Adams Morgan

Rental of the Day is 1 bed/1 bath in Adams Morgan

By Prince Of Petworth

1813 Vernon Street Northwest

This rental is located at 1813 Vernon Street Northwest. The listing says:

“GREAT LOCATION – Close to everything in desirable DuPont/Kalorama! LEASE INCLUDES: Basic Cable, Wireless Internet, Monitored Alarm Sys. & Water Utility! Tenant pays only electric. New carpet and paint, Good storage closets/space. Front & Rear entrances w/ access to rear patio area. Secured on-site garage PARKING available for additional $250/mo. (No Pets / No Smokers)”

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You can see more photos here.

This 1 bed/1 bath is going for $1,950/Mo.

Massive Yard Sale in Adams Morgan Saturday 9am-2pm

By Prince Of Petworth

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From an email:

“50+ families in Adams Morgan agreed to hold a yard sale? The last time 50+ people in Adams Morgan agreed on anything was when we took that survey saying we never could agree on anything!

Additionally, anyone attending any of the 50+ will receive a wristband entitling them to discounts at a dozen Adams Morgan businesses (thank you, Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District All Rights Reserved Void Where Prohibited!)

The attached one-pager includes the event map and the discount list.

The Mother of All Yard Sales one pager (PDF)“

Rental of the Day is 2 bed/2 bath in Adams Morgan

By Prince Of Petworth

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This rental is located at 2301 Champlain Street Northwest. The listing says:

“Location, Location, Location. Modernistic warehouse style condo with private entrance. Spacious 2br, 2 bath with open living/dining/kitchen with island. Stainless steel appliances, gorgeous hardwood floors, patio for entertaining; Pet friendly building. Available immediately.”

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You can see more photos here.

This 2 bed/2 bath is going for $2,300/Mo.

Unbelievable. Absolutely Unbelievable. “the construction team had built a cinder-block wall blocking my bedroom window”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Ed. Note: If the reader had not included these photos I would not have believed this.

“Dear PoPville,

I live in a rowhouse in Adams Morgan. (I’m a renter.) The rowhouse next door is currently being gutted, expanded and converted into luxury condos.

One night this week, I came home from work to find that the construction team had built a cinder-block wall blocking my bedroom window.

Of course, I immediately called my landlord (he lives in California). Turns out he had been notified a few days earlier of the developer’s plans to build this wall. He had consulted his attorney, who told him there was nothing we could do to stop it.

I contacted everyone I could think: DC Consumer & Regulatory Affairs, that office’s Illegal Construction Division, my ANC commissioner, and the next-door developer himself.

Turns out, my landlord’s attorney was right: There’s nothing we can do. This window is on the side of the rowhouse, all the way at the back; and since it’s a side-facing window, it’s considered “not protected” by DC permitting. So even though this window has been there for more than 80 years, there’s nothing to stop the neighbors from extending their place back and blocking my view.

A friend of mine told me this is what’s known as a “pop-back,” and he’s been trying to fight them in his neighborhood as well.

Anyway, as I said, I just thought PoP readers might want to be aware of this. I don’t have any other recourse (as far as I know). So now I’m left with this crazy-looking window to nowhere.

Guess I’ll buy a big painting to hang there…”

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New Wine Bar, Jug & Table, coming to Adams Morgan May 29th

By Prince Of Petworth

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2446 18th Street, NW

From a press release:

“The team behind Roofers Union and Ripple is excited to announce the opening of Jug & Table on Friday, May 29 at 5pm. Located on the first floor, below Roofers Union, Jug & Table will offer an entirely unique experience with a wholly distinctive wine list, cocktail offerings and food menu from its upstairs, beer-focused counterpart. As the name suggests, the cozy, urbane bar will expound on Ripple’s mission of making quality wine approachable while supporting the belief that wine is meant to be enjoyed more and revered less earnestly.

