Truxton Circle

Kearney’s Grocery Building Sells After 40 Days in Truxton Circle

By Prince Of Petworth

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: 90 O St NW
Legal Subdivision: Old City #2
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Old City #2
Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 1 Parking: Street Ownership: Fee Simple
Original List Price: $850,000. List Price at Contract: $850,000.
List Date: 7/10/2017 Days on Market: 40
Settled Sales Price: $750,000.
Seller Subsidy: $0. (listing data said $100k, but spoke to listing agent who verbally confirmed it was an error)
Settlement Date: 10/05/2017
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 had no comments, which is unusual. Understandable, though, as it’s kind of an outlier listing. I call these “Resi-mercial” deals, which are sales that are too small for the commercial agents, and small enough for potential residential use. They tend to be listed by primarily residential agents. (more…)

“I guess this Trojan Caballo plot is foiled now?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Know you’ve been following the Republic Cantina developments, and previewed the Hanover Civic Association meeting on Saturday. Wanted to give you a follow-up. One of the opponents of the restaurant presented and it was interesting to say the least. His “smoking gun” was this slide from the start of his deck revealing how the company’s Spanish name proves…something? I guess this Trojan Caballo plot is foiled now?

For his part, Chris from Republic Cantina had just presented and gone over how this really is a full-day restaurant concept — not just a bar– including a heavy morning focus on coffee and pastries.

At the end of the meeting, the vote in favor of protesting was unanimous, but it’s worth noting that there were supporters from the neighborhood in attendance who weren’t allowed to vote because new members weren’t accepted last week. They are supposed to be allowed for the next meeting October 18th, so should be interesting to see how things change then.”


57 N Street, NW

Sunday: “Street View: 5 Photographers on Documenting Washington DC”

By Prince Of Petworth

Street View: 5 Photographers on Documenting Washington DC

“On the occasion of Flore de Preneuf’s pop-up exhibit “DC Liquor / What there is and what there was”, five local photographers – Chris Chen, Matt Dunn, Michael Horsley, Flore de Preneuf, and Joshua Yospyn – share pictures and backstories about how they work and relate to the city.

Mark your calendars for fast-paced slideshows and laid-back talk:

Sunday October 8, 2017

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

1542 North Capitol St NW, Washington DC,

at the corner of Florida Ave and North Capitol St, in the former Walter Johnson’s liquor store, now the Truxton apartment building.”

Republic Cantina Faces another group protesting their liquor license in Truxton Circle

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Cole for sending the latest on Republic Cantina’s efforts to open up a, gasp, Tex-Mex restaurant in Truxton Circle. The original liquor license application says, you may want to take a seat before reading this:

“New Restaurant, serving tacos and other Tex-Mex food. Total Occupancy Load is 100, with seating for 60. Requesting a Sidewalk Café with 40 seats and Summer Garden with 10 seats, along with an Entertainment Endorsement.”

Now we all know what Tex-Mex has done to other parts of town…

UPDATE: Another flyer going around:

Let us remember that Rustik (RIP) and Big Bear (not to mention Brookland’s Finest across town) prevailed in their liquor license fights and we all know what a disaster they turned out to be. Oh wait. They became/continued to be pillars of the community and quite often delicious.


57 N Street, NW

ANC 5E Chair Bradley A. Thomas: “Why Protest the Republic Cantina Liquor License Application?”

By Prince Of Petworth


57 N Street, NW

“I am Bradley A. Thomas, Chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5E and the Commissioner who represents Single Member District 5E, the SMD which includes the unit block of N Street, NW, where the proposed new restaurant, Republic Cantina, seeks to open. For the past four days, I have been reading e-mail messages and comments on the Prince of Petworth blog [Ed. Note: To clear up any misunderstandings, since 2013 this website has been called PoPville as illustrated in the logo and URL.] regarding ANC5E’s protest of the application for a Class C liquor license recently filed by the proprietor of the prospective new restaurant. The comments I have read, in general, reflect a misunderstanding of both the process of an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) protest and the factual background pertinent to this particular application. In the course of my responsibilities as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, I don’t usually respond to blogs but in this case, since many of the comments have cast my colleagues on the Commission in what I believe is an unfairly harsh and demeaning light, I felt compelled to do so at this time. (more…)

“10 or so shots fired on the 400 block of N St., NW right where the 52 shots were two weeks ago.”

By Prince Of Petworth


From the “53 shots fired” September 14th

Ben reported around 6:30pm Wednesday:

“10 or so shots fired on the 400 block of N St., right where the 52 shots were two weeks ago. Cops on the scene.”

Ed. Note: I asked Ben this morning if there was confirmation about the shots fired and he replied:

“Police said it was. Brought about 8 cars, spotlights, etc..”

Another resident reported:

“I think I heard _____ and _____ say they heard a total of 12 shots (7 in a row then 5). Also, a car in front of _____’s house had a bunch of bullet holes in it. Based on the placement of the shell casings, it looks like the person was likely running down the sidewalk on our side of the street, either purposefully shooting the car or having pretty bad aim if trying to shoot across the street.”

“Yep, many of us across the street have bullets in our living rooms & bedrooms!”

By Prince Of Petworth

About those “53 shots fired” in Truxton Circle yesterday afternoon. It’s one thing to read it, it’s another to see it.

From a discussion on the PoPville Facebook page:

“Yep, many of us across the street have bullets in our living rooms & bedrooms!

My downstairs neighbors have a clean bullet hole through a second story window, and across the room through the wall of their loft.”

Two Shot near Dunbar High School around 5pm Thursday “53 shots were fired.”

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader reports:

“Yesterday there was a shooting near Dunbar high school. 53 shots were fired. The suspects drove off and crashed right outside the mosque in NW. The street was closed off and mosque was blocked off. I passed by this and thought it was moving. Believers were praying in the parking lot near the mosque since they couldn’t go inside.”

From MPD around 5pm Thursday:

“The Third District is currently investigating a shooting in the 400 block of N St., Northwest. Officers on the scene have two gunshot victims who have been transported to area hospitals for treatment.

Pedestrians and motorists should avoid the area due to road closures.

Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099.”

Republic Cantina coming to Truxton Circle in the former Brass Knob Warehouse Space on N

By Prince Of Petworth


57 N Street, NW

This is the former Brass Knob Warehouse space and the future Chapman Stables condos.

The liquor license placard for Republic Cantina says:

“New Restaurant, serving tacos and other Tex-Mex food. Total Occupancy Load is 100, with seating for 60. Requesting a Sidewalk Café with 40 seats and Summer Garden with 10 seats, along with an Entertainment Endorsement.”

STAY TUNED.

Ed. Note: Of course simply typing cantina has me weeping again for Cantina Marina. But such is life. The gods giveth and they taketh away.

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