The Latest Dish: September 2, 2015

ProFish partners Greg Casten and Tom Lydon plan to open Ivy City Smokehouse across the street from their wholesale seafood business in the emerging Ivy City neighborhood. Ronnie Goodman, the chef who once owned My Brother & Me with his brother Craig in downtown D.C., is smoke-master.

Blueridge Restaurant Groupis opening a second Stanford Grill mid-month in Rockville featuring an on-site bakery and a sushi bar. The restaurant is big, seating 304, which includes 30 at the bar and 34 in the private dining room. The expansive outdoor patio seats 94. It will be open daily for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.

Chef/owner Jamie Leeds’ fourth Hank’s Oyster Bar restaurant, Hank’s on the Water, is set to open near the end of 2017 in the huge Southwest development — The Wharf. Her biggest go yet, it will seat 120 seats inside and 60 outside. Her empire continues to expand, as Twisted Horn cocktail bar in Petworth and Hank’s Pasta Bar in Alexandria are also slated for fall openings.

Opening updates: Tadich Grill at 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW will open at the end of the month … Succotash at National Harbor will as well … L’Hommage Bistro Francais, from Hakan Ilhan (Pizza Autentica, Al Dente, Alba Osteria), is slated for the beginning of the month at 450 K St NW at Mount Vernon Triangle. It will also include L’Hommage Bakery, which will serve both grab-and-go and made-to-order sandwiches. He’s also working on the Turkish Ottoman Taverna for March 2016.

Quick Hits: Shake Shack is slated to join Matchbox and Sugar Factory at Pentagon Row in Arlington … More SW Wharf news: Mike Isabella and fellow Top Chef alum Jennifer Carroll plan to open a French-Mediterranean seafood restaurant there … Dave & Buster’s plans to open restaurants in Capital Heights and Springfield by year’s end.

The Sovereign, a Belgian beer bar and restaurant will open in Georgetown in the alley where Blue Gin used to be. The 131-seat, two-level bistro is owned and operated by Neighborhood Restaurant Group. NRG beer expert Greg Engert will handle the list and feature 50 drafts and more than 200 bottles from smaller Belgian producers. Executive chef is Peter Smith, formerly of PS 7’s. Opening by end of year.

Just Opened: Mad Fox Tap Room opened in Glover Park where Town Hall was … Alfa Piehouse, serving breakfast and lunch, opened at 1750 H St. NW, in conjunction with high-profile celebrity Greek chef Argiro Barbarigou, author of nine cookbooks and a frequent chef on Greek television. The focus is on savory vegetarian hand pies and a big breakfast menu, including coffee and desserts, and — what else — a classic baklava.

The small San Francisco-based Philz Coffee plans to open some of it’s first shops on the East Coast with one in Adams Morgan and another in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, at the corner of 4th and Tingey Streets SE, in early 2016.

Chef & GM Update: Lisa Marie Frantz is the new executive chef of The Majestic Café, at 911 King St. in Old Town Alexandria, appointed by David Clapp and Dave Nichols of Alexandria Restaurant Partners. ARP’s corporate executive chef, Graham Duncan will oversee … Blueridge Restaurant Group picked Chef Sean Kinoshita to head the kitchen at Stanford Grill in Rockville. He used to be executive chef at Tao Asian Bistro in Las Vegas. Swiss pastry and culinary arts chef Christian Haug will be head baker and Patrick Desotelle general manager. He previously worked for Le Diplomate and Jose Andres’ ThinkFoodGroup.

Doron Petersan, will open the vegan Fare Well bakery in the Atlas District at 406 H St. NE in the fall. The two-time Cupcake Wars winner on Food Network also owns Sticky Fingers in Columbia Heights. Fare Well will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, and have a full liquor license.

Tony Conte plans to open Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana near his home in Gaithersburg, making pizza the same way they do in his ancestral homeland, Naples, Italy. Conte, formerly chef at The Oval Room, has already earned the Vera Pizza Napoletana certification for authentic pizza cooking in a wood-burning oven. The 40-seater is expected to open around Labor Day.