From behind the bar, Theo Rutherford, a certified sommelier with more than ten years of experience in the DC restaurant industry, will offer expert advice on the 20 wines to be quaffed by the glass, ranging in price from $6 to $16. Dual temperature tap lines allow for eight wines on tap, each of which can be served in quantities of three, six or nine ounces. In total, guests can choose from a list of 40 affordable, hand-picked wines, while hopefully trying something new and learning more about what grapes they gravitate towards.

For Rutherford, Jug & Table is a homecoming of sorts, having served as opening bar manager and sommelier for Ripple before going on to helm wine programs at Rogue 24, Fiola, and Café Dupont, to name a few. Theo will serve his own signature cocktails, for which he has a cult following, in addition to a daily punch bowl of his own creation. In a perfectly logical play to strengths, beers will mirror those picked out by Roofers Union General Manager and Beer Director, Dave Delaplaine.

Each day for happy hour, from 5pm to 7pm, Jug & Table will offer three wines by the glass for $5: a red, a white and a sparkling. In addition, groups can choose from two sharable “jug” options, over two bottles worth of wine, ranging in price from $20 to $25. With two turn tables and an archive of records, this wine bar will play all vinyl, all the time, offering a sound experience quickly becoming de rigueur in Adams Morgan.

Executive Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley will place her stamp on Jug & Table with an assortment of her popular grilled cheeses, cheese & charcuterie, and lux snacks served in jars such as liver mousse with toasted bread and rhubarb jam, duck rillettes, burrata with marinated vegetables, and Marcona almonds fried in lardo and sprinkled with rosemary. Grilled cheeses range from Greek with Taleggio, goat cheese, lamb, roasted red peppers and mint pesto, to American with cheddar, bacon jam, and tomato. Cheeses include a Fromagerie Mont Royal Tradition from the acmes of Basque Country, a Boerenkaas Gouda with a variety of textures and a balance of sweet and salty flavors, and a La Tur which combines milk of sheep, goat and cows to obtain a dense, creamy interior. Charcuterie ventures into duck prosciutto, bresaola, fennel salami and more.

Jug & Table will be open 5pm to close, Tuesday through Saturday, and closed Sunday and Monday.”

Coming Soon Signage Posted for Lotus Blooms plus More Info about who may fill the rest of the space

By Prince Of Petworth

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2408 18th Street, NW

Yesterday we learned about the “education based adult boutique”, Lotus Blooms, coming to the former NY Diva NY space in Adams Morgan. Thanks to a reader for sending an update. You can see the coming soon signage above plus the former restaurant will actually be:

“dividing into three leased spaces. Lotus Blooms has the ground floor of 2408. One of those escape room type businesses will have the 2nd and 3rd floors of 2406. The ground level of 2406 will be a legitimate restaurant, not a nightclub.”

Updates when official leases are signed on the remaining spaces.

“you may have been ticketed and towed because it appears someone at DDOT didn’t do their job properly”

By Prince Of Petworth

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A reader reports:

“If you parked on the south side of the 1900 block of Calvert Street this morning you may have been ticketed and towed because it appears someone at DDOT didn’t do their job properly. The sign in the picture was just posted early this morning 5/12 despite having a printed date of 5/6 and an effective date of 5/9. I was outside late last night looking for these signs because I knew the repaving was scheduled to take place this week and confirmed that there were no signs as of 10pm. And yet the signs were up and parking enforcement was out there before I left for work this morning. She was just sitting in the car when I left and I didn’t have time to see if she would ticket anyone, but there are now reports on the Adams Morgan listserv that cars on that block were in fact ticketed and towed today. If this happened to you, you should be able to successfully contest it given the complete lack of advance notice. Compounding the DDOT ineptitude, it looked like someone was also granted a moving truck permit for today’s date along part of the stretch undergoing repaving. No idea how that was handled.”

