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Zentan at Donovan House Opens Today

Where: 1155 14th St Nw [map], Washington, DC, United States, 20005

An older rendering for Cha restaurant; now called Zentan.

Alright, restaurant at Donovan House: let's try this again, shall we? The restaurant formerly known as Cha was soft-opening for a while and had Todd English's name all over it, but then English went bye-bye and Susur Lee, the Toronto Chef behind Thompson LES's Shang, took over the kitchen side of things.

And so now Zentan has been born — and the restaurant opens today. We don't quite know much about the menu, though, because the website doesn't seem to be up and running (er, or anything beyond totally skeletal black and white nothingness) but here is what we do know:

The restaurant will feature Chef Lee's bold and inventive approach to pan Asian cuisine, and the menu will feature favorites from Shang in NYC and his restaurant, Lee in Toronto. The menu will also feature a selection of sushi, sashimi and Asian crudos available at the rooftop lounge this summer.

We will wait patiently for that rooftop stuff to be happening; in the meantime, if you have a chance to check out Zentan, let us know what the scene is lookin' like. The resto's phone number is 202.379.7066.