Nov. 2011
Awesome progress at Piola PIzzeria coming to 2208 14th St, NW.
Sept. 2010
U Street
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Thanks to twitter follower @alicespeck for sending word and photo:
“Long overdue stop signs have arrived at 10th & V St. & W St. NW by #ShawMiddle.”
Whenever I rode a bike past these streets it was always a tense moment.
It’s a sad day for Standard fans, located at the corner of 14th and S St, NW.
From an email:
“standard will be on thanksgiving vacation this week from monday –
thursday, but we’re firing up the smoker and the patio heaters again
friday 11/25 for 10 days of FUN before our last hurrah of the year on
sunday, december 4th.standard will be closed for the winter, from december 5th to march 1st.
thanks to our great customers and friends for a really fun year–we look
forward to seeing all of you before we close for the winter, and again
when we reopen on march 1st, 2012!”
2118 14th St, NW – November 2011
Back in April we learned that Smucker Farms was coming to 2118 14th St, NW (between V and W.)
2118 14th St, NW – April 2011
Their Web site explains:
“Smucker Farms of Lancaster Co. makes a direct connection between the producers of food and products in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and consumers in Washington, DC. We focus on small farmers and producers, stocking our shelves with the best that Southeast Pennsylvania has to offer. Many of the small farmers in Lancaster, who are primarily Amish and Mennonite, have distanced themselves from the corporate food chain and are, instead, focusing on high quality artisan food and products.
The result is an explosion in the availability of grass fed beef, free range poultry and eggs, heirloom pork, European style cheeses, butters, and yogurts, and, of course, an abundance of organic leafy greens, root vegetables, and fruit. Smucker Farms also carries a wide variety of unique baked goods, canned products, dry goods, and handmade soaps. To best serve busy urbanites, we have prepared modern American take-away meals made in Lancaster for your home and office. For those who want a weekly variety of fresh produce and fruit, Smucker Farms is the pick-up point for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program organized by a cooperative of Amish and Mennonite farmers in Lancaster. Handmade Amish furniture is scattered throughout the store to help you choose an item for pick up or delivery. Handmade toys can be put to the test in our Kids’ Corner.”
While they were still finishing stocking their shelves – it sorta gave me the feel of a much bigger Seasonal Pantry located by the Convention Center. Which is absolutely phenomenal news for U Street.
They’ll be soft opening this weekend and starting Monday will be open from 8am-8pm (though if folks request it, they can tweak those hours.) A sample of some of the goods after the jump. (more…)
Back in mid-Sept. ’11 we heard that Greek Spot located at 2017 11th Street, NW would be adding some indoor seating next door. They are still gonna do a few finishing touches like adding more art on the walls but you can now eat inside. Ed. Note: It is still “take out” style as there are no servers.
Thanks to a reader for sending word that this long vacant building at 10th and V St, NW (between the old church and American Ice Co.) finally has a for lease sign up:
Unfortunately doesn’t look like there’s been lots of progress at the great old church next door:
Photo by PoPville flickr user ekelly80
From an email:
“It is hard for me to believe, but Saturday is already the LAST MARKET of 2011. Thank you for another fantastic market year. Together we have celebrated the asparagus season, the strawberries, the zucchini, the cherries, the tomatoes, the peaches and plums, the corn and eggplant, the grilled sausages and steaks, the return of pumpkin whoopie pies, the arrival of apples and pears and dried Honeycrisp apples and now it is time for Turkey or the non carnivorous equivalents, winter squash soups, roasted sweet potatoes and lots of delicious root vegetables and cold- sweetened greens.
Please like and keep checking the facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/14UFarmersMarket?ref=ts ) because I am posting good recipes and ideas for your Thanksgiving feasts every day.
We will have some FREE HOT CIDER at McCleaf to warm you up if it is cold.
Chef DEMO: WaPo Food Editor Joe Yonan will be cooking at market from 11-12.
Joe is a great cook and his new book, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One has excellent recipes for dinners for one or two people. I tested 10 recipes for the book so Jeff and I swear to its deliciousness.And please contribute an apple or a vegetable to our Martha’s Table basket so that they can make hearty, tasty soups for the 350 kids and the 1700 homeless, cold people they feed every single day.
Here is a SAMPLE of only some of the foods you will find at market to make your Thanksgiving the tastiest– and most local– ever. All the producers are bringing everything in their fields so the market will be overflowing with everything you want for your Thanksgiving table. It is easy to make a local Thanksgiving at the 14&U Farmers Markets… And if you are buying a LOT of apples or sweet potatoes or greens, ask about volume discounts…..yes!
Make your Thanksgiving a little easier and buy our homemade Desserts:
* Whisked!’s Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Cranberry Loaf, Pumpkin Coffee Cake
* Lois’ Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Whoopie Pie, Pumpkin Rolls, Pumpkin Bread, Pecan Pie at Pecan Meadow”
“Dear PoPville,
I live 2 blocks away from 14th & U and am a frequent at Bistro La Bonne [1340 U St, NW] – I know the staff quite well, have been going there for awhile now. Tonight, my best friend and I were sitting at the bar, right beside the entryway. Apparently a group of 5 Caucasians rolled through, 3 guys/2 girls, and while I was chatting away with my girlfriend (see: http://www.mediafire.com/?gko3394v8ewcns8 Ed. Note: A curse word is used for title of footage): a woman grabbed my purse that was hanging on my chair between my chair and my friend’s chair. The woman had come into the restaurant with a group, behind a bald man (see below) – they acknowledged the security coming in (this part of footage is not available yet), lingered, went towards the end of the bar, then walked out, picking up my bag along the way (I’m the last person at the end of the bar, all the way on the left). You can see this in the above referenced link (footage we taped while watching it at the restaurant – the robbery occurs at 9:46). The bald guy behind her was in on it, as was an Asian girl (visible in footage of outside the restaurant, though not available for this email) , a bearded white brunette male (see photo above), and the white brunette male you see next to him at the beginning of the footage.
They then proceeded to attempt to spend $512.00 at a CVS in Silver Spring. And they also tried to attempt to spend money at an Exxon Mobile in Silver Spring. (Insert declare: “USAA debit card ftw!”)
A police officer came by – we all reviewed the footage. This group of 5 were clearly professionals (hot damn they were – and I’m a NYer, I feel so… stupefied.). I’m reaching out to you because, as the officer mentioned, it was professionally executed. And since it happened on U Street (and they went to Silver Spring), it’s likely they’ve targeted U Street before. I’m enclosing footage and pictures for your viewers. Any help in the identification process is of course appreciated, but I recognize the impossibility of these incidents, and my principal hope right now is spreading the word on these motherf******, especially since it occurred at a rather popular spot like the Bistro.”
We first learned that Rogue States now Black & Orange would be coming to 1931 14th St, NW back in Oct. ’10. Looks like we’re slowly getting closer to an opening.
Thanks to a reader for the heads up. Fit to be Tan will be located in half of the former Greater Goods space at 1626 U St, NW. It will be run by Paul Corrie Interiors, so in addition to a tanning salon the space will also “be made up of sellable merchandise…a shop of antique curiosities and rare finds.” I wonder if they’ll keep the green roof:
