The venue will have 5,000 square feet of dining and entertainment space, including both indoor and outdoor seating, at the Maren D.C. building at the foot of the Frederick Douglas Bridge. If the restaurants’ recipes need grilling or deep frying, there’s an outdoor space for that as well. “So now we’re cycling multiple Black-owned restaurants that don’t exist in this neighborhood, especially south of the freeway,” Callender said. D.C.’s nightlife mayor, local chefs and business representatives will choose which restaurants will join the venue for rotating four-day stints. Chosen restaurants will get to work and showcase their menus in the restaurant in rotating shifts, Thursday through Sunday, with a required community service day on Mondays.