201 Upshur Street, NW
Sweet! The placard posted at Slash Run says:
“Applicant requested a new Sidewalk Café with Seating for 18 patrons.”
And take note, the sign on the door says:
I’m voting this is reasonable though as a parent of little ones I’ll admit keeping them seated at all times is often aspirational for us…
Upshur Street looking towards the Old Soldiers Home
From DC Alerts:
“Pepco reports a power outage in the District, impacting approximately 1900 customers in the Petworth neighborhood. There’s no estimated restoration time is at this time. Please take all precautions.”
Update:
“Pepco reports the Petworth neighborhood power outage affected population has decreased significantly (under 20 customers). The approximate restoration time is 7pm.”
Georgia and Upshur Street, NW
Hallelujah!!!!! Slim’s is finally here:
“Today – Open from noon – 4pm
Tomorrow – Open from 7am – 4pm
Friday (we start our regular hours) – Open from 7am to 2am
Regular hours:
Sunday – Thursday 7am – Midnight
Friday & Saturday 7am – 2am”
Check out their menu: slims menu (PDF)
Georgia and Upshur Street, NW
* Knock wood, God willing, Fingers crossed, Baruch Hashem. For real this time if all goes well.
With Shaw like fervor, Petworth’s restaurant scene continues to explode. I’ve been getting lots of emails from folks spotting diners at the long awaited Slim’s. These have been private events but I’m told it is very very likely they’ll be open to the public on Wednesday.*
In the meantime I call dibs on a booth:
photo credit Seth Kaplan
photo credit Seth Kaplan
photo credit Seth Kaplan
photo credit Seth Kaplan
via google maps
From MPD:
“4th district officers responded for a shooting in the 4400 block of Iowa avenue around 1715 hours . Once on the scene they located a female victim 30 years of age with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. She was taken to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries. This case is on going. We are asking if anyone have any information regarding this incident please call 202-727-9099.”
Shubha J tweeted us at 1:25am:
“@PoPville woke up with a start at 1am to what sounded like ton of gunfire. 9th & crittenden NW. Now 3 cop cars on block looking around…”
MPD reported:
“On June 24, 2016, at approximately 1:30 am Fourth District officers were canvassing in reference to sounds of gunshots in the area [900 Block Allison Street Northwest]. Suspect was spotted in the block, and attempted to flee. Officers were able to apprehend suspect. Once, apprehended officers recovered a handgun from suspect. Suspect was arrested for Carrying Pistol Without License.”
3911 Georgia Avenue, NW – my photo from 2013 to the left, Homestead’s today to the right
Petworth busting into to the Shaw action…
From a press release:
“The team behind The Blaguard – the beloved neighborhood bar in Adams Morgan – will officially open its new restaurant, Homestead, Thursday, June 23, 2016 in the heart of Petworth at 3911 Georgia Avenue NW. The menu – developed by Executive Chef Marty Anklam – will focus on chef-inspired comfort foods in family-style portions, seasonal cocktails, and local, responsibly sourced ingredients. Homestead’s opening marks the first solo restaurant venture from Nic Makris, co-owner of The Blaguard, as well as the return of Chef Anklam to his hometown roots. (more…)
3619 Georgia Ave, NW previously
“Dear PoPville,
Back in December this lot was moving. Today I noticed the fence is down and the banners just laying in the puddles on the side walks. What’s up with the location?”
809 Upshur Street, NW
Let’s add one more to the list of spectacular renovations – Timber Pizza Co.. If all goes well stay tuned for an opening next week. Check out this pizza oven porn:
The rest of the space turned out pretty sweet too:
Previously:
Photo by PoPville flickr user Claire Uziel
“Dear PoPville,
Our next door neighbors (row house in Petworth) started building an addition onto the back of their house with no permits. They are doing the work themselves. They’ve been working outside legal construction hours, including on Sundays and as late as 10:30 pm, doing loud drilling and hammering. The addition/work site is inches from our bedroom window. A stop work order was issued, but they are ignoring it and still doing construction. I’ve now noticed that the roof on the addition likely hangs over our property line (Our house has an addition in the back that is more narrow than the front of the house/property line). DCRA has told us that the property line issue is a “civil matter” and that there’s nothing they can do about it. Is this true? Do we have any recourse? Is the property line encroachment going to make it hard to eventually sell our house? Any advice would be much appreciated!”