Shaw Main Streets

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Shaw Main Streets is a commercial revitalization and historic preservation nonprofit. We make the Shaw neighborhood thrive! Shaw Main Streets, Inc.

(SMS) is a non-profit, community-based, organization that relies on the time, talent, and treasures of volunteers to implement the highly acclaimed Main Street Four Point Approach® (National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Main Street Center, www.mainstreet.org).

09/17/2026

GRAND OPENING!

Shaw’s newest restaurant, Pho Viet WDC, a second location of the Columbia Heights restaurant the Washington Post said “serves the best bowl of pho in town,” opens on Friday, September 18, 2026 at 1521 11th Street, NW.

The grand opening celebration starts at 8 AM, with a blessing by Buddhist monks, followed at 10 AM with a lion dance performance and a ribbon cutting ceremony with DC government officials at 10:30 AM. The restaurant opens its doors to the public at 11 AM.

Pho Viet WDC serves authentic Vietnamese cuisine, specializing in noodle soup (Phở) and grilled dishes.

Pho Viet WDC (not to be confused with Pho Viet USA, further up on 11th Street) will be open Mondays, Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 AM-9 PM, Sundays, 11 AM-8PM. CLOSED Tuesdays.

For more information and full menu, visit PhoVietWDC.com.

09/14/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED: 1/29, All Good Presents... TopHouse
On sale at 12pm
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09/14/2026

09/14/2026

09/11/2026

ON SATURDAY NIGHT, 09/12/26, ART ALL NIGHT RETURNS TO SHAW, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN 15 YEARS AGO,

Come enjoy eight hours of FREE music, art, dance, fashion, interactive experiences, an artists market, wrestling, comedy and much more, at 18 venues, from K Street to W Street, 6th to 11th.

For the complete list of venues and activations, go to artallnightdcshaw.com or pick up a printed map at the welcome center in front of the Carnegie Librsary/Apple Store (801 K Street, NW).

And DON'T SLEEP.

Art All Night Shaw 2026 is presented by Shaw Main Streets, with financial support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Department of Small and Local Business Development.

Art All Night/District of Wonder is presented by Events DC, Shaw Main Streets and Downtown DC BID.

Address

1208 9th Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20001

Website

http://www.shawmainstreets.org/

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