Date/Time
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 | 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where We Will Meet
Adams Morgan Metro station
Where The Walk Will End
Lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl or other options
About This Walk
I did use Claude AI to help with the route. We can vote on where to have lunch with the options below.
Let’s explore Adam’s Morgan and the neighborhood. We will meet at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro Station. We will have lunch at Ben’s Chili Bowl or one of the other options below. Then head home at the U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro Station.
The total walk is about two miles.
- 10:00 – Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro — Start/gather.
- 10:05–10:25 – Duke Ellington Bridge — Art Deco architecture, valley views.
- 10:25–10:45 – Calvert Street → 18th Street NW — Transition into Adams Morgan’s rowhouses and storefronts.
- 10:45–11:10 – 18th Street NW — Murals, colorful storefronts, street life (trimmed slightly to make room for the extra distance).
- 11:10–11:30 – Walk south via 16th St/Florida Ave corridor toward U Street (~1 mile, roughly 20 min at group pace).
- 11:30–12:00 – U Street corridor — African American Civil War Memorial, historic Ben’s Chili Bowl storefront, murals along 13th/U St. Great mix of history and street photography to close out.
- 12:00 – U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro — End point.
A few solid options right around U Street, easy to hit as your group wraps up:
- Eatopia Eatery — Ethiopian, highly rated, injera-based platters great for sharing after a walk.
- 354 Restaurant — Asian fusion, quick-service friendly, good if people want to eat and go.
- Roaming Rooster — Fried chicken sandwiches, casual and fast, good for a photo-walk crowd on a schedule.
- Ben’s Next Door — Right beside Ben’s Chili Bowl, American bar food, sit-down with a patio.
- Ted’s Bulletin (14th St, ~5 min walk) — All-day breakfast/brunch and classic diner fare, good if some folks want brunch instead of lunch.
I don’t like to have too many rules, except safety is first. Be aware of your surroundings and your belongings. You do not need a bag of camera equipment. Try shooting with just one camera and one lens.
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