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Mattress Discounters Closes Prime Location at 18th and Connecticut Ave, NW
1212 18Th Street, NW
Thanks to a reader for sending word:
“The Mattress Discounters on 18th and Connecticut closed yesterday. I can’t say that it surprised me, I’d always thought that it was a strange location for a mattress store. Hopefully something cool, and more appropriate, will go in there quickly.”
I’ll def. keep a close eye on this prime space to see who eventually takes over the space.
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I don’t think that location is inappropriate for a retail store selling things that nearby residents need. A bar or restaurant would certainly be cooler, as would some other kind of retail, but a mattress store is hardly inappropriate.
I hear that they are looking for a spot in Columbia Heights. Apparently that area is underserved by mattress retailers.
+1
Or Tenleytown.
Oh, great. Now how the hell am I supposed to find the 18th Street Lounge!
This made me LOL… I always used Mattress Discounters as a landmark when explaining to friends/acquaintances how to find Eighteenth Street Lounge.
Haha, same here. And I’m sure someone cited the same landmark the first time I went.
I read somewhere that a Pei Wei asian diner is going to take over the spot.
Lulzzzz. I seriously hope this is snark, but I’m afraid it might be true.
Ugh, it’s true! Awful food.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2011/12/pei-weis-new-concept-opening-in-dc.html
They had OK mattress deals and good delivery. Much prefer that over another crap chain restaurant.
I bought two mattresses there – very convenient for downtown non-car owning dwellers, particularly before Zipcar was in DC.
Let’s pray for another much-needed bank…
Haha…it’s funny cuz it’s true. Maybe a cell phone store? We’re getting yet another one on14th in Columbia Heights. Apparently Cricket, Radio Shack, T Mobile and Best Buy weren’t adequately serving the market. Now Sprint is moving in.
Gee, i walked down there from Adams Morgan in ’96 to buy a mattress. Seemed like a great location for a mattress store. Though it wouldn’t have worked without delivery…
It was not “inappropriate”, there are lots of residences to the north and west.
I needed a boxpring once and thought I’d try Mattress Discounters first because they were so close. But it turned out they charged more for delivery than places outside the Beltway. I considered enlisting a friend to help me carry it down the street but that seemed like too much of a hassle. So I’m not sure there’s any real benefit to a mattress store being close to where people live– it’s not like smaller housewares that you can just carry home.