INS & OUTS

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

As previously reported, eateries such as Shouk, Dig and Villa Yara will be opening very soon. Check Georgetowner.com for updates.

Casey & Company, founded in 2014 by Georgetown resident and certified Chesapeake Bay landscape professional Casey Forbes, is ready for spring, having opened quietly last year at 1052 Potomac St. NW. The business’s tagline — “More than just a pretty space” — is evident at its office and secret garden, just a few doors from Blue Bottle Café. The property once belonged to the first mayor of Georgetown, Robert Peter, elected in 1789 before Georgetown become part of Washington, D.C. Peter operated a general store at this location and was recognized as one of the “Original Proprietors of the City of Washington.” It is also next to a townhouse, where The Georgetowner maintained an office 20 years ago. Casey & Company offers “native and non-native plants, interior plants, garden material, an eclectic collection of unique accessories, found objects and furnishings.”

Next to the recently opened Maman, Tiachi Bubble Tea at 1357 Wisconsin Ave. NW had a soft opening on Feb. 10. The fast casual eatery says it offers “the best bubble tea, healthy poke bowl, and tasty ramen.” It’s part of a chain, headquartered in Rochester.

Another sushi place opened last week in Georgetown. In the former Bandoola Bowl space, Kin’s Sushi is at 1069 Wisconsin Ave. NW — next to Muncheez. Just look for the cyan, magenta and red storefront.

Fangyan stores imports a wide selection of China’s independent designers. Co-founders Juno Zhang and Simin Zhu started as an online business then expanded to brick-and-mortar stores in Gaithersburg and Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. After a pop-up in Georgetown, they are set to open their latest Fangyan store at 1057 Wisconsin Ave. NW in the shuttered AT&T store, next to the C&O Canal. Look for Chinese fashion brands like Mukzin, ZI IICI IEN, Molifusu, Rimless and Kitayama Studio among others.

The group behind Arlington’s Yume Sushi is set to open Kyojin Sushi in April at 3315 Cady’s Alley NW in the former L2 space, next to Kafe Leopold. “Kyojin represents a dream of all of ours: expanding our vision and bringing chef Kannasute’s world-class Japanese cooking to new audiences,” said Jeff King, co-owner at Yume Hospitality Group, in a statement. The zen-cool place will have 130 seats, 15 bar stools and 14 chefs.

Cafe con Bagel — coffee with a bagel — plans to open this month 1332 Wisconsin Ave. NW in the former Petite Soeur space — and, before that, the Cookie Dough Jar and, before that, Beard Papa, a cream puff shop.

With the departure of Ching Ching Cha Tea Room at 1063 Wisconsin Ave. NW, next door Filomena Ristorante is taking over that space with its new Filomena’s Georgetown Emporium, offering pick-up and catering and pastas and sauces for sale as well as an elevator — “ finally” — which will descend to the dining room at the lower level. Expect a spring opening. owner Suzy Nabil has found a new place for serving her grilled cheese sandwiches, salads and soups — at 3210 Grace St. NW, in the same food space that holds Green Almond Pantry and Georgetown Butcher. Say Cheese! plans to relocate on May 1.

The Truist Bank at 1365 Wisconsin Ave. NW — once a BB&T Bank — will close at noon, Tuesday, March 28. The other Georgetown branch of Truist Bank remains open at 2929 M St. NW and has a parking lot.

But, wait, there’s more sushi to come — as in the Hawaiian-influenced sushi and chirashi restaurant Two Nine — being shoehorned and built in place of a former parking area on Congress Court. That’s the alley the runs east-west between 31st Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Zach Ramos and Amy Phan of Ama Ami and, before that, Sushi Taro plan to open the two-story, 1,500-square-foot restaurant sometime this year. Expect artful chirashi bowls as well as an omakase counter. The address is 1218 31st St. NW, same as the Ultra Violet flower shop.

The 2900 M development forced the neighborhood favorite Say Cheese! at 1132 29th St. NW to move. Not to worry. Business

Eagle Bank sent a Feb. 2 letter from Conchita Lumpkins, 1st SVP, Director of Community Banking, to its Georgetown branch customers. It read, in part: “…We are closing our Georgetown Branch located at 3143 N Street, NW, Washington, DC and consolidating it into our K Street Branch effective Friday, May 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Your account(s) will be transferred to and serviced by our team of Bankers at the K Street Branch located at 2001 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006.”

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