Local Briefing: ANC 6A Meets Tonight, Great Streets Grants Due, & Sospeso Opening

Sospeso will serve fresh simit (a Turkish pastry) every morning. Image from Sospeso's Instagram feed

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6A will hold its first meeting of 2017 tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Miner Elementary School (601 Fifteenth St.). Check out the agenda.

You have until 12 p.m. Friday to get those applications in for the FY 2017 Great Streets Small Business Grants for the Bladensburg/Benning/H Street NE Corridor.

You can verify the exact boundaries on the interactive map, but here's a screenshot.

Mediterranean restaurant Sospeso is set open Jan. 23 in early February at 1344 H St. District Cuisine posted a sample menu a while back that should give you an idea of what expect. They will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner.