One way to get your attention (and not inconceivable…) Thanks to Sabrina for sending.
Thanks to Emma for sending. Buckfeet opened up only in July 2016. Steven Alan also closed in the Shay’s retail space last month.
From an email:
“This Sunday, October 22nd, at the Right Proper Brewing Company Shaw Brewpub, we will be celebrating the ooey gooey side of cheese with “Melted”, a fall cheese and beer party. This ticketed event is from 12pm to 3pm and features a variety of melted cheese from raclette fries and a fondue station to mac and cheese, beer batter cheese curds, grilled cheese, and more. Cheesy bites will be paired with soulful, delicious Right Proper beers. A “whimsy station” will offer a little fall festival fun including temporary tattoos. Tickets are $45 and includes all you can eat cheese, 5 beer samples, tax and gratuity. Tickets can be purchased through our website.”
We're on the scene @HowardU for the report of an active shooter. So far nothing confirmed. Take precautions if in the area.
— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) October 17, 2017
Update from MPD 12:59pm:
“We’re still on the scene @HowardU. Still nothing found. Avoid 6th St from Fairmont St to College St; Howard Pl from Georgia Ave to 4th St”
Update 2:05pm:
“Update: The scene @HowardU has been CLEARED and lockdown lifted. Nothing found.” (more…)
Penne and Clarity inspired by “Close to Nothing” (photo: Farrah Skeiky)
From a press release:
“Inspired by the upcoming exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden “What Absence Is Made Of,” the recently named “Best American Cocktail Bar,” Columbia Room, will launch a menu of the same name beginning October 17th. Offered in three and five course variations, each course plays on absence, memory, nostalgia, and change found in the Hirshhorn’s world class collection of modern and contemporary art.
Menu and more details after the jump. (more…)
Georgia/7th and Florida Ave, NW
Thanks to Sabrina for sending at 2:23pm. DCFD reported:
“Box Alarm 600 Blk Florida Ave NW. Fire in restaurant ductwork. Fire contained. No injs.”
A reader writes from Shaw (5th and R St, NW):
“I definitely don’t think it will lead to an arrest, but I am hopeful the guy will see the flyers and maybe he will be less likely to swipe the next box. One never knows, the next package he doesn’t steal might have someone’s medicine in it.”
1537 7th Street, NW courtesy Partners in Preservation
From an email:
“$2 million in American Express preservation funding is up for grabs, and Shaw Main Streets Inc. is in the running to receive a preservation grant to restore and recreate the facade of a two-story commercial building, constructed in 1881 to house a blacksmith’s shop (1537 7th Street NW), as part of Partners in Preservation: Main Streets.
1537 7th Street NW (Ivy and Coney) 1900s
*Photo courtesy of the National Archives
Partners in Preservation: Main Streets, a campaign launched recently by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with Main Street America, will award $2 million in preservation grants to historic sites on Main Streets across the U.S. — and the public will help determine if funding will go preserve the history of Shaw. At VoteYourMainStreet.org, the public can vote daily, through October 31, for the 25 sites across America that are part of the program, from the famous Formosa Cafe in Los Angeles, CA to the historic Alabama Theater in Birmingham, AL, to the ghost signs of Chinatown in Seattle, WA. More than 300,000 votes have already been cast for this campaign, but D.C. is currently in last place!
Photo by Farrah Skeiky/Dim Sum Media
From a press release:
“The final nights of any Drink Company Pop-Up Bar (PUB) have historically been the most fun, and seeing that Halloween is the last night of PUB Dread, this one should be no exception. This time around, Drink Company is offering timed entry passes for Halloween to benefit disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Starting today, guests can guarantee their entry into PUB Dread and snag a pass well in advance. At $20 a ticket, 100% of ticket sales will be donated to World Central Kitchen, a chef-driven non-profit launched by Jose Andrés in the wake of Haiti’s Earthquakes in 2010. Andrés and World Central Kitchen have fed over 130,000 people in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria, and are on track to be able to serve 100,000 people a day with enough support. (more…)
50 Blagden Alley, NW
From a press release:
“Now open in Washington, DC’s historic Blagden Alley
Calico, the latest concept from partners Nathan Beauchamp and Greg Algie of Tiger Fork and The Fainting Goat, is a restaurant, bar and urban backyard located in the District’s historic Blagden Alley. Calico will feature Eastern Shore-inspired elevated cookout-style fare as well as a beverage program that includes craft cocktails in nostalgic drink pouches and beer, wine and cocktails on draft, reflecting Calico’s relaxed, communal atmosphere.
TO EAT: (more…)
