606 Florida Ave, NW
Hours are:
“Mon – Thur 5PM – 12AM
Fri 5PM – 130AM
Sat 11AM – 130AM
Sun 12PM – 8ish…”
A taste of the action at El TECHO:
Shaw
Photo by James Fallows Tierney
Thanks to James (and Lisa) for sending. Last year the Washington Business Journal reported:
“Four Points recently submitted plans with the D.C. Zoning Commission to replace the church at 810 O St. NW, at the corner of Ninth and O streets NW, with 66 apartments over 6,988 square feet of ground-floor retail and 68 underground parking spaces.”
Updates as construction progresses.
Before:
810 O Street, NW
Good Deal or Not Revisited (GDoN-R) is a weekly post that reviews the settled sales data of a recent individual real estate transaction in the District of Columbia. Each post is intended as a case study and a snapshot of the real estate market at a particular moment in time. GDoN-R generally posts on Friday in the late morning.
GDoN-R has been written exclusively for PoPville since 2009 by Suzanne Des Marais. Suzanne is a practicing Realtor with Compass. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is MRIS (Metropolitan Regional Information Systems), which is the local multiple listing system and/or Smartcharts by Showingtime. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 513 S St, NW
Legal Subdivision: Old City #2
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Old City #2
Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2.5 Parking: Street Ownership: Fee Simple
Original List Price: $789,000. List Price at Contract: $759,000.
List Date: 9/28/2017 Days on Market: 29
Settled Sales Price: $750,000.
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Settlement Date: 11/7/2017
Transaction type: Standard
Original GDoN post can be seen: here.
The original listing can be seen here: here.
The original GDoN post for this property appeared at the launch price of $789,000. At that price, three commenters expected the small scale house in this location to go for possibly even above $789k. It was also noted in the comments that the home had not been staged and appeared occupied. Photos were updated to show the home vacant. (more…)
1905 9th Street, NW
From a press release:
“TAKODA Restaurant & Beer Garden Partners Ryan Seelbach and Jeff Sunderland are pleased to announce the early March, 2018 anticipated opening of CORTEZ, the 80-seat Baja-inspired restaurant and rooftop tequila bar located at 1905 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001. CORTEZ’s name is derived from the Sea of Cortez, which is located on the eastern coast of the Baja California Peninsula. CORTEZ hopes to be a welcome addition to the lively Shaw and U Street neighborhoods. Guests can anticipate a creative take on lite Mexican fare, paired with the restaurant’s 30+ tequilas, 10+ rums, 15+ Latin-American beers, Mexican cocktails, and frozen cocktails. (more…)
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1537 7th Street, NW
Via carrier pigeon:
“Ivy and Coney, located at 1537 7th St NW in historic Shaw, is proud to introduce the most important pop-up bar of the year, nay, in history, the amazing “Chai-vy and Cohen-y” Hanukkah Bar. From December 1st through New Year’s Eve of the year 5778 (that’s now, for all of you gentiles out there), the Manischewitz shall flow, the dreidels shall spin, latkes shall be eaten. Guests can expect a winter wonderland of awe-inspiring decorations created for the 132nd most important holiday of the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah. (more…)
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1550 7th Street, NW
From an email:
“Thursday, November 17th – Friday, November 18th, we will be hosting a traditional French celebration of the Beaujolais Nouveau release. The wines are embargoed by the producers until the 17th, upon which the French celebrate their first glimpse at the newest wine vintage by drinking a lot of it. It’s a tradition worth adopting. New this year will be a complimentary French tapas for every purchase of Beaujolais Nouveau (glass or bottle).”
Thanks to Lisa for sending:
“Seylou, the mill and baker on 900 block of N Street, NW (926 N Street, NW). is cooking test bread in their oven and getting ready for a late November opening. Sampled some bread- Amazing! This couple is bringing something important n unique to DC.”
Check out Seylou Bakery & Mill’s menu and more details here.
“MiracleOn7th returns with cheery holiday cocktails like You Go, Glen Coco” (photo: Farrah Skeiky)
From a press release:
“In true holiday tradition, Christmas comes to Drink Company’s Pop Up Bar the day after Thanksgiving. Washington’s favorite holiday pop-up Miracle on 7th Street returns to Shaw on November 24th for its third and biggest year. With five winter scenes and cocktails like Elf’s Breakfast, Whobilation, and I Sleigh, All Day, the Drink Company team is ready to share its favorite holiday movies, music, and traditions with guests from D.C. and all over the country.
“I love Christmas. It’s more than just the presents, food and decorations for me. It’s about cheer,” says Drink Company President Derek Brown. “People just seem happier. Miracle is all about bringing some of that levity to life. It’s cloaked in great decorations and, of course, we make amazing drinks but the real reason Miracle is so popular (and why it’s my favorite)? It’s a grand conspiracy to have fun and everyone is in on it, from the bartenders to the guests.”
“Hannukah gets a shoutout in the Chinese and a Movie room, and the Maccabeats by Dreidel” (photo: Farrah Skeiky)
THE ROOMS | This year’s presentation of Miracle on 7th will be the biggest one yet, with holiday elements distributed through five spaces by Drink Company’s Special Projects team of Matt Fox (Director) and Adriana Salame Aspiazu (Manager). Guests will enter through a Christmas decor explosion, and can pose for photos in an antique sleigh from the 1800s. Childhood winter nostalgia is present throughout the bar with a working toy train, a Christmas tree, and a Gingerbread House that lets guests walk into a room full of sugary treats. (more…)
600 T Street, NW
Well this is a mysterious one. All we know is that it’s a cocktail bar. It’s located in the lower level and looks very promising:
Anyone happen to stop by Saturday?
Updates when more is known.
Next door to Rito Loco:
The following was written by PoPville contributor David McAuley, founder of Short Articles about Long Meetings.
Mayor Muriel Bowser and a team of department heads discussed many topics at the regular monthly meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E/Shaw last night (November 7), but the conversation frequently circled back to garbage and the vermin who feed off of it.
“The number one complaint is rats,” said ANC6E Chair Alexander Padro (Commissioner for district 01), as he prepared to pepper Bowser with sanitation-related complaints from Commissioners and constituents.
“I take it very seriously,” Bowser replied, adding that the city is working with restaurants and examining best practices from other cities. Bowser also said that “the growth of the rat population is real”, due to exceptionally warm weather the last two winters, and she was hoping for “a very cold winter” to assist in dealing with the problem.
Bowser also told the audience that the administration was planning a rat-centric (“not potholes, not lights, not trees – just rats“) community walk in the Dupont Circle area next week.
After discussing some other topics, Padro asked: “Are we ready to move on to trash?” (more…)