Shaw

1924 8th Street, NW

Ed. Note: Glen’s Garden Market’s last day in Shaw is Monday with a farewell party (and $2 drafts) starting at 5pm.

Thanks to all who passed on Glen’s latest comments on their upcoming closure in Shaw:

“I’m writing to clear up some prevalent misconceptions about our difficult decision to close Glen’s Shaw.

We’re not blaming the community – our Neighbors have been our tireless champions, remaining patient when we stumbled, treating Glen’s like a second home and coming together here to talk, drink, shop and hang out. We’re also not blaming our landlords – our rent structure was favorable, and JBG has been a terrific and compassionate partner to us since day one.

It may not be obvious, but grocery is a brutally thin-margin business. If everything goes right (a near impossibility), we stand to make one third of a penny for every dollar we do in sales. In our case, we play the already difficult game of keeping an independent grocery store in business on the level “Extra Hard”. We pay our folks a living wage. We provide generous benefits, which include health care, profit share and a full and nourishing meal every single day. We pay our vendors fair prices for their small-batch products. We pay more for our energy because it is critically important to us to be 100 percent renewably powered. We even pay more for things like waste haul-away because we choose to compost, and invite the community to compost with us.

The simple fact is, no matter how hard we tried – and to clear that up as well, we’re not closing because we didn’t try hard enough – we just couldn’t get enough people through our doors on a daily basis to make the math work. (more…)

“Dear PoPville,

Any word on what happened on 8th and Florida NW? Who street blocked off by police. Does not look good.”

One reader hears/saw a “dead body found in car on 8th Street NW”

1817 7th Street, NW

From a press release:

“The Cookie Jar DC, DC’s first and only edible cookie dough confectionery, is opening its second pop-up shop in the Shaw neighborhood of DC, beginning Monday, April 2. The shop will sell over 10 signature and seasonal flavors of safe-to-eat, eggless cookie dough. It will be open daily starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Uprising Muffin Company space at 1817 7th St NW, after the muffin shop closes each afternoon.

“We’re fulfilling your childhood dream of sneaking cookie dough from the mixing bowl. Our dough is made with heat-treated flour and no eggs, so it’s totally safe to eat raw. We can’t wait to open our doors to dough lovers in another one of DC’s hottest neighborhoods,” said Lindsay Goldin, The Cookie Jar DC’s Founder/CEO.

The Cookie Jar DC’s first pop up, located in Adams Morgan, inside Rise Bakery, will continue to be open every evening at 7:00 p.m. “Now, our customers will be able to get their dough fix in two locations. (more…)