Stubs Kitchen and Wine is coming to the long vacant former corner store at 1401 T St, NW (next to Policy restaurant at 14th and T St, NW.) The restaurant “will serve upscale American cuisine, heavily influenced by authentic Italian attitude and passion for food.”
Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
Last night a PoPville twitter follower wrote:
“New burger joint at intersection of 14&U wants a 40-seat sidewalk cafe??? Umm… No.”
I asked @AdamLDC what he thought was a reasonable number and he replied:
“Zero would be a reasonable at one of the most crowded intersections in the city.”
A liquor license application posted out front of Black and Orange coming to 14th and U St, NW [1931 14th St, NW] says:
“New restaurant specializing in hamburgers & Latin food. Occupancy load is 79. Sidewalk café has 40 seats.”
Do you guys agree that 40 seats is not reasonable for a sidewalk cafe at this location? Perhaps they could negotiate a way to use the parking lot next door? If they are only talking about the sidewalk itself – do you think any number of cafe seating would be appropriate?
Back in early Nov. 2011 we learned that DC Scoop Cafe was coming to 1514 U St, NW. I’m happy to report that they are now open.
They’ll even have a to go window:
Crepes and Drink Menu after the jump. (more…)
Dear PoPville,
Hey there – just heard from a friend walking to work that they saw a liquour license application for that vacant building between the new art gallery and Room and Board at Swann and 14th for “Local 14” a spin – off of Local 16. May be worth investigating – I know lots of people have been wondering what would happen to that seemingly forgotten space!
Unfortunately, Local 14 applied for a liquor license back in June 2009 and there has been zero visible progress on the space since. So I’m gonna take this opportunity to nominate 1832 14th Street, NW for a retail space horse’s ass award.
Of course if a new restaurant, Local 14 or someone else, does come to the space I think that would be great. It’s a super prime location.
Thanks to all who wrote in with the good news. I stopped by yesterday to get a quick peek of Taylor’s [Taylor Gourmet for the purists] new 14th St, NW location. While finishing touches were getting completed at 1908 14th St, NW (at T St.) you can see below what an amazing transformation occurred with the space. Also, while I was at the 14th location they were finalizing their delivery radius. It’s looking like they’ll cover all of Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant. I’ll update when the final borders are determined.
The former ICON Interiors and Lighting space has a new tenant at 1821 14th St, NW. It’s going to be a stone, tile and bath design store called Lux.
For those who’ve been in town, I’m curious if anyone has checked out Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at Lincoln Theater (1215 U St, NW)?
If so how was the theater for watching films?
Finally got the answer to 1007 U St, NW:
This home is located at 2237 12th St, NW:
The flier says:
“Gorgeous renovation. Large, open kitchen with granite, stainless steel appliances, new cabinets and new tile floor. Beautiful wood floors throughout. Large master bedroom. Both bathrooms are brand new and really shine. Wonderful patio with brick accents and parking for 2 cars. Very quiet street in a great neighborhood.”
You can find more info here and photos here.
$599,900 sound right for this 3 bed/1.5 bath?
The retail space formerly home to Bemmi Hardware at 12th and Florida Ave, NW has been locked up for ages. While it would be awesome to get a hardware store back in business at this point I’d be happy to see anyone open. Or, hell, even convert it to an apartment/living space.