Glover Park

Slate Wine Bar + Bistro Opens Today in Glover Park

By Prince Of Petworth


2404 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Kitchen 2404 closed back in July.

From a press release:

Glover Park officially becomes home to Slate Wine Bar + Bistro today at 4 pm when the highly-anticipated new restaurant opens its doors to welcome friends and neighbors looking to share some of the best quality food and wine around.

Slate Wine Bar Owner and Wine Director, Elizabeth Banker, says, “The Slate team has been working tirelessly to transform this space into a welcoming and comfortable wine bar and restaurant. We are excited to share what we have worked so hard to create and to add to the diversity of Glover Park’s dining options.”

The two uniquely Slate creations are the wine list and the bistro menu. The wines have been hand-selected by Elizabeth, with input from Bar Manager Noah Naft, and focus on smaller production wines from family-owned estates that practice sustainable or organic farming and take a hands-off approach to winemaking. Banker explains, “The primary reason for this focus is experience having shown me that wines that fall into this description tend to be wines with an identity and character that makes them memorable. Of course, some wines made it on to the list by simply being delicious!”

For non-wine lovers, Slate has a great selection of cocktails and craft beers.

The wines complement the bistro menu created by Journeyman Chef and General Manager Mark Krieger. The menu features everything from light snacks to cheese plates, heartier fare including a wide selection of unique salads, panini and the Clean Slate burger, and entrees including steak frites and salmon. Desserts are hand-made by Lester DC’s “Pie King” in Slate’s kitchen. Menu items focus on using the best possible ingredients and simple preparations that showcase the ingredients. The menu will change seasonally and will be supplemented by daily and weekly specials from the freshest local ingredients.

Slate will offer daily wine features, flights, and pairing advice. Slate will also host a wide-range of educational and entertaining wine events, including winemaker dinners, tasting seminars, wine clubs, escorted trips to wine regions, and more. Slate’s first wine dinner is September 11, 2012, featuring Copain Winery from California. Details and information on other upcoming events will be posted on the website at www.slatewinebar.com.

Kitchen Closes in Glover Park, Slate Wine Bar + Bistro Coming in August

By Prince Of Petworth


2404 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

From an email:

Slate Wine Bar + Bistro is excited to announce that we are joining the Glover Park community later this summer! We will be located at 2404 Wisconsin Avenue, formerly home to Kitchen 2404. Slate will be a neighborhood restaurant that is also a destination for wine lovers of all levels of knowledge and experience. Daily specials, pairing advice, and flights will be supplemented with a wide-range of educational and entertaining wine events, including winemaker dinners, tasting seminars, wine clubs, escorted trips to wine regions, and more. The Bistro menu will offer an array of snacks including cheese and charcuterie, along with heartier fare such as soups, salads, sandwiches, entrees and desserts. The menu will change seasonally and will be supplemented by daily and weekly specials from the freshest local ingredients with the goal of complementing the wines. For non-wine lovers, we will have a great selection of craft beers and cocktails. Slate is a project by Wine Investment Group, LLC. Owner and Wine Director, Elizabeth Banker, and General Manager, Mark Krieger, look forward to welcoming you when we are ready to open our doors.

PoP Pho Patrol: Sprig & Sprout (Pho and Viet Sandwich Shop) Coming to Glover Park

By Prince Of Petworth


2317 Wisconsin Ave, NW

Back in April I mentioned that pho was coming to Glover Park. I’m excited to share lots more details I got from the owner:

We are officially Sprig & Sprout (Pho and Viet Sandwich Shop). The reference being all of our dishes are served with some kind of Sprig (basil, mint, cilantro) and bean Sprouts.

We are looking to open our doors for a soft opening around the beginning of September. During this time we encourage a lot of comments and suggestions to help us iron out any kinks.

The style of our restaurant is “Fast & Casual” but we wanted to keep options open to our guests. Our main floor has an open kitchen and is meant to be used for the quick eats. Here you can order in line, then watch as they prepare your food for take-out, or grab a table and a runner will bring your dishes to you. For anyone who wants to relax a little longer our upstairs fully stocked, laid-back bar provides full service.

Our hours of operation are everyday from 11am to 10pm.

I’ve actually just gotten back from a trip to Vietnam where I worked with two chefs to get a range of education. Hopefully I’ve gathered some good secrets!

Sweet – stay tuned for September!

“Please Help Me Find the Dog who Killed my chihuahua Freckles”

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader sends the following from craigslist:

Friends and Neighbors,

I’m desperately asking you for your help.

On Tuesday night at approx. 10:30pm, my chihuahua Freckles was attacked and killed outside of my house on the 2400 block of Tunlaw Rd, NW. in Glover Park.

She was standing on the ledge in my front yard when she was snatched by another dog walking down the sidewalk with its owner. I struggled with the dog for about 20 seconds, but by the time I was finally able to pull her from his mouth, it was clearly too late. When I ran up and took her inside my house, the owner and dog continued on their walk. He didn’t try to restrain his dog, he didn’t try to help me pry her from his dog’s mouth, and he didn’t even bother to wait around, and he’s yet to come back.

I’m asking you for your help in locating this man and his dog. If anyone recognizes the description of this man and/or dog, I am begging you to please let me know.

Owner: Tall, thin, older (maybe 50s or 60s), light colored hair, white man
Dog: Large, between the size of a weimaraner and a great dane. Long, lanky legs, very tall, with a dark colored body and white head.

They were walking southward down Tunlaw Rd, towards Benton St. If anyone happened to see a man and dog who fit that description walking around Glover Park at around 10:30pm on Tuesday, or if you know who they are, or if you see them again, please please let me know. If this dog has already been deemed “dangerous” from a previous attack, then it should have never been out without a muzzle in the first place. If it hasn’t been deemed dangerous, it needs to be. A dog this vicious does not need to be on the streets where it could do this sort of thing again to another animal, or God forbid, child.

I never want anyone to have to go through this. Thank you so much for any and all help. Please reply to the email address above if you have any information. Thank you again.

Thurs. Afternoon Rental Option – Cathedral Heights/Glover Park

By Prince Of Petworth

This rental is located at 2800 Wisconsin Avenue, NW:


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The listing says:

“BREATHTAKING WIDE-OPEN VIEWS OF DC, Capitol Dome & Washington Monument, esp. at night! Sunny & large alcove-studio on high floor;great layout. Granite countertop, DW, pergo floors, lrg closets; etc. Front Desk/Concierge. Conveniently located to Georgetown, The NEW Safeway, shops/restaurants. Pets no more 32lbs. Bus right@corner; not far from Tenley Metro. UTILITIES INCLUDED!”

This studio is going for $1,450/Mo.

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