Fro Zen Yo Coming to 1636 I Street NW in Old ADC Map Store Location

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by Prince Of Petworth October 14, 2010 at 4:30 pm 21 Comments

Back in August we learned that the ADC Map Store and Travel Center was going out of business. I just noticed that a Fro Zen Yo will be coming into the space at 1636 I St, NW near the Farragut West metro stop.

lady

There is NO WAY this converse wearing, summer scarf sporting, white woman is going there. I might be mistaken for a yuppy, or worse, a hipster.
another?

God, that name is wretched. I’m sure they will get a lot of business in that location, though. This city can’t seem to get enough fro-yo.
- James Campbell
  
  Triple true.
  - Anonymous
    
    Please don’t let this phrase catch on.
WHEN?!?!

Soon is not that descriptive, love fro-yo! Very exciting.
GDopplerXT

I am amazed that these places can stay in business, let alone multiply.

Semi-serious question: How do frozen yogurt stores not go out of business in the winter? Do they sell other non-frozen snack and treats too?
- another?
  
  It’s a bit better than the cupcakes places, at least. Frozen yogurt’s a bit more challenging to make at home.
Anon

From well-stocked and very cool (if you are into these things) map store to fro-yo shop? That is several steps in many wrong directions 🙁
ro

i used to love that map store. of course this was years before online maps and gps had really caught on. but it really was a great spot for maps, globes and travel guides.
- Anonymous
  
  ha! yup. i bought a grand total of three maps there back in the olden days of paper and laminated paper maps.
11th

my heart broke, too, when the map store closed. they had great civil war battlefield guides and really detailed chesapeake bay maps.

fro-yo makes sense there and will do well.
UStreet

Oh goody, they’re opening just in time for winter!
VeggieTart

Not another freaking frozen yogurt shop.
u street v

Dear Powers That Be,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put a Fro-Zen-Yo on U Street! I dream about your delicious flavors and toppings bar.
Thank you.
Anne Thomas

Iam so sorry; I loved that store and had many happy visits there, including some with fellow maplovers. Yes,we can get all that info online now, but it was so enjoyable to actually see and handle the physical maps. Anyway, this is good for the yogurt fans.
Anonymous

What a great symbol of dumb downed America, a store filled with items designed to increase knowledge replaced by a store designed to take as much money from you as it can by filling you up with processed, faux-healthy, actually unhealthy “food”. Such is the market.
- Anonymous
  
  You make it sound like the fro-Yo people bought out the map store and shut it down.
  
  Dont get me wrong, I’ve always enjoyed maps, ever since I was a kid. But you can’t be mad at some frozen yogurt place, get mad at the Internet. Or yourselves for not buying enough maps maybe ha!
  - Anonymous
    
    No, I was just commenting/lamenting the nation’s culture, not really blaming the yogurt store. They’re a symptom of a larger disease.
    - JD32
      
      Maps stores are not exactly a place where one goes to enrich oneself. It may be sad that it has closed, but indicative of a “dumb downed (sic)” America? Please.
- lil
  
  I agree with Anonymous 8:09. Now I’ll admit I only bought one item from the map store (mainly because I’m rarely in that part of town), but that’s more than I’d ever buy from the yogurt place.
Kev29

My eyes instantly started bleeding when I saw the awful name for this store

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