Cappy’s Crabs closing on Sunday September 4th, final Tiki Tuesday tomorrow

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by Prince Of Petworth August 29, 2016 at 11:10 am 22 Comments

cappy
828 Upshur Street, NW

From an email:

“Next week is our last week at Cappy’s. We are closing on Sunday September 4th.

We have not finalized the next restaurant yet – we hope to have a decision in a few weeks.

We have a final Tiki Tuesday on the 30th with guest bartender Paul Taylor.”

neighborly
Anony

Didn’t this place just recently open?
- Prince Of Petworth
  
  Yes it was always planned to be just for the summer.
  - textdoc
    
    Somehow I didn’t realize this. I wonder how many others didn’t either.
    - Anon
      
      You can’t get MD crabs year-round.
      - textdoc
        
        I hadn’t though about that aspect — not a native of this area. :)
      - Anonymous
        
        {insert joke here about going to any bar in College Park on a Saturday night}
Ashy Oldlady

Good, maybe they can focus some of that energy on turning Slim’s into something other than an absolute disaster.
- samanda_bynes
  
  never had a problem with Slim’s – just go there for dinner/late night dinner.
  - kateddc
    
    We went at about 5:45pm on Saturday. Absolutely no problems. No wait for a table. Service was good. Food was good. They’ve definitely done some major work to improve. (The only “issue” was that we had an extra 20 minutes to kill, because we assumed we needed to allow extra time to eat there!)
  - neighborhooder
    
    Went to Slims on sunday morning, and everything was great. Good food, good service, and no wait. Not sure why people are over reacting so much to a some hiccups in the opening weeks. It’s a diner, not a French restaurant.
justinbc

Can’t wait for Farty Frogs to open
- ET
  
  Tasty Toads?
  Great Goats?
- Truxton Thomas
  
  I was thinking it could be a taxi stand: Crappy’s Cabs.
petworther

Any word on Paul plans on putting there? A bakery would be awesome. It might alleviate some pressure on the Slim’s kitchen to make some of the products down the street, and I think it would do really, really well in the neighborhood. A scaled down version of Bread Furst (baguettes, sandwiches, other baked goods with a small seating area) would be perfect.
- Prince Of Petworth
  
  “We have not finalized the next restaurant yet – we hope to have a decision in a few weeks.”
samanda_bynes

actually kinda bummed – i know this place was hit or miss for a ton of people (Yelp is a mess), but I’ve never once been disappointed here, sure, the sandwiches were basically just a loaf of bread with fish in the middle, but that steam pot is a hell of a deal, and there’s not a lot of places you can get crabs and a pitcher for less than $40 bucks. I think out of the three times I’ve been here, only once was annoying, and that was ENTIRELY the fact that i was super hungry and service was a little too slow.
- alissaaa
  
  I showed up a couple of times to try and have dinner and they were closed with no notice/no posts on social media, and that was it for me! Haven’t tried to go back since…
neighborly
Anonymous

Never went, but crabs really aren’t our thing. People living in the neighborhood have been begging for years for a bakery/coffee shop or deli (Italian, Jewish, Greek). I’d even love to see a ramen concept or something upscale.
- samanda_bynes
  
  i would legit murder for a Jewish deli
- Anonynon
  
  Eye roll at ‘Ramen Concept’

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