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.