“Dear PoPville,
Almost daily someone is smearing bags of dog poop all over bikes at the 9th & Upshur Capital Bikeshare station! Can neighbors help keep an eye out so we can stop this gross vandalism?”
Petworth
3937 Georgia at Shepherd St, NW
A reader reports:
“New restaurant on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Shepherd is from owners of Heat Da Spot (recent winner of People magazine’s best breakfast in D.C., located at 3213 Georgia Avenue, NW.) I was told that they’ve been renovating it for the past two years and are now nearly done. I have no idea what the cuisine is but will probably be quite similar to Heat Da Spot. It will open after New Year’s.“
3713 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Ed. Note: So what’s the word on Pho Viet USA?
From Greysteel:
“47 Feet of Retail Frontage Across two Storefronts and Renovated 2 Bed 2 Bath Apartment
Opportunity to acquire a cashflowing mixed-use building across the street from Metro station entrance and with 47 feet of retail street frontage on two streets (more…)
847 Upshur Street, NW prior to opening courtesy Lulabelle’s
From the owners of Each Peach Market and Pear Plum Cafe:
“We are announcing that as of December 24th, 2018, Each Peach will no longer be the operators of Lulabelle’s Sweet Shop, choosing instead to focus on our other businesses in Mt. Pleasant. For the last year, Lulabelle’s has functioned as a collaboration between Emily Friedberg and Jeanlouise Conaway of Each Peach Market and Pear Plum Cafe in Mt. Pleasant and Julie Wineinger, owner of Willow Fashion. Each Peach was running the coffee and ice cream service, as well as all kitchen operations. “We are sad to leave Upshur Street and have loved getting to know a new neighborhood but ultimately, the logistics of having a kitchen offsite from our primary business location has proved to be difficult to manage.”
Lulabelle’s will close on Dec 24th for the Christmas Holiday and to make some adjustments to the space, and will reopen tentatively on January 8th, 2019. (more…)
800 block of Jefferson Street, NW
From MPD:
“On Sunday November 18, 2018, at approximately 6:25pm Fourth District members responded to call for sounds of gunshots, in the 800 block of Jefferson ST NW. Upon their arrival they located a victim, who had been shot multiple times. The victim was suffering from life threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
This case is actively being investigated by MPDs Homicide Branch. Anyone with any information is encouraged to call MPD on 202-727-9099.”
A reader reported:
“I heard eight or so shots. Heard a similar number near there yesterday [Saturday] at 8pm.”
Another reader heard the Saturday 8pm shooting was around 5th and Kennedy Street, NW.
It’s been a minute but Slim’s is finally back with dinner service! Check out the full menu here. Anyone take an early taste?
Hours are now listed as: “8:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM – 10:00”
Georgia and Upshur Street, NW
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8th and Upshur St, NW
Thanks to all who emailed about the sad Ruta Del Vino news. On Friday night SAF wrote us:
“Just came home from happy hour at Ruta Del Vino. Apparently tomorrow is their last day. We are all upset about this.”
At request of the owners I didn’t post anything and was hoping to learn more info yesterday but I didn’t hear back from them.
Update from the owners:
“To our regulars and our wonderful staff, thank you for the many friendships we made over the last two years. To all of our guests: it was an honor to serve you.
We would love to hear from anyone interested in taking over the lease. It’s a turnkey opportunity on a very hot block. Anyone interested can reach us at [email protected].”
Based on the number of emails I’ve received this has really hit Petworth folks hard. Ruta del Vino transformed this corner two years ago: (more…)
Thanks to Susan for sending a sad update on the legendary Evelyn Y. Davis, who’s tombstone is in Rock Creek Church cemetery in Petworth. “Queen of the Corporate Jungle. 1929 – Forever”
The New York Times reported yesterday:
“Evelyn Y. Davis, who spent more than 50 years haranguing American executives at shareholder meetings as she pushed companies to be more frugal and transparent, died on Sunday in Washington. She was 89.”
Unfortunately I can’t find my other old photos but Atlas Obscura has some good shots and writes:
“The notorious gadfly decided to erect her own postmortem monument in 1981 to celebrate her successes. She used the tombstone to list her resume, divorces (there are four, two of which were etched in at later dates), and the fact that she never had children. One of the accompanying stones contains a quote that clearly sums up her philosophy on life: “Power is greater than love, and I did not get where I am by standing in line nor by being shy.”
Ed. Note: Gore Vidal, Tim Russert, a Prime Minister and a Princess are buried in this cemetery among other notables.
David Joseph writes around 9:15am:
“Another crash at known unsafe intersection Arkansas & Varnum NW. When will @DDOTDC make this safe for us”
“Dear PoPville,
We have continuous accidents at the corner of Arkansas and Iowa Ave, NW. My roommate has a broken leg from someone who hit him and another previous accident here had three people laying in the grass for about 30 minutes until the ambulance came. This one (photo above) happened Friday night. But, the city doesn’t want to put lights in because it’s an emergency corridor for vehicles. Well, how about all of the emergencies that are happening as a result of not putting lights in? I held a little girl in my arms tonight who was so upset. Enough is enough. This is a problem and we need to fix it.”