1817 M St, NW
Moaz Vegetarian restaurant closed back in Jan. 2012. Sala Thai will be taking over the space right next door to the recently opened 3 Pizanos pizza spot. You can see Sala Thai’s menus for their U Street, Petworth and Bethesda locations here. As a fan of their Petworth location, I’m calling this good news!
On Tuesday we admired the U.S.S.Co. Building located at 10th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW.
Thanks to a reader for sending in some great background info. He writes:
“It was, believe it or not, a storage warehouse built for the United States Storage Company in 1909, when making utilitarian buildings look perfunctory and ugly wasn’t in style yet.”
Some background info from LOC:
Significance: The tallest structure on Square 348, the U.S. Storage Building is an excellent example of early 20th Century design solutions for multistory commercial buildings. The powerful scale and rich articulation of this Late Romanesque Revival building is derivative of the designs of Louis Sullivan, who helped pioneer multistory design at the turn of the 20th Century. The building’s intrinsic design merit, combined with its use of similar materials, relates it to the surrounding streetscape.
From November 10, 1984 issue of Washington Post
A readers sends in this bizarre photo from the Old Post Office building at 12th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW. It took place yesterday around 2pm. She writes: “Complete with music. No explanation.” Anyone know what it was?
Maybe a preview of what is in store with the coming luxury Trump hotel…?
It’s so wild to see City Center DC start to rise downtown. This is gonna be a fun photo series to look back on as the construction progress and when it’s finished. Still no confirmation on the Eataly yet…
Here’s what it looked like in Dec. 2008:
I love this building across from the FBI building on 10th St, NW north of Pennsylvania Ave.
Anyone know what the U.S.S.Co is from?
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Back in Dec. 2011 we finally learned who would be moving into the long vacant Les Halles space at 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Signs out front say they’ll be opening in summer 2012. They’ve also just applied for a liquor license that says:
“Full service restaurant with summer garden. Seating capacity is 346.”
Their Web site says:
“Del Frisco’s Grille combines a social atmosphere with exciting cuisine, an expansive wine list & hand-crafted cocktails. Food and drinks are built to share, so get together with a friend or share the experience with your neighbor.”
You can see their New York menu here.
The burger looks pretty good…
Photo via District Taco
District Taco tweets the good news:
“We got our inspections y we are ready to open!We just need to train our new team 4 few days!”
District Taco will be located in the former Funxion space at 1309 F St, NW. You can see their menu here.
Here’s a peek in the window from this weekend:
I’m a little late to the game on this one but I just noticed Wasabi closed at 908 17th St, NW by Farragut Square. Looks like their MD and VA locations are still open. Were there any fans of Wasabi?
Back in March we learned that a Charles Tyrwhitt was coming to downtown in the new building at Connecticut and K St, NW. It’s now open.
