Comments on: New Restaurant Coming to 913 U St, NW, Next Door Velvet Lounge Applies for Summer Garden http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/ Welcome to the beautiful life Sun, 19 May 2013 22:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Julie http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-329081 Julie Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:23:12 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-329081 What’s the deal with the Brixton nearby. Is that going to open anytime soon?

]]> By: StanleyKubrick http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-329017 StanleyKubrick Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:08:14 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-329017 That top window has been wide open for probably 4 months – and all thorugh out the winter. Can anyone say pigeon crap?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-328853 Anonymous Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:34:26 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-328853 The Florida/Vermont Triangle continues to blow up. I can’t wait for this place. If it ends up being another random ethiopian/italian food place with terrible spelling on the menu, I will still be happy – though I doubt it is. From the looks of it, the place is completely gutted (similar to the Brixton building a few doors down), so whoever is undertaking this enterprise is going will be able to design the space from scratch. A restaurant on this block will be great because right now there are only bars (albeit, three great bars).

]]> By: James http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-328718 James Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:11:10 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-328718 I’ll take a restaurant, any restaurant, over a Methadone clinic, any day of the week.

]]> By: Eric in Ledroit http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-328637 Eric in Ledroit Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:55:30 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-328637 Simple, just write up your business plan, pull together a hundred thousand dollars or so, solicit additional investment from your friends, go to the bank, get set up with financing based on your business plan, then find and buy a property, get an architect to design its renovation, hire and manage a contractor and series of subcontractors to renovate it into the grocery store of your dreams, meanwhile recruit dependable, hard-working staff to operate it, then once it opens cancel all social or other commitments you have for at least several years as you put in 10-14 hour days 7 days a week to make it successful.

Couldn’t be simpler.

]]> By: Frenchie http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-328634 Frenchie Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:42:37 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-328634 What would it take to get that done (aside from dreaming)? I’m all for it!

]]> By: CaptApollo http://www.popville.com/2011/04/new-restaurant-coming-to-913-u-st-nw-next-door-velvet-lounge-applies-for-summer-garden/#comment-328605 CaptApollo Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:56:49 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=35743#comment-328605 As happy as I am that this block is exploding, maybe we could get some development that isn’t a restaurant or bar? A bodega or other little grocery would do bang-up business if you ask me. Maybe once we get 2100 Vermont declared a blighted property someone will buy it and create a corner grocery there. I can dream, right?

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