The Dream of a Taco Bell Cantina in DC Will Have to Wait Again
When is the Columbia Heights location EVER going to open?
Taco Bell Cantina s long-awaited Columbia Heights location. Photograph by Daniella Byck.
Surely it would be one of the spring’s biggest restaurant openings. Taco Bell Cantina was coming to Columbia Heights, and the Twitter buzz was huge. Though the Mexican chain has other outposts around DC, this was the first Cantina, meaning you could get a boozy Baja Blast along with your Doritos Locos Tacos.
But when a team of
Washingtonian reporters showed up at 11 AM the reported opening time there was nary a Chalupa lover in sight. Shortly after, someone else arrived at the scene. Turns out she was a reporter for DCist. Slowly, though, the Taco Bell faithful rolled up.
Xiao Qi Ji. Photograph courtesy Smithsonian s National Zoo.
Smithsonian’s National Zoo reopened to the public this past weekend, and with all due respect to Poppy, the North American beaver who moved to DC from New York last year, the hottest ticket at the park was a chance to see Xiao Qi Ji. The young panda, whose name means “little miracle,” was one of the few good things to happen around DC in 2020 and was finally on view.
He did not disappoint. Here is a picture of him upside down. Normally, we’d encourage everyone to approach the world right-side-up, but this guy? Be King Wenceslas’s horse if you want!