
Thanks to Chelsea for sending from Chelsea.

Thanks to Chelsea for sending from Chelsea.

Whoa, thanks to ricky_castaneda for sharing this big find: “Equinox leased 30,273 Square Feet across two levels at the Fannie Mae redevelopment, City Ridge.”
City Ridge will of course also be home to D.C.’s first Wegmans grocery store. (more…)

4304 Connecticut Ave, NW
For a second it looked like this former dry cleaning space was going to become a Chipotle but that deal fell through. Perhaps a blessing in disguise – stay tuned for Viet Chopsticks opening soon. (more…)

From DDOT:
“The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is scheduled to temporarily close lanes of traffic and restrict curbside parking on Connecticut Avenue from Porter Street to Nebraska Avenue NW starting on or about Tuesday, September 3, 2019, weather permitting. At least one lane will be open to the traffic in each direction.
The contractor is authorized to work Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The contractor is also authorized to work Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (more…)

4465 Connecticut Ave, NW
Uptown Market (in the former Soapstone Market space) has posted two liquor license placards:
“New Retailer’s Class “C” Restaurant serving beer, wine, limited cocktails to complement individual meals of meat, seafood, vegetables, and starches. Sidewalk Café Endorsement with 32 seats. Total Occupancy Load is 100 with seating for 54 patrons.”
And (more…)

This rental is located at 2939 Van Ness Street NW near Connecticut Ave. The Craigslist ad says:
“$1875 / 1br – 600ft2 – Urban Oasis on Red Line – Utilities Included (more…)

4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Thanks to Carly and Matt for sending the new Surfside coming soon signage at the former Ruby Tuesday/Firelake Grill space. Previously we learned that this Surfside would be:
“”A new Retailer’s Class C Restaurant with a seating capacity of 146 and a Total Occupancy Load of 206. Sidewalk Café with 50 seats” (more…)

Uptown Market is still coming! Whew. Their website says:
“Uptown Market is bringing our neighborhood market concept to Van Ness in summer 2019. We’ll be offering locally sourced and thoughtfully curated items in our market stalls – like artisan cheeses, charcuterie, fresh seafood, butcher cut meats, and house baked goods. (more…)

4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW at Van Ness Street
Happy to report that major progress continues at the Surfside coming to the former Ruby Tuesday/Firelake Grill space on Wisconsin. They’ve just applied for a liquor license:
“A new Retailer’s Class C Restaurant with a seating capacity of 146 and a Total Occupancy Load of 206.”
Check out their menus here.
Also a “Sidewalk Café with 50 seats”: (more…)

And I wanted to ask why but I also didn’t want to disrupt the cosmos so I simply, creepily, took a photo from a far. Be well, snow shorts guy, you do you.
“I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven’s name, why is it so important to think the same things all together.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre
And so concludes snow day, February 20th, 2019.