Looking for new lunchtime fare? A cluster of three vendors have arrived at 8th and H Streets NW as part of a partnership with the Downtown BID, DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), other District agencies and the vending community to enhance vending in Downtown and offer consumers more options. Named “The Lunch Bunch,” this trio of food operators offers Downtown visitors and workers a range of tasty, convenient and eco-friendly selections from gumbo soup, tacos and barbecue to shawarmas, merquez and po’ boys. Talk about variety. The vendors, part of a Downtown vending demonstration program, are: On The Fly, DC Central Kitchen’s Capital Carts and Haalcart LLC’s Delle & Campbell’s Halal Luncheonette.
The Lunch Bunch is located one block from Gallery Place and the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture (8th & F Streets), home of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The vendors offer good food and quick and convenient service from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Swing by and check them out before the weather changes. Diners who visit the cluster can eat on site at one of four new stainless steel tables donated by JANUS et Cie, a leading furniture manufacturer.