Photo courtesy Ice Cream Jubilee
From an email:
“Ice Cream Jubilee is celebrating its first year anniversary on July 12, 2015 with new, limited time only menu additions.
Free Happy Birthday Mini-Cones – From 11:30 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday, June 12, Ice Cream Jubilee will be giving away free mini-cones from our ice cream cart at 301 Water Street, SE by Yards Park. Anyone who visits Ice Cream Jubilee before 2:00pm and says “Happy Birthday!” will receive a 3″ mini cone.“
Solea building at 14th and Florida Ave, NW
7-11 fatigue continues – from a change.org petition:
“Stay Away from 14th St / Florida Ave! [in the Solea building]
We are a community, we are a neighborhood, we are families and friends. We care about how our neighbors treat each other, how the streetscape is maintained and we care to improve our surroundings.
We are happily satisfied with the neighborhood retail services today such as: Streets, Smucker Farms, Yes Organic, CVS and TraderJoes, yet we are very concerned about 7/11 entering our neighborhood. We believe that 7/11 will diminish and detract from our neighborhood, nor do we see it adding any value to our lives. We feel that, at best, 7/11 will just cannibalize existing businesses, assuming anyone was to patronize the establishment. Therefore, this location is not only unsatisfactory to the neighbors, but it is also a bad investment for 7/11. A bad investment for 7/11 is also a bad bet for the landlord jeopardizing their investment too. No one wins in this scenario.
If you care about the future of our neighborhood and don’t want to see a 7/11, or worse, a failed 7/11 take up a prominent corner, then please object by endorsing this petition.”
7th and Q St, NW
Updates when they get closer to opening.
La Jambe coming across from Dacha. Anyone hear what they’re about?
Grand Cata coming across from Ivy and Coney.
Shaw Yoga coming across from Compass Coffee.
11 Dupont Circle, NW
A reader reports:
“Just went to the Books-a-Million in Dupont and everything is discounted, all sales are final, and the salespeople confirmed that July 18 would be their last day. I always hate to see a bookstore close, but if it had to be one I’m glad it wasn’t Kramerbooks.”
Columbia Heights.
1007 U Street, NW
Apparently people like vaping. New vape lounges seem to be opening up all over the place. I’ve now seen them in Adams Morgan, H Street NE, Petworth, and Georgetown. Any others?
Out of curiosity do any readers vape?
14th and Quincy St, NW
A lot of folks were hoping this wasn’t true but there’s no denying it any longer:
Thanks to all who sent emails and tweets:
“U Scoot – corner of Vermont & U. I walk past every day and just noticed it yesterday (after being gone this weekend). I did a quick google but didn’t find anything.”
I stopped in yesterday but the owner was with a customer – (grand opening soon) – here’s a peek inside:
Photo by PoPville flickr user Brian Mosley
Oh let this be true!!
“I heard from an Apple store representative in Georgetown that they’re opening an Apple Store in the”U St corridor area”.
Any guesses where?
Ed. Note: This is the same way we first heard about the Trader Joe’s now at 14th and U so I’ll be cautiously optimistic!
Dang it no Urban Noodle Bar. A new tattoo parlor is coming to the former (long vacant) Zippin Chicken space on Georgia Ave:
