Charcuteria Is Coming to Shaw in Mid-December: The Vermont Avenue Wine Bar and the Jobs It Needs
WASHINGTON, DC — The old Bottle Collection storefront at 2104 Vermont Avenue NW, near the 9:30 Club, is getting a second life. Charcuteria, a Mediterranean-inspired market and wine bar from Eugene Beckley and Katie Catalano, is now slated to open in Shaw in mid-December, and a counter that sells wine, cheese and cured meats by day and pours natural wine at night needs a crew to run it.
A small room with long hours: up to 53 guests, a summer garden, six days a week of filed hours and a mix of retail, kitchen and bar work. No headcount has been announced, so now is the time to get your resume ready.
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| Business | Charcuteria |
| Opening | Slated for mid-December 2026 |
| Address | 2104 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 |
| Size | Up to 27 indoor seats plus a 26-seat summer garden (occupancy 53, per license filings) |
| Hours | Filed as Tue–Thu 9 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri–Sat 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.–9 p.m., closed Monday |
| Concept | Mediterranean market and wine bar: charcuterie, small plates, sandwiches, grocery and private events |
| Owners | Eugene Beckley and Katie Catalano |
| Industry | Restaurant, bar and specialty retail |
| New jobs | Not announced |
What Charcuteria Is Bringing to Vermont Avenue
Charcuteria pulls from Italian, Spanish, French and Greek tables and leans into aperitivo culture: boards of cured meat and cheese, small plates, sandwiches and a wine list built around natural bottles. The Georgetowner's November restaurant roundup adds conservas, the tinned seafood that has become a fixture of DC wine bars, plus a private-event space.
Beckley is the co-founder and general manager. Catalano, his partner in the project, has been working toward her sommelier certification, which tells you how seriously the wine side is being taken.
A Long Road to Opening Day
This one has been coming for a while. Early reporting in June and July pointed to a late-summer debut, with pre-launch to-go and catering promised for August. Licensing ran longer than that. Filings with the District's Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration show a restaurant license with 27 interior seats and a 26-seat summer garden, along with requests for live entertainment indoors and out and for alcohol carry-out and delivery. The current target, per the Georgetowner, is mid-December.
Treat that date as a target. It has already slipped once.
💼 The Jobs a Market and Wine Bar Needs
Charcuteria has not published a hiring call or a headcount, and we won't guess at one. What the concept tells you is the shape of the team. A room this size with these hours usually runs lean, which means people who can do more than one thing:
- Bartenders and wine servers who can talk natural wine without lecturing.
- Counter and retail staff to slice, build boards, ring up bottles and stock the grocery shelves.
- Prep and line cooks for small plates and sandwiches.
- Baristas or morning counter help, since the filed hours start at 9 a.m.
- Event and catering help for the private space and the to-go side.
If you have worked a cheese counter, a wine shop or a small-plates bar on 14th Street, you already speak the language. Watch for postings as December nears.
More Openings Around Shaw This Winter
Charcuteria is not the only new kitchen on this side of Shaw. The same Georgetowner roundup lists Bajo, a Spanish-Japanese restaurant with a vinyl listening bar from Max Rivera and Sarah Montell, slated for the fourth quarter in Blagden Alley. Two new crews forming a few blocks apart is good news for neighborhood restaurant workers.
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FAQ
When does Charcuteria open?
It is slated for mid-December 2026. No exact date has been announced, and the opening has already moved once from an August target.
Where is Charcuteria?
2104 Vermont Avenue NW in Shaw, near the 9:30 Club and the U Street corridor, in the building that used to house the Bottle Collection.
Is Charcuteria hiring?
No hiring announcement or headcount has been published yet. Expect front-of-house, bar, retail counter and kitchen roles for a market and wine bar of this size, and watch for postings as the opening nears.
What kind of food and drink will it serve?
Mediterranean charcuterie, cheese, small plates, sandwiches, tinned seafood and natural wine, plus grocery items to go.
Get Ready Before the Doors Open
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Come December, this stretch of Vermont Avenue trades an empty storefront for a wine bar. Get your resume in order before the line forms outside the 9:30 Club.
