"After more than six years of development, Washington D.C. restaurateur Rose Previte's ambitious Maydan Market has finally debuted. The 10,000-square-foot culinary compound opens in West Adams on Wednesday, October 1, on the corner of West Jefferson Boulevard and Hillcrest Drive. Maydan Market houses an outpost of Previte's D.C. restaurants Compass Rose and Michelin-starred Maydan, alongside stalls from five other Los Angeles-based restaurants like Holy Basil and Poncho's Tlayudas."
"Maydan Market has been on Previte's mind since 2014. Initially, she imagined D.C.'s Compass Rose as a marketplace - complete with vendor stall-style tables - but with the first location's limited 2,000-square-foot space, her vision wasn't feasible. Quickly, she realized that she would need a much larger restaurant to make it happen, and D.C.'s high cost of real estate made that all but impossible."
"Previte, who splits her time between D.C. and Los Angeles, found the West Adams location in 2019: The building's D.C.-based landlord was familiar with her other restaurants and asked if she would consider looking at some spaces in the neighborhood. West Jefferson immediately reminded Previte of 14th Street in D.C., where Compass Rose is located. "14th is just like Jefferson," she says. "Super industrial, very busy street. But then behind it, it's a bunch of really cool neighbors, and it's a really cool community.""
Maydan Market opens October 1 in West Adams, occupying a 10,000-square-foot culinary compound at West Jefferson Boulevard and Hillcrest Drive. The market houses outposts of Compass Rose and Michelin-starred Maydan alongside stalls from five Los Angeles restaurants including Holy Basil and Poncho's Tlayudas. Previte conceived a marketplace concept for Compass Rose in 2014 but found D.C. real estate too costly and the initial 2,000-square-foot location too small for the vendor-stall model. Previte found the West Adams site in 2019 and observed West Jefferson's industrial, busy character paired with a close-knit neighborhood community. The project draws on Previte's global travels, Lebanese and Sicilian heritage, and childhood years in family kitchens.
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