Penn Quarter Living
@pqliving
#DCnative (s) & practical urbanists living, working, dining, & going out in downtown DC & Penn Quarter. Wards 2 & 6. Email: [email protected]; IG: pqliving
Lucky Danger restaurant on D St NW, the MLK @dcpl DC Public Library, and the Capital Jewish Museum offer opportunities to play mahjong in a communal setting in @DowntownDCBID. #BeDowntown
The traditional Chinese game of mahjong is having a resurgence across the country, and the DC-area is getting in on the game play. washingtonian.com/2025/07/22/mah…
.@IMAX returns to The @NationalMallNPS tomorrow when the @LockheedMartin Theater at the @airandspace Museum reopens showing The @FantasticFour: First Steps. si.edu/theaters/movie…
As it struggles with its own financial issues, @douglasdevdc has threatened to evict the event firm (Pirate Ventures, which operates Hook Hall), from the historic National Union building in downtown D.C. bizjournals.com/washington/new…
Wow - when this location at 11th and H NW opened in 1992, Capitol City Brewery was the first brewery to be open in DC since 1956. Shirlington closed in 2018
They say Cap Citt Brewery on H St is done before the end of the month... @BarredinDC
There is nothing like summer in DC! ☀️ Every night of the week, there is something FREE to do in the city. Tonight, join @DowntownDCBID for Happy Hour at Anthem Row. 💸FREE 📅TONIGHT ⏰5 – 8 PM
Had a great time seeing the Momentum Parkour demo at the National Building Museum (4th & F St NW). Opening sequence clipped below. Kiddos were having tremendous fun.
An “outrageous” attack on DC Home Rule. DC Del, Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office lays out House Appropriations’ long list undermining local government. Vote set later today. @wcp norton.house.gov/media/press-re…
🀄️ Our Mahjong Tuesday Nights are getting so popular, we might need to call Facilities for more tables 👀💥 Join the fun, meet new people, and get your game on — every Tuesday at the Library!
Newly opened hotel SIXTY DC south of Dupont Circle is looking tidy and fine in @GoldenTriDC! The room in the upper left on the top floor must be totally suite!

Chef and restaurateur Tim Ma to co-lead Chinatown revitalization effort as Bowser's Gallery Place-Chinatown Task Force winds down. bizjournals.com/washington/new…
This has been the second most humid summer in DC on record (since 1945) based on the number of hours with dew points over 70 degrees or the level considered GROSS.
Why has this D.C. summer felt like living in a sauna—with storms almost daily? 🌡️⛈️ Blame a heat dome parked over the steamy Atlantic, sending tropical air our way nonstop. We break down the relentless pattern: 🔗washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…
Barnes & Noble is back and that is cool.
Called it in 2023 but so true now: Georgetown is cool again. washingtonian.com/2023/01/20/is-…
Congrats @GoldenTriDC on their recent annual meeting. With their FY25 Safe Commercial Corridors Grant, Ambassadors help their 44-block neighborhood thrive. Spot them in yellow, seen here with DM Appiah and @DCPoliceDept Commander Savoy.
Chili Bistro is opening July 31st at 825 7th St NW.
Hearing that a Sichuan restaurant is opening in the former Hooters space at 825 7th St NW. Spicy. More info when it becomes available.
On this morning's Metro @wmata ride was thinking how much safer and nicer riding has become since @wmataGM took over. It got a bit wild coming out of the pandemic. Thanks goes to these folks who help keep safety a primary value both under and above ground.

Summer news for a fav 6th St NW restaurant.
Daikaya Izakaya is closing for a refresh and will reopen Aug. 6.