The coffee shop offers free Wi-Fi, a sleek bar and seating area, an upper level with comfy couches, chairs and a view of Anacostia park -- Big Chair Coffee N’ Grill has become the new hotspot -- along the Martin Luther King, Jr. corridor.

Along with residents, Big Chair Coffee N’ Grill serves a thriving business district in that includes five District government agencies located along the heavily traveled corridor -- the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Office of Ex-offenders Affairs, the D.C. Taxicab Commission and the D.C Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.