This is pretty great news – more dining in that area is always a plus, especially since Taylor has a late night menu, as well as their normal deli fare.

And the neighborhood just keeps getting better! Though I am anxious to see how Taylor’s compares to the Italian store.

Yay! What great news… I’m excited about what this means for foot traffic in the neighborhood (and for sandwich traffic to my stomach).

Taylor is awesome. I’m glad there will be one closer to me, but I do like the H Street area better than Mt V.

Nice. Now all the we need is a decent neighborhood bar in MT Vernon Sq.

Good job PoP. I sat down with the Edens & Avant leasing agent back in March. He told me Taylor was lined up but did not want any announcements until it was a done deal. Unfortunately as the time passed I wasn’t in the loop enough to find out exactly when it was executed.

I’m more excited about this than Buddha Bar and Kushi. Asian food isn’t really my thing and on most evenings I prefer to dine for

Odentex, they can’t stay empty forever. Eventually rents / condo prices will come down to meet the market, and they will fill up.

For the record, it’s Taylor, not Taylor’s.

Right, it’s Taylor. Named after the street near their other location.

this neighborhood is a bit sketchy.

@sketchy comment- if you haven’t been in the neighborhood lately, you should check it out. I’ve lived in the area on and off for 5 years, and the difference is night and day. While I certainly wouldn’t venture too far off the CityVista complex lot late at night, during the day the area seems 10X safer than Columbia Heights or Petworth Metro Areas. The 5th street corridor there is sure to boom in the nexty few years, and once the condos are settled, this area will be amazing. Look for the parking lot across on 5th and k to be converted once CityVista hits its stride.

Will they be answering the phone at the new location? Or will it just ring and ring and ring when you’re trying to place an order, like at the H Street location?

Recently I feel like I’ve dialed the DMV by mistake when I call to order my 12″ Vine Street

I actually disagree with Odentex (which is rare). Mt Vernon Triangle is basically an extension of downtown. Even if the lots around it aren’t developed in a timely manner, the area has a critical mass of residents, and crime is a shadow of what it was. We’re not talking gunshots like in Columbia Heights or Petworth. Sure, if you go a number of blocks north into Shaw, you’ll find violence, projects, and gunshots, but not in Mt Vernon Triangle… I do not live there nor do I want to necessarily, but if I were a betting man, I’d bet big on that neighborhood due to its immediate proximity to some very desirable downtown neighborhoods, as well as main interstates and thoroughfares. It’s easy to work in VA from there with 395 nearby. Remember the three rules of real estate- location, location, location.

And Dave is right that the Dumont will be filled very quickly if it becomes rental. A RE company will probably purchase the two buildings for ~$140 million and profitably rent the units at a reasonable price. Three years ago those buildings would have gone for over $200 million and many units would still be sitting on the market because the developer would try desperately to recoup their investment. The developer and lender lost big on the Dumont, but it could be good for the neighborhood in the medium term, adding some nice rental balance to what is a condo-heavy neighborhood.