I’ve been keeping my eye on these properties located at 621/623 Florida Ave, NW (near the Howard theater also getting renovated) for quite a while since they are such beautiful buildings. I was happy to see serious renovations have started to take place. Anyone know what the plans are?
I’ve always thought this house at 1715 11th St, NW had the potential to be seriously sweet. I was psyched to see a permit had finally been placed on the door to start renovations. I’ll be sure to follow up with photos as progress takes place. It’ll be fun to look at before and after photos.
And of course I’ll be sure to post if it goes on the market so we can see how the inside turns out.
This home is located at 1307 S St, NW:
The flier says:
“$100K Price Drop! A Real Duplex! Front 2Br/1Ba bilevel unit has great income stream. Rear owner’s 1BR/1.5BA unit is a bit of New Orleans with side entrance, wonderful garden, almost new Kit w/ exotic granite, s/s appls Upper master ste has almost new double vanity sink with marble top and porcelain undomount sink, tiled shower. Expanded yr round sunrm on main and enclosed porch up”
You can find more info here and photos here.
This is certainly an interesting set up. You think it would be ridiculously expensive to combine the units into one home? I’m def. digging the garden. Does $889,000 sound reasonable or is it gonna need another price drop?
While they’re still waiting on some permits, this looks like it’ll be pretty sweet. From their Web site, Sundevich will:
“A non-traditional space lends itself to a non-traditional sandwich shop. Most sandwich shops in the city have a flavor profile that carries through their entire product line. Whether it be Italian, Jewish, or Middle Eastern influenced, many menu items taste similar to one another which can get a little boring. At SUNdeVICH we wanted to address this fact by using the world as our flavor guide and our immediate backyard for our ingredients. SUNdeVICH offers a wide range of flavors, textures and combinations that may seem familiar but have a distinct twist.
The objective is to provide a wide range of bold flavors by using fresh and local ingredients. Ideally people can eat at SUNdeVICH multiple times a week; and have a completely different dining experience each time.”
You can see their menu here:
I’ll be sure to update when they get closer to opening. This is the space located in the alley behind the Cre8 studio on 9th St, NW.
Anyone know the story here at the former skate park at 11th and Q St, NW? Are they going to put in more basketball courts or just upgrade the skate park?
And just out of curiosity – which do you think would be a better idea?
From time to time, I’m going to revisit some restaurants when I start hearing mixed reviews and/or it’s been a while since we last looked at the space. We last judged 1905, located at 1905 9th Street, NW, back in Jan. ’09. At the time reviews were mostly positive. Lately I’ve been hearing less than glowing reviews. Has the menu changed significantly? You can see their menu here. So what’s the word – is this still a good spot?
I’ve always thought this was a beautiful building on 14th St, NW just south of U St. I believe it has a working salon in one of the retail spaces but otherwise the building seems to have fallen into serious disrepair. If fixed up this place could be a real gem. I’m particularly fond of the two bay window currently boarded up. With a location this good, I can’t believe it’s been in this state for so many years. How many apartments do you think would normally fill this building?
Ever since Vegetate closed up back in Nov. ’09 I’ve been keeping a close eye on this space. Ed. Note: Still no word if/where Vegetate will reopen. Anyway, this past weekend I saw some people sitting inside and I knocked on the door.
I chatted with a few of the proprietors who were super kind and quite enthusiastic. They are def. open for business but I’d call it more of a soft opening. The menu is still being developed and refined (I’ll show the current menu after the jump) and they hope to have a liquor license in early Dec. Additionally a new sign will go up outside when the proper permits are in order.
I have to be honest, I never went to Vegetate so I’m not sure how much the space has changed. It is two floors with more seating and a bar area upstairs. (After the jump I’ll also show some more photos of the interior.) So, Cafe Eagle will be an Italian/Eritrean restaurant. At the moment the menu is nearly all Italian with one Eritrean option. Though as I mentioned, the menu is still being developed and refined. Do you think an Italian/Eritrean restaurant will do well at this location?
Downstairs
More photos including the menu after the jump. (more…)
I noticed the new bike lane around 15th and R St, NW. Work was still going on north of U St, NW:
Additional they added a buffer zone by the parked cars so you are less likely to get “doored”:
I assume they’ll add some sort of directional so people know which lane to ride in. You guys like the new set up?
Here’s the old style:
We’ve seen this artist before in the Mt. Vernon Square area but this new piece on 9th St, NW in Shaw is pretty wild (not far from the 9:30 club). Do you like it?