2047 9th St, NW
Earlier in the week we took a look at the “adult milkshakes” coming to the Satellite Room – coming very soon behind the 9:30 club. How does the full menu look?
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U Street
This is the addition that caused a bit of a stir when we looked at the rendering back in Oct. 2011. Do you like the way it turned out?
Meridian Public Charter School is located in the old Harrison School building at the corner o 13th and V St, NW. The addition is in the alley behind 13th Street. The front looks like this:
The view from the alley:
14th and W St, NW
Sweetgreen continues their expansion plans (with more coming.) Next up – 1331 W Street, NW.
From Sweetgreen:
Details:
The new Sweetgreen is in the same building as the new YMCA
2,030 square feet, ground floor location with outdoor space
The restaurant’s facade will face west, opposite the CVS
This new Sweetgreen location will also have a juice window selling Sweetpress
Opening is slated for 1st quarter of 2013
2047 9th St, NW
Back in early Aug. we got a pre-preview of the Satellite Room coming to the space behind the 9:30 club. At the time we learned they’d be offering burgers, tacos and adult milkshakes – have a look at the adult milkshakes:
Boozy Shakes $10
Vincent Vega (Vanilla with Bulleit Bourbon)
Lucy Ricardo (Chocolate with Johnny Walker Black)
Sammy & Kim (Black & White with Smirnoff Vodka)
Norm Peterson (Malted with Murphy’s Irish Stout)
Linus van Pelt (Peanut Butter with George Dickel No. 12 Tennessee Whiskey)
Archie Leach (Strawberry with Tanqueray London Dry Gin)
A.C. Slater (Avocado with Jose Cuervo Traditional Reposado Tequila)
Patsy Stone (Pineapple, Coconut, Orange, Nutmeg with Captain Morgan Spiced Rum)
Latka Gravas (Espresso Hazelnut with Hennessy VS)
Frank Costello (Chocolate Mint with Bushmills Irish Whiskey)*All shakes can be made without alcohol for $5
Stay tuned – opening very soon!
1409 T St, NW
Lots of progress on the future home of Taqueria Nacional on T Street just west of 14th. You can see what it looked like in April here.
1346 T St, NW
Dear PoPville,
Just heard Cafe Collage is closing today from the woman who runs the place. Sad news. Not too surprising, though; I think most of the business came from people camping out all day with their laptops. The side street location didn’t help, and I always thought that having more pastries/more light inside would have been good for them.
We last judged Cafe Collage, located at 14th and T St, NW just east of St. Ex, back in Nov. 2011. Do you think a cafe can survive in this location?
1931 14th St, NW
Before Black and Orange opened on 14th St, NW just south of U Street, there was concern that outdoor seating would obstruct pedestrians on the sidewalk. Looks like there was a bit of a compromise, instead of the original 40 seats requested, I saw only 12 seats out front. There is plenty of room left for pedestrians to pass on the sidewalk out front. Do you think this is a good number or should they be able to add one more?
Marvin, 2007 14th St, NW has expanded into the 2nd floor space of Blackbyrd at 2005 14th St, NW – from Marvin’s liquor license amendment:
“Expansion of the operation on the second floor to the adjacent building at 2005 14th Street, NW (additional 87 seats).”
The folks at Marvin tell me:
“The original lounge has been updated and converted to a private dining room and the new lounge, the former 2nd floor of Blackbyrd will be the home of the DJ booth. So we can now book private dinners up to 40 people; host late night events and created a better flow to the roofdeck spaces.”
Sweet.
I can’t believe it has already been five years since Marvin first opened at 14th and U Street.
“Dear PoPville,
I saw this sign today at Harrison Rec center (1330 V St, NW). Do you know what renovations they’re doing? The playground could really use some TLC!”
The Friends of Harrison Recreation Center update in an email:
“Washington Gas will be doing some upgrades to the building and grounds (new energy-efficient appliances, a solar panel, some painting and landscaping) in the coming weeks.
DPR is still assessing whether Harrison will be eligible for new playground equipment in FY13 (centers who have the highest need will be identified).”
11th and U St, NW
The folks at Solly’s tell me they’ll be grilling out on the patio this Sunday starting at 12:30. You can catch the games upstairs or at the bar. On the grill from 13th Street Meats:
“Burgers $6, Hot Dogs $3, Wings $5, Half Smokes $8 with all the fixings plus Chili.”
And in more good news their expansion should open in 3-4 weeks.