WASHINGTON — Southwest D.C.’s massive mixed-use waterfront development The Wharf is still more than a year away from Phase 1 opening, but restaurants are lining up.
The latest to sign on is Social Restaurant Group, which runs Provision No. 14 and The Prospect in the 14th and U Street corridor, and Bonfire, in Dupont Circle, will open a 9,800-square-foot French-Mediterranean restaurant called La Vie.
The restaurant will also include an 1,100-square-foot waterfront terrace, and access to a 5,000-square foot rooftop terrace for private events.
Also just announced: Cordial Craft Wine, Beer & Spirits will expand from its current Union Market location to a 525-square-foot spot at The Wharf. They feature products from independent importers and boutique distributors.
And District Hardware and Bike, in Foggy Bottom, will open a second bike location at The Wharf that will include a cafe and coffee bar.
Other tenants at The Wharf announced so far:
- Del Mar, a two-level waterfront Spanish and seafood restaurant from James Beard Award-winning chef Fabio Trabocchi.
- Requin, a Mediterranean restaurant from chefs Mike Isabella and Jennifer Carrol.
- Hank’s on the Water, from Hank’s Oyster Bar’s Chef Jamie Leeds.
- Potomac Distilling Company, a rum distillery and two-story tavern.
- Rappahannock Oyster Bar, in an historic oyster shed at the Municipal Fish Market.
- Kirwan’s, an Irish Pub on the waterfront.
- Cantina Marina, a bar and live music venue.
- Taylor Gourmet.
- Dolcezza Gelato.
And no new D.C. development worth its weight is without a CVS. The drugstore chain will open a 9,000-square-foot store in The Wharf’s Phase 1.
The $1.7 billion Phase 1 along the Southwest Waterfront is expected to open in the fall of 2017.