Lotus Blooms, “education based adult boutique” coming to Adams Morgan

By Prince Of Petworth

NY Diva
2408 18th Street, NW

At last a replacement for NY NY Diva in Adams Morgan. Lotus Booms is coming in June:

“Lotus Blooms is an education based adult boutique founded in Alexandria, VA. Our mission is to provide an elegant, relaxed, discreet environment with the educational resources necessary for people to take charge of their sexuality. Our environment will encourage creativity in sexual expression to help keep relationships exciting. We want to nurture all people towards positive sexual wellness that will keep their bodies and souls healthy, happy and fulfilled. Learn More!”

Ed. Note: RIP Instant Noodles, Savour, Sutra, Felix, Viet Thai, Spy Lounge and NY NY Diva of course.

Barrel-Aged Beer at The Black Squirrel this Friday – Check Out the Line Up

By Prince Of Petworth

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2427 18th Street, NW

From an email:

“A Barrel of Fun: Barrel-Aged Beer at The Black Squirrel

Add wood and bring on the flavor. The Black Squirrel celebrates the age-old tradition of barrel aging beer on Friday (May 8), starting at 5 p.m., with 25 rare barrel-aged beers on tap and by the bottle.

The line-up includes:
· Epic 2013 Smoked & Oaked Belgian Ale (cherry-wood smoked and bourbon-barrel oaked, draft, 10.4%)
· Founders Backwoods Bastard Scotch Ale (aged in bourbon barrels, draft, 10.2%);
· Franklin’s Ridiculous Wild Ale (draft, 6.8%);
· Goose Island 2013 Lolita (wild ale with raspberries, draft, 7%);
· Goose Island 2013 Bourbon County Brand Stout (draft, 14.2%);
· Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire (draft, 4.5%);
· Laughing Dog Triple Squared (Belgian-style triple aged in cabernet barrels, draft, 9%);
· Laughing Dog De Achtste Hond (peach wild ale, draft, 7%);
· Mad Fox Cabernet Reynard (cabernet-barrel black saison, draft, 7.1%);
· Mad Fox Oaked Funk (saison aged in Silver Oak cabernet carrels, draft, 6%);
· Petrus Oak-Aged Belgian Pale Ale (draft, 7.3%);
· Potters Craft Cider Oak-Barrel Reserve (draft, 9.6%);
· Wild Beer Co. Modus Operandi (barrel-aged old ale, draft, 7%);
· Epic/Crooked Stave Elder Brett (wild ale, 750mL bottle, 8.5%);
· Funkwerks 2012 Solena (Belgian-style dark ale, 750mL bottle, 6.5%);
· Goose Island 2013 Halia (sour peach saison, 750mL bottle, 7.5%);
· Goose Island 2013 Gillian (tart Belgian=style farmhouse ale, 750mL bottle, 9.5%);
· Goose Island 2010 Lolita (brewed with raspberries, 650mL bottle, 7%);
· Goose Island 2012 Madame Rose (brown kriek with cherries, 650mL bottle, 7.1%);
· Goose Island 2012 Juliet (wild ale aged with blackberries, 650mL bottle, 8%);
· Hardywood 2013 Reserve Rum-Barrel Imperial Pumpkin Ale (750mL bottle, 10.5%);
· Mother Earth 2013 Triple Overhead Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Triple (750mL bottle, 10%);
· Mother Earth 2013 Windowpane Peach Barrel-Aged Wheat Ale (750mL bottle, 8.3%);
· Mother Earth 2013 Windowpane Blackberries Barrel-Aged Wit (750mL bottle, 9%); and
· Strangeways Martian Spring (wine-barrel-aged biere de mars, 22oz bottle, 7.35%).

To complement the liquid treasure, the Black Squirrel chef will prepare a stinky cheese burger to accompany the sour beers and a stout burger for the dark beers.

For more than 400 years, beer has been stored in barrels and aged to a bold, complex taste. Barrels are often made of oak, and many have been previously used for bourbon or wine to further enhance the layers of flavor. Enjoy this sampling of barrel-aged beer that spans a range of styles.”

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