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Old Vegetate Space Becomes Cafe Eagle at 1414 9th St, NW
Ever since Vegetate closed up back in Nov. ’09 I’ve been keeping a close eye on this space. Ed. Note: Still no word if/where Vegetate will reopen. Anyway, this past weekend I saw some people sitting inside and I knocked on the door.
I chatted with a few of the proprietors who were super kind and quite enthusiastic. They are def. open for business but I’d call it more of a soft opening. The menu is still being developed and refined (I’ll show the current menu after the jump) and they hope to have a liquor license in early Dec. Additionally a new sign will go up outside when the proper permits are in order.
I have to be honest, I never went to Vegetate so I’m not sure how much the space has changed. It is two floors with more seating and a bar area upstairs. (After the jump I’ll also show some more photos of the interior.) So, Cafe Eagle will be an Italian/Eritrean restaurant. At the moment the menu is nearly all Italian with one Eritrean option. Though as I mentioned, the menu is still being developed and refined. Do you think an Italian/Eritrean restaurant will do well at this location?
Downstairs
More photos including the menu after the jump.
Upstairs
Upstairs bar area
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Can you please call me the minute Vegetate decides what they are doing? Their non-existence in my life is killing me.
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So will the churchies protest this liquor license as well?
Probably. A restaurant brings the property values up.
It looks exactly the same inside as it did when Vegetate was there.
If Vegetate had prices like this place they’d probably still be in business.
They better be open minded, because you know someone will mistake this for DC Eagle
Actually the old DC Eagle on 7th st had a restaurant on the 2nd floor. Leather brunch….mmm…
Yuck! Did someone just go through the Chef Boyardee and Hamburger Helper aisle and pick out a menu? Paper sauce. Huh?
at least there is finally an eritrean place to break up the monotony of vegetarian restaurant after vegetarian restaurant in Shaw.
+1. I miss Vegetate.
what restaurants are vegetarian in shaw?
The imaginary ones in Eric’s humor gland.
sorry. my excitement got the better of me.
That was a bit of sarcasm, I’m sure.
Oh crap, it’s enjera! Run!
Sorry, that menu look awful. There is no way I would eat somewhere with that menu. But, if the owners are not gay, maybe they’ll be able to get a liquor license. Then, no one will buy the food, they’ll just drink and the Churchies will get exactly what they feared from Vegetate.
Oh, sorry, was am I being cynical?
Finally, a place that serves pasto with chili paper!
god i love pasto.
Just like Grandma used to make!
i leve mi grendma.
this is funny. someone has commentary on your joke:
http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/11/its-easy-to-be-a-critic-when-english-is-your-first-language/
I’m excited about a new restaurant in the spot, but I sincerely hope that is just their soft opening menu, because there’s nothing there that would inspire me to try it.
Any news on a great pizza place in the neighborhood? I’m so jealous that Columbia Heights has a lock on them
Have you been to Rustik in Bloomingdale? They had some kinks at first but seem to be rapidly improving.
I’m underwhelmed.
Whoa, I’m late—didn’t know it was closed. I went here years ago and thought it was decent, but not a place to frequent regularly.
It looks to me like an Ethiopian or Eritrean menu that they just tried to translate directly. Maybe one of the helpful PoP commenters who knows this type of food (better than I) could offer to help rewrite the menu? Or suggest that they look for someone who can help rewrite the menu? The way it’s described does not sound appetizing at all, but when I think about what the dishes probably actually ARE, I’m much more interested.
I live very close to here and also saw the folks inside and was wondering about this… I am excited there will be something new going in but cannot honestly say that the menu looks very appetizing.
On Vegetate… As a vegetarian, I was excited to go there but the food was bland and just not that tasty.
And Way too pricey. Unfortunately, it seems like the opposite problem here with a cheap menu and what seems like pretty uninteresting food (to say the least).