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Dear PoP – New Restaurant at 14th and Webster – El Don

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

I wanted to draw your attention to a new local restaurant. My family and I tried Restaurante El Don at 14th and Webster last night. The woman working there said that they opened on June 1. It’s a Peruvian chicken place, with a few other items such as carne asada. We had the chicken and it was delicious. The prices were great as well. It’s a lot like Pollo Rico in Arlington and Wheaton, if you are familiar with those.”

Lots of food news this week but this is great news. I know people love Pollo Rico so if this is anywhere as good they should do very well. So all the Pollo lovers, check them out and let me know what you think! Is Pollo Rico the best Peruvian chicken in the DC area?

Bloombars Fundraiser Thurs. Night and DC CARES Volunteer Info

By Prince Of Petworth

Support Bloombars. From an email:

“On Thursday, July 2nd, “Friends of BloomBars” will host a fundraiser at 1212 Lamont St. NW from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Your thoughtful and generous contributions will help open the doors to array of arts and community-based programming. Checks can be made payable to: BloomBars, LLC. Give what you can. Suggested Donation: $25-75. If you are not able to attend but wish to give, please send checks to 3222 11th Street, Washington, DC 20010. Thank you.

The party goes on at BloomBars starting at 9:30pm. Meet and experience Artist in Bloom residents and other amazing talent in bloom!”

And another worthy cause. From an email:

Get Involved in Your Neighborhood!

Join the Neighboring Initiative!
Team up with fellow residents of Petworth and Columbia Heights at the following events to create sustainable activity in neighborhoods! Join Greater DC Cares in its goal to reach every resident of these areas, and motivate them to become active participants of their own communities. If you would like to learn more about or attend one of these events, email Meghan at [email protected]. Continues after the jump. (more…)

I “Found” Logan’s Tomb in Petworth

By Prince Of Petworth

I’ve mentioned the Old Soldier’s Home Cemetery before but somehow I missed Logan’s Tomb. Since there are many fans of the statue in Logan Circle, I thought I’d give the address of the tomb – it’s on Harewood between Rock Creek Church Rd. and North Capitol in Petworth.

I actually was initially moved by how many Unknown Soldier tombstones I saw:

There were dozens of them. It really is a moving sight. Since the economy got so screwed up I feel like the sacrifices that are being made by our troops overseas have fallen a bit off the radar. I think it’s important that we continue to remember what’s going on.

Shooting on 300 Block of Emerson, NW Late Friday Night/Saturday Morning

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader writes:

“There was a shooting on my block last night around 4am. A guy was shot in the leg and several cars got bullet holes or busted windows. There were eight shots, fairly random. No idea what caused it or what happened. After hearing the noise, I went to the window and saw nothing–no fleeing people or cars. The guy who was shot was half way down an alley when the cops found him.

No shots went into houses. Neighbors who have lived here fifteen years are saying that nothing like this has happened on our street in their time here.”

Hungry? MPD is Grilling a BBQ on Grant Circle (from Wayan)

By Prince Of Petworth

Wayan writes:

“Its a hot summer day and you’re hungry. Want burgers and hot dogs served by DC’s finest? Then check out the impromptu BBQ going on a Grant Circle and Varnum Streets NW right now (1-3pm). Free food with the neighbourhood cops. Not a bad way to spend a Friday.”

House of the Day (Re-PoP)

By Prince Of Petworth

I love this house and have no problem showing it once a year! This is one of my favorites in Petworth. They’ve also got some great flowers going on.

Petworth Home Renovations

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Jaime for letting me share the photos he took of his home renovations. He writes:

“The last 7 pictures are the “after” ones. Before that are some of the house in the process of being sanded, and at the top of the set are pictures I took before I bought it, showing the original floors. The work was done by Universal Floors and cost about $3,000 for everything. It took them about three and a half days from start to finish to do the work.”

I think it came out great!

Coming and Winner of Longest Running Christmas Decorations

By Prince Of Petworth

The Socialist bookstore (I think it was called Pathfinder) located on Georgia Ave just north of the Petworth metro has moved and a new bookstore is coming to the spot. Has anyone ever heard of Sisterspace? Ah, here’s their Web site.

It seems those wreaths are seriously well guarded so it looks like they’ll have many more months of glory…

Coming and Possibly Coming

By Prince Of Petworth

Back in Nov. ’07 we learned that the Lagos Cafe was set to come to 826 Shepherd Street, NW. Alas there was little progress. It’s possible I just never noticed this before but I just looked inside and the place is painted and built out:

So perhaps, it’s finally close to coming? Anyone know about this?

And the building at 1333 14th Street, NW has been completed. It will be the new home of a web design company, fathomcreative:

Before the building was renovated, while in a very sad state, the brick was red. Do you prefer natural red brick or the way it looks now?

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