913 U Street, NW
“A new bar and restaurant serving DC’s LGBT community located in the city’s vibrant U Street Corridor…..Birds of a Feather Drink Together”
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U Street
1704 U Street, NW
Very sad news for sweet potato pie fans. Thanks to a reader for sending an update on Henry’s Soul Cafe on U Street: “The space is for rent now…”.
After experiencing serious fire damage back in June 2014, Henry’s Soul Cafe had hoped to reopen in 2-3 months. Sadly, the owner Henry Smith passed away in October 2014. The 4th and K St, NW location also closed back in June. There have been no updates on Henry’s facebook page since July. Not looking good at all.
1213 U Street, NW taken at 2pm Monday
Folks have been noting their displeasure with the Cosby mural since at least 2014. In July of this year I said It’s Time For Ben’s Chili Bowl To Do The Right Thing – Take Down the Bill Cosby Mural. 83% of respondents agreed. In August we noted the Kim Jong Un posters were appearing all over town and in September they were kicked up a notch. Though NBC Washington now reports the Cosby mural has been restored:
“Shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, Kevin Irvine, who said he was friends with the mural artist went to the scene and removed the label of Kim’s face, restoring the mural to display Cosby again, News4’s Shomari Stone reported.”
Ed. Note: I don’t support defacing murals. It’s sad that Ben’s doesn’t, apparently, understand the insensitivity of leaving this portrait up. However, in my opinion it’s never OK to deface murals. There are other ways to encourage change that would be more fair to the original artist.
Also, there’s been some confusion about the Ben’s mural on U Street. Let me clear that up. It was completed in September 2012. In addition to Cosby there are portraits of Barack Obama, Donnie Simpson and Chuck Brown.
From the 1300 block.
14th and Florida Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
There was a hit and run that took place on T St NW between 16th and 15th Saturday early morning at 3 am. The driver who caused the accident was going the wrong way down the one-way street, hit a car going the correct way and caused significant damage to the four cars parked on either side. Right now they do not know who did it so the 5 damaged cars will have to go through their own insurance. I wanted to see if anyone had any information? If so please email [email protected]”
A reader reports:
“Construction has begun in earnest on the 15th & W & Florida Ave. intersection. Cars traveling west on FL from 14th can NO LONGER head down New Hampshire Ave. to 16th. Drivers can only turn left onto W. More info:
courtesy JoJo’s
JOJO Restaurant and Bar [1518 U Street, NW] tweets us:
“So guess who popped into JOJO’s over #ColumbusDay Weekend? THE Dave Chappelle.”
Awesome.
From the 900 block of U Street, NW.
