Coming soon to Barracks Row: Jabwemet Indian Kitchen
New Indian Cuisine Coming to Barracks Row
by Larry Janezich
Posted April 1, 2024
Parminder Singh Manan, owner of two restaurants featuring Indian cuisine in NW DC hopes to open Jabwemet Indian Kitchen at 515 8th Street on Barracks Row later this month. The space was recently occupied by El Bodegon which closed in January.
This will be the owner’s third restaurant in the city: the other two are Naanwise Indian Cuisine in Woodley Park at 2625 Connecticutt Avenue, NW, and Oh! Nan Indian Kitchen in Columbia Heights at 1720 14th Street, NW.
According to General Manager Sandeep Kapoor, the owner decided to open on Barracks Row owing to the dearth of fine dining Indian restaurants in the area, not only on the nearby commercial corridors on Capitol Hill, but in Navy Yard. Kapoor says the menu at Jabwemet Kitchen will be similar to that at Oh! Nan. See here: https://ohnaan.com/menu.php
Kapoor said, “We believe in providing a fine dining experience with excellent food and great service – none of the other restaurants in the area offer this.”
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 
Wonderful! We need good Indian food here. I miss Tandoor.
Finally a new restaurant I’m excited about! Bombay Street Food is great but I would like a more traditional style Indian restaurant too.
speaking of Tandoor, is an Ethiopian restaurant still coming to that space?