Bloomingdale

Have the Bells Tolled in Bloomingdale for CRISP Kitchen + Bar?

By Prince Of Petworth


1837 1st Street, NW

UPDATE: An Italian Bar to be called Hopscotch is coming.

“Dear PoPville,

Getting ready to move to Bloomingdale and was excited to be close to Crisp as I enjoyed my meal there last time I went but looks like they may have shut down for good? According to their last twitter post in March they closed for renovations for what was supposed to be 4 days but now their website’s down. Any word?”

On March 8th they wrote:

“We will be closing Crisp Bar and Kitchen this weekend to renovate and clean the kitchen. We will reopen next Tuesday the 12th at normal operating hours. We apologize for any inconvenience, and hope to see you all soon!”

Anyone know if they are down for the count?

“we are confused, angry, and ready to fight to stop this from continuing”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I wanted to both let you know and ask for your help in regards to a permit for a pop-up that has somehow been granted for 70 W Street NW, after our neighborhood has fought so hard to obtain a historic district designation. It is my neighborhood’s understanding that pop-ups and any other major alterations to the facade of the homes here are illegal, and would require the permission of the historic district in order to proceed. (more…)

“The Pub & The People has started doing free, live, local music!”

By Prince Of Petworth


1648 North Capitol St, NW at R Street courtesy Pub and the People

From an email:

“The Pub & The People (Corner of N Capitol St & R St NW) has started doing free, live, local music!

We’ve been working with the badass Ben Tufts (a DC musician that has been involved for decades in the local music scene) and 7DrumCity to put together really great one/two person acts here at The Pub. We even learned how to do sound engineering, so we can make it sound really really nice.

Here is the schedule for the this month – we will be doing it every Sunday and Tuesday from 6-8pm: (more…)

Big Police Presence at Flagler Market

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader reports at noon:

“Something is going down at Flagler Market on the corner of W St. and Flagler Pl. NW. Lots of police, the store has been taped off and a Crime Scene Unit van just pulled up.”

Update from MPD:

“At approximately 10:50am, a robbery was reported in the 2200 block of Flagler Place NW. 2 suspects entered the store and assaulted a individual inside before taking US Currency. (more…)

About that Big Police Presence Last Night – Bloomingdale/Eckington edition

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

I received a lot of messages this morning along the lines of:

“a car going the wrong direction crashed followed by some weird police activity on quincy place nw around 4am this morning….any intel”

MPD tells me that it was in response to a car jacked vehicle suspect spotted in the unit block of Quincy Place, NW. The actual car jacking occurred in the alley of the 100 block of Q St. NE. The suspect was identified and placed under arrest in the 100 block of Harry Thomas Way NE.

Ed. Note: I got other inquires about helicopters in the area and was told ” MPD’s Air Support Unit did not respond to this call.”

Multi Car Crash in Bloomingdale – Dispute over 911 Response

By Prince Of Petworth

UPDATE: Official response from the Office of Unified Communications:

“Our preliminary findings show that this incident was handled and dispatched expeditiously. DC 911 received 12 calls for this incident at virtually the same time (to the minute). The first call, received at 2:42 p.m., was answered within 12 seconds, and was sent to dispatch in less than a minute. The first DCFEMS unit was on the scene within 3 minutes and 56 seconds of the initial 911 call. The spike in call volume did in fact cause some callers to put in queue (on hold). However, no one was on hold as long as it has been claimed. Instead, most calls that came in were put in queue for a little over one minute. There was one call that held for 3 minutes, and by the time it was answered the responders had already been dispatched. Our call takers are trained and prepared to accommodate and manage all calls despite the sudden change in call volume we experience from time to time when a highly visible incident such as this occurs.”

Whoa. Chase reports:

“On First between U and V NW.

The word is that a guy, his current gf and his ex got into an altercation and started chasing each other in their car. Didn’t sound like anyone was hurt.”

Russell W. Warnick also reported just after 3pm: (more…)

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