Have you ever noticed that there is a bus that comes to 11th Street in Columbia Heights and goes straight to AC? I kind of feel like that is awesome. But then I have visions of the elderly sitting behind slot machines and losing lots of dough…
Thanks to Bill from Petworth News for alerting me to the newest bar to hit U Street. The bar that everyone has been waiting for, Marvin, is set for a soft opening tomorrow night. Marvin is located on 14th Street just north of U Street and is set to have a bit of a Belgian flavor. Why? Because the bar is named after Marvin Gaye who apparently spent a few years in Belgium. What has folks most excited is that this bar comes from the owner of Eighteenth St. Lounge, you know the Thievery Corporation guys. So get ready for the soft opening on Wed. night and I’ll see you there. And remember this is the bar Fritz, from the Washington Post Gurus, is most excited about it.
Hopefully it will be open this weekend…
So which ad is better this one or the one by the 9:30 club?
So after a number of emails from readers I returned to Moroni & Brothers for pizza this weekend. Moroni & Brothers is located at 4811 Georgia Ave. NW. I think it is very telling that the owner (perhaps one of the nicest people in the business) has written to Petworth News to ask the community for suggestions on improvements. And I’d have to agree with most commenters – the pizza needs no improvement. The crust really is exceptional. I officially and publicly shall concur that the pizza is superior to Red Rocks. But I still feel that Red Rocks has a superior dining area and of course outdoor patio. Thankfully, I think there is room for both pizza joints. I have no doubt that Moroni & Brothers pizza will become a Petworth institution in no time.
I missed this last week but Urban Trekker wrote that Commercial Commercial Property News reported:
“Cushman & Wakefield’s Inc.’s capital markets group said today that the firm negotiated the single largest residential land sale ever in the 14th Street Corridor at 2400 14th Street, NW in Washington D.C. The 40,000-square-foot site will be developed as a residential/retail property consisting of more than 250 apartment units and approximately 16,000 square feet of retail space.”
I just found it very cool that someone was looking to expand their book club and has advertised on the CH Coffee bulletin board. That’s a good touch that you probably wouldn’t get at Starbucks…
Autumn has officially arrived.
Good eye Express and thanks to a reader for alerting me to this article in today’s New York Times. The article is about Abraham Lincoln’s Cottage where he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. Read the article here. According to the Times “While the house will be open by online reservation only to tour groups of 15 people per hour, the trust hopes to welcome every Washington fifth grader each year, and to expand to a larger mission of catering to Lincoln scholars.” Pretty cool.
Council Member Muriel Bowser was kind enough to speak with me about some of the issues she has been working on since taking office. I have to say when I left the meeting I was feeling extremely optimistic and I was reassured that Petworth has a genuine advocate looking out for us. One of the most exciting things I learned was that Bowser is working with the people from Safeway in order to make sure they renovate their property on Georgia Ave. Additionally, I was encouraged to learn that Bowser has been in close contact with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fourth District Commander to ensure that the recent spate of muggings near the metro are properly addressed. And finally I was glad to learn that the proposed homeless shelter move to Georgia Ave. is far from a done deal and a zoning meeting is set to address this very issue. Below you can find a summary of the entire discussion. (more…)