Originally Posted by
wanderinglady
I used to live in DC. I actually contacted Lollicup and Ten Ren about getting a license from them and opening a bubble tea place in DC near American University [[this was years ago). Didn't pan out. I remember a Lollicup in College Park, near the UMd campus. Maybe it's still there!
In that case, forget about the coneys, BBQ and soul food. For a place nicknamed "chocolate city", good BBQ and soul food were hard to find in DC. How about some crab cakes and half-smokes from a street vendor?