Cuban Cafe Colada Shop Will Open Inside the First Bloomie’s Department Store, in Virginia | Eater DC

"Inside that Bloomie’s location will be a 900-square-foot Colada Shop with its own separate entrance and patio that plans to sell Cuban coffee drinks, croquetas, pressed sandwiches, and rum cocktails such as mojitos and pina coladas (the restaurant has submitted an application for an alcohol license and aims to open by late August). Colada Shop will also get a mobile bar cart with a running sink to move around the store for promotions or private events on the patio; co-owner Daniella Senior says she sees several “synergies” with Bloomie’s target customer and notes the brand’s typical customer is around 25 to 40, well-traveled, and treats eating as a way to explore other cultures. The newest location marks a return to Virginia for Colada Shop: the original opened in Sterling, Virginia, in 2016 and closed last summer, the company developed an urban following from a tiny spot near the corner of 14th Street and T Street NW, and it expanded during the pandemic with roomier cafes and expanded menus from group chef Mario Monte on the Southwest Waterfront and in Potomac, Maryland." - Gabe Hiatt