Fresh “coming soon” signage has gone up at the former A Baked Joint storefront on K Street NW, signaling that D.C.-founded grocer Streets Market is moving into Mount Vernon Triangle's old bakery space. The signs mark the latest stop in a rapid round of urban leasing that has already put the company's name on storefronts near Dupont Circle, Hill East and U Street.
The news was first spotted by a reader named Mike, who sent photos of the signage to PoPville, which reported that Streets Market has posted “coming soon” signs at the former A Baked Joint space on K Street in Mount Vernon Triangle. PoPville, which covers the site's grocery beat, simply said to stay tuned for more details. The outlet also noted that Streets Market is associated with upcoming locations tied to P Street and U Street, though no further specifics on the K Street buildout have surfaced yet.
A Decade-Old Bakery Space Comes Open
The storefront becoming available traces back to an August 2025 announcement. A Baked Joint permanently closed its standalone footprint at 430–440 K Street NW after a decade in business, folding its morning food and coffee service into sister restaurant la Betty next door, according to the Mount Vernon Triangle CID. That consolidation freed up the K Street space for new retail, and A Baked Joint had served as a primary neighborhood gathering hub since opening there in 2015. Streets Market's planned arrival reflects a move into that highly visible storefront left open when the bakery pulled its standalone operation.
Part Of A Broader D.C. Expansion
The K Street signage fits a pattern the company has followed across the District this year. Streets Market operated eight District stores and three Baltimore locations, and had plans for additional locations, per the Washington Business Journal's report from last August. The company's first grocery store opened in 2014, and it has described pairing stores with apartments.
Near Dupont Circle, Streets Market is taking over Metro Market’s space at 2130 P Street NW, The Business Journals reported. The store at 1442 Pennsylvania Avenue SE is open seven days a week and offers organic and international groceries. Hoodline previously reported a neighborhood tip about a possible Streets Market location at The Ellington on 1301 U Street NW, a space that had previously housed a variety of commercial tenants near the U Street Metro.
Walkable Density Meets An Existing Grocery Anchor
Mount Vernon Triangle has nearly 7,000 residents, with almost 80 percent living within a mile of their workplace and nearly half walking to work, according to Mount Vernon Triangle CID neighborhood records. The neighborhood already has a full-service anchor in the 55,000-square-foot Safeway at 5th and K Streets NW inside the CityVista development, which has served as the area's primary supermarket since September 2008. Streets Market offers organic and international products.
The push into dense downtown corridors tracks broader pressure flagged by commercial real estate leaders, who told Bisnow last year that an urgent need for central urban grocery stores was building as D.C. office-to-residential conversions added thousands of new downtown residents, with the District aiming to add 15,000 new residents to its central business district through such conversions. Streets Market has also leaned on distinctive in-store amenities elsewhere, including a craft beer and wine bar with draft lines and prepared food at its NoMa location at 51 M Street NE, Eater reported.
Portfolio Moves In Both Directions
Hoodline reported on March 10, 2026 that Streets Market scheduled the closure of its 20,000-square-foot anchor supermarket at the Yard 56 mixed-use complex in East Baltimore, a store that had served as a primary retail anchor there since 2021. The closure comes amid reported plans for Streets Market locations in D.C.
For now, the exact timeline for buildout and opening at the K Street space in Mount Vernon Triangle remains unclear, as does whether Streets Market will bring any of its signature amenities, like prepared food counters or a taproom, to the new location. PoPville said simply to stay tuned, and so does Hoodline.
