko’s space 9,000 square-foot space features a 200 -seat dining room with a dedicated sushi bar where guests can watch master sushi chefs work, a separate cocktail bar, and two private dining rooms. The menu will emphasize shared plates and robust flavors – from freshly flown-in fish to wood-grilled branzino, wagyu beef ribs and yakitori-style skewers – alongside a refined selection of nigiri, hot and cold tastings, and an omakase offering. The beverage program will complement the menu with a notable collection of Japanese whisky, sake and seasonal cocktails. For more information, click here.