Da Luft, Seafood, Coming to 1242 H St, NE

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by Prince Of Petworth September 6, 2011 at 10:02 pm 15 Comments

“Lawyer for new liquor license applicant #HStDC at ANC6a ABL comm mtg Tues nite. Located at 1242 H, to be called Da Luft, serve seafood.”

More info when it becomes available.

Denizen of Tenallytown

Da hell kinda name…
- Anonymous
  
  The owner’s last name.
Bloomingdude

I’m Da jealous. German, Cajun, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, pies and now seafood. H Street is going to have one of widest arrays of food fare in the city.
- ToCareNotTo
  
  Ethiopian, English pub, Jewish deli, irish pub & standard american pub food as well.
  
  Now when one will open before 5 pm on a weekday …
  - Bloomingdude
    
    Anyone have any thouhts on why H Street is getting such a range of places and other areas, like Shaw, lower GA Avenue and Bloomingdale, are struggling to attract non-pizza and cheap Chinese? Is it the proximity to Capitol Hill or the coming trolley? I don’t understand why Shaw isn’t getting better restaurants more quickly, given the pent-up demand. I went to Beau Thai a few nights ago and the take-out line was out the freakin’ door.
    
    Jewish Deli, BBQ, Vietnamese… come to Shaw!
    - Chris
      
      My guess is because H Street is so far removed from anywhere else. People in Shaw can walk 15-20 min to U Street, Logan, Mt Vernon Triangle, PQ.
      - SOUP
        
        I am assuming it has to do with prices for rent. These seem like places that might not have the funds to get started this side of town.
    - SF
      
      There are many reasons, low rent included, but H has a buzz about it that GA Avenue and Bloomingdale don’t. The trolley haters gonna hate, but that infrastructure development has already had a large influence.
      
      For whatever reason, there’s also a lot, a lot, a LOT of foot traffic on H Street every day. Many people on H don’t have a metro to rely on, and there’s a great walking culture that can support upstart restaurants like these.
      - Whoa_now
        
        I’d bet that rent is actually higher on H Street. I think it has to do with H Street already being established “going out” place. Plenty of restaurants/bars that after 5 are filled every night. Interested new business owners aren’t taking much of a risk to open in a district that is already established and under capacity (try getting a table at most spots on any night)…where as GA Avenue and Bloomingdale don’t have established nightlife. Sure the density is high in those areas but from the prospective of new business owners why open a place in Bloom/GA ave that is already close to an established “going out” area.
      - Chris
        
        When are you walking that you see all this good traffic. Everytime I walk down the street it always seems pretty barren. A few people walking in and out of places and some people hanging out. But, in general not what I would considered to really be a steady flow of foot traffic like you would see around Eastern Market, U Street, etc.
      - Chris
        
        good traffic = foot traffic
andy

Grand opening should have 99 da luftballons.
- textdoc
  
  :)
RegO

Cool, but I was thinking this space would be retail. Oh well.
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The trolley haters gonna hate, but that infrastructure development has already had a large influence.

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