Vote for 2025’s Best New Shaw Businesses!

Vote in Shaw Main Streets’ Best New Shaw Business of the Year contest!

New businesses that opened in 2025 are eligible. Businesses that are not located within the Shaw Main Streets service area or are not located in retail locations are not eligible.

The three businesses that receive the most votes will be recognized as the Best New Shaw Businesses of 2025 at the Shaw Main Streets Annual Meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM via Zoom.

Here is the list of eligible businesses:

CAFÉ JOY, 906 P Street, NW

CORINTO GALLERY, 1707 7^th Street, NW

COTTI COFFEE X WUU TEA STUDIO, 900 M Street, NW

DASHEN ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 1608 7th Street, NW

DRAGON HERO, 2016 9^th Street, NW

EEBEE’S CORNER BAR, 1840 6th Street, NW

EVERYDAY PEOPLE DC, 1013 U Street, NW

GLOSS BAR NAILS & HEADSPA, 1340 8^th Street, NW

HYATT HOUSE, 899 O Street, NW

MELANGE FOODS, 2108 8^th Street, NW

REALM ROOFTOP BAR LOUNGE, 899 O Street, NW

SANDLOT UPTOWN, 1900 7^th Street, NW

STARBUCKS, 801 Allen Y. Lew Way, NW

To cast your vote, send an email to [email protected] with the name of your favorite new business of 2025 in the subject line and your name in the message no later than 12:00 PM on Monday, March 23, 2026, in order for your vote to be counted. Only one entry per email address will be accepted.

Be sure to let your favorite business know you voted for them. And then plan to attend the Shaw Main Streets Annual Meeting to see which new businesses won the awards.

Shaw Main Streets is a designated DC Main Streets program and is funded in part by the Department of Small and Local Business Development, Muriel E. Bowser, Mayor.