New artwork has appeared at the site of Wagshal's Grand Bodega, the planned market in the former Breadline space near Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. A reader named Eric spotted the change and reported it. The storefront update comes as the project remains unopened, with no firm opening date announced.
The update comes via PoPville, which has been tracking the project. Eric reported that new artwork is up at the site; the change does not establish when the market will open.
A Storied Address Near the White House
The 1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW storefront was previously home to Breadline and is now the planned site of Wagshal's Grand Bodega.
That density is no accident. Commercial real estate leasing disclosures from JLL show the address sits one block from the White House inside D.C.'s Golden Triangle commercial district, surrounded by more than 16 million square feet of office space within a three-block radius — a built-in customer base for a grab-and-go emporium.
A Separate Effort to Add Downtown Housing
According to Mayor Bowser’s office, the District has conditionally awarded tax abatements to three downtown commercial-to-residential conversion projects through its Housing in Downtown program, a separate effort to add housing downtown.
Wagshal's Downtown Plans
Wagshal's is planning its Grand Bodega for the former Breadline space at 1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW.
What's Planned for the New Space
The planned Wagshal's Grand Bodega at 1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW spans 5,000 square feet and is designed as a full-service neighborhood emporium, featuring a gourmet market, deli counter, grab-and-go options, coffee, donuts, catering, and off-site food production facilities, according to WhatNow. That scale echoes a strategy the company has pursued before: in 2015, Wagshal's expanded its flagship Spring Valley location from 2,800 to more than 3,900 square feet, adding full indoor and outdoor dining, an artisan pizza oven, a gelato bar, and a coffee counter, per Regency Centers.
Visitors to the eventual downtown location will likely be pointed toward the chain's signature dish — a hand-sliced prime beef brisket sandwich made from beef dry-aged in-house for more than four weeks to concentrate its flavor, according to Zingerman's.
An Opening Date Remains Unconfirmed
The planned Downtown D.C. Grand Bodega has yet to open, and no firm opening date has been confirmed. The new artwork is the latest visible change at the storefront.
The Grand Bodega would bring Wagshal's downtown, but its opening timing remains unknown. The artwork offers a new look at the site, not a confirmed schedule.
