Atlanta-Based Gypsy Kitchen Will Soon Add to 14th Street’s Crowded Tapas Scene

The first D.C. location of Atlanta-based tapas restaurant Gypsy Kitchen is expected to open in the old Masa 14 space by the spring, rebooting a building that housed one of the city’s busiest rooftop brunches for the past decade.

In a statement released today, the restaurant says it plans to serve “pan-Mediterranean” plates that pull from Greece and Morocco, as well as the Middle East and India. Examples include bissara, a North African split pea dip, with golden beets and aleppo pepper; Greek tarama (fish roe) dip accompanied by purple potatoes and kalamata olives; and spinach and coconut raita topped with basil seeds. Washington Business Journal first reported on the replacement project last summer.

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Alex Curley, the chief operating officer of the restaurant group moving in, is a D.C. native who used to work for Sandoval Hospitality — the company behind Masa 14. He also helped open local locations of Barcelona Wine Bar, the popular Spanish tapas mainstay right across the street.

Not far away on T Street NW, Compass Rose serves a global menu that’s made it a neighborhood favorite for the past five years. Longtime Spanish standby Estadio is blocks away, too.

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