Named for its location north of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington DC, NoMa is an emerging neighborhood with modern developments rising from old industrial lots. In its southern end, beaux-arts Union Station houses a shopping arcade.
On the area’s eastern fringes, hip Union Market has stalls and shops selling everything from artisan cheese and Korean tacos to home decor, plus an adjacent distillery and pop-up indie movie theater. This is one of my favorite spots in DC. Try Venezuelan arepas at Arepa Zone and the brown butter Bourbon bread puddin at Puddin‘. Absolutely delicious!
Not far from Union Market is Gallaudet University, a federally chartered private university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing, located on a 99-acre campus in northeast DC.
