Barracks Row Kaiju Ramen at 525 8th Street, SE, opened in early December. The restaurant specializes in authentic Japanese ramen – wheat-flour Japanese noodles in broth. You can scroll down on their FB posts to find their current menu. https://bit.ly/33KGGBt … and check out this night-time video of the interior, also from their FB page: https://bit.ly/32gumIo Photo: Kaiju Ramen
The Havana Tobacco Mart Smoke Shop at 607 Pennsylvania Avenue is open, marketing cigars, hookah products, CBD, Kratom, and Delta 8.
Here’s a photo inside. Barred in DC reports the permanent closure of Tortilla Coast, cattycorner from the Capitol South Metro stop. Their last day was Saturday, December 18. They have been at the current location since 1996. See here: https://barredindc.com/Barred in DC also reports that Cava Mezze on Barracks Row closed permanently on Sunday, November 28th. It opened in 2009. https://barredindc.com/ Photo: Cava Barry Margeson, DGS Eastern Market Manager, released Eastern Market’s schedule for December earlier this month. Here’s the schedule for the next two weeks. Here’s a shot of the US Capitol’s holiday tree, looking down the Mall. Happy Holidays from Capitol Hill Corner.
The Week Ahead…and Some Photos from the Past Week
Tuesday, December 21
ANC6B’s Executive Committee holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm to set the agenda for the January meeting of the full ANC.
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 
It’s amazing to me that Eastern Market closes at 6:00 PM. They have clearly chosen the tourist and retiree market over anyone who works.