Dupont Circle

Hank’s Oyster Bar Dupont Now Open for Lunch

By Prince Of Petworth

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1624 Q Street, NW

From a press release:

“Chef/Owner Jamie Leeds is pleased to announce that Hank’s Oyster & Lounge in Dupont Circle will now be extending its popular menu of New England beach fare to include daily lunch service Monday through Friday (Hank’s_Lunch_Menu). Located just off Dupont Circle at 1624 Q Street, NW, Hank’s will offer fresh lunchtime dishes that are sumptuous, yet easy on the wallet as every menu item will be priced under $18 (with the exception of the Lobster Roll at $25). Daily lunch at Hank’s debuts Tuesday, April 1, 2014 and will be available from 11:30 AM until 3 PM.

Hank’s Oyster Bar & Lounge will offer an enticing variety of small plates that are perfect for sharing or grabbing a quick bite during a short lunch break. Small plate offerings include Popcorn Shrimp & Calamari; Lobster Bisque; Fried Oysters, Hog Island Style BBQ Oysters, and Caesar Salad with an option to add Shrimp or Anchovies. A selection of larger plate entrees will also be available such as one Chef Leeds’ signature dishes, the Lobster Roll with Old Bay fries. Other menu highlights include the Fish & Chips; choice of Oyster or Shrimp Po’ Boy with cayenne remoulade and Old Bay Fries; Crabcake Sandwich with tangy Coleslaw; and the Hank’s Burger, an 8oz beef patty served on a Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, red onion with Old Bay fries. Prices for small plates range from $8 to $15 and large plates range from $13 to $25. (more…)

Frühlingsfest at the Heurich House

By Prince Of Petworth

Frühlingsfest at the Heurich House

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Heurich House Museum
Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

This kid-centered event is full of activities for all ages:

– A House Scavenger Hunt
– Relay Races
– Face Painting
– Maypole Dancing and Decorating
– And More!

There will be beer, a roast pig, cookies, and gelato to snack on all afternoon….not to mention live German music to dance and sing along with!

Ticket price includes:
– Two beers per adult 21+
– Afternoon snacks of roast pig and sides
– Cookies and gelato for dessert

History of Frühlingsfest:

Frühlingsfest is translated as ‘Spring Festival’ and is known as ‘Oktoberfest’s little sister’ in Germany. It celebrates the end of a cold winter and beginning of spring, and it typically occurs mid-April to the beginning of May. Stuttgart and Munich have some of the largest Frühlingsfests in Germany, and now the Heurich House is bringing the age-old traditional to Washington, DC!”

Dupont Circle Mansion, the Historic Patterson House, to be Converted into 92 Small Apartments, to be very Car-free Friendly

By Prince Of Petworth

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Interesting info about the transformation coming to the Patterson House in Dupont Circle from Short Articles about Long Meetings:

“More unusual are the promises to do the following:

designate a transportation management coordinator
provide a screen in a public area showing transit options
have a bicycle repair facility
provide free Capital Bikeshare memberships for non-bike-owners “for the initial term of the lease for the first five years the building is open”
have a minimum of 10 bicycle helmets on hand for resident use
give free membership to car-share services “for the initial term of the lease for the first five years the building is open”.”

You can read more about the long meeting here.

Previously Urban Turf reported:

“The new plan for the historic mansion calls for just over 90 fully-furnished studios that would average about 350 square feet. The first floor of the mansion, located at 15 Dupont Circle NW, would become shared space for the building’s residents to offset the size of the apartments.”

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About that Balloon in the Sky Over Dupont

By Prince Of Petworth

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On Friday @mikedeliso tweeted us the photo above and asks:

“@PoPville you have any idea what this balloon is? Shot from 20th and q at the DuPont north exit.”

And last night @chatelainedc tweets with an even eerier photo:

“I really want to know what the white circular thing w/ a suspended light floating in the sky over Dupont is. Anyone?”

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We first started spotting these balloons back in 2009 and learned they were from Air Photos Live, a “Digital Design & Imaging Service”. Then last May we noticed more balloons over and around the arboretum. At that time we learned from the DC Office of Planning:

PoPville: The balloon was launched by Digital Design and Imaging Inc. to take aerial photos of the District’s skyline as part of the joint Height Master Plan the DC Office of Planning and the National Capital Planning Commission are conducting in response to a Congressional request. The Mayor issued a press release yesterday announcing the consultant teams working with the District on this study. DDIS is one of our consultants for the Height Master Plan modeling analysis. For more information on the study, please visit http://www.ncpc.gov/heightstudy. The Mayor’s press release about the consultants is here: http://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-vincent-c-gray-announces-districts-consultant-teams-study-citys-building-heights

–Tanya Stern, Chief of Staff, DC Office of Planning

This morning @chatelainedc updates us with the latest from Digital Design and Imaging Inc.

“email I got from DDI “It was a unmanned aerostat balloon, shooting L’Enfants layout of streets in the crisp wintery air”

So it’s not the aliens, for now…

Flowers Return to Dupont North Metro – the Rogue Gardener or WMATA?

By Prince Of Petworth

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Thanks to ‏@spanuska for tweeting us:

“Hey! Is the Dupont Circle rogue gardener back? @PoPville or is #wmata prettying the place up?”

In October The Post reported:

“After July, he said, “I needed artistic closure.”

That closure wound up being a merger of performance art, civil disobedience and fodder for a bunch of strangers to have an impromptu Sunday chat about government power and the need for unexpected beauty… a 6-by-6-by-4-foot boxlike artwork, which was covered with quotes about the July flower standoff.”

In August DCist reported:

“Michael McBride, head of Metro’s Art in Transit program, said the daffodil bulbs planted by Docter attracted rodents. Instead, Pachysandra will be planted and repairs will be made to the pavers beginning in two weeks.”

Hmm in the photo above it looks like more daffodils but since the original guy got closure, I’m guessing it’s either a copycat or WMATA reassessed the danger of daffodils.

Sauf Haus Bier Garten Taking Shape in Dupont – Will be Huge

By Prince Of Petworth

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1216 18th Street, NW at the corner of Jefferson just off Connecticut Ave

When we learned the Sauf Haus Bier Hall + Garten was opening above the Dupont Shake Shack this summer I didn’t realize how big the garten part would be. Though we knew it would have a summer garden with 210 seats I had a tough time conceptualizing that space. But walking by it yesterday you can see how huge it’ll be – this has the potential to be very very awesome:

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Magic Realist Paintings by Kathryn Freeman at the Jane Haslem Gallery in Dupont Circle

By Prince Of Petworth

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Goodnight Moon courtesy of Kathryn Freeman

From an email:

“Magic Realist Paintings by Kathryn Freeman are up at the Jane Haslem Gallery 2025 Hillyer Place, Dupont Circle until March 31st. The show includes a series of moon lit interiors, one of which is inspired by the childrens’ poem “Goodnight Moon”. Also, “Moon River”, inspired by the song, and “Rabbit Summer”, inspired by garden consuming rabbits. There is also a room filled with paintings called “Stories from the Woods” which will make you look forward to hiking in Rock Creek Park when spring finally comes. If you want to bring the kids- have them count the animals in the paintings. hint- the count to date is 41!”

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