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El Centro Opens For Cinco De Mayo on Thursday

By Prince Of Petworth

Yesterday we checked out the new paint job at 1819 14th St, NW next to Black Cat. After posting I got word that the grand opening is this Thurs:

Grand Opening of El Centro D.F.

ON CINCO DE MAYO

Toast the opening of El Centro D.F.,
Chef Richard Sandoval’s new
Taqueria & Tequileria

Thurs, May 5 | 5PM-Close

– Live Latin DJ
– $20 Unlimited Antojitos
– Over 200 Tequilas & Mezcals
– Handcrafted Margaritas
& Agave Cocktails

EL CENTRO D.F.

Authentic Mexican comfort food
& fine Tequilas in three vibrant spaces

Taqueria
A lively open kitchen is the backdrop
for the casual taqueria. Eat-in or
take your tacos to-go.

Tequileria
Lounge or dine in the underground
Tequileria, where Mixologists craft Latin
cocktails and pour 200 Tequilas.

Rooftop
Salud! Raise a glass at the
Rooftop’s two open-air bars

Italiano Cafe Coming to 1113 V St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to a reader for noticing that V Street Cafe located at 1113 V Street, NW (in the former Gori Cafe space), is no more and in its place is coming Italiano Cafe. I peeked in the window and it looks very close to opening, if it hasn’t opened already. I’m curious to see the menu. We’ll revisit for a judging restaurants post after they’ve been open for a few weeks.

Update: New Taqueria Building, El Centro DF, at 1819 14th St, NW next to Black Cat

By Prince Of Petworth

Lots of changes since we last looked at the end of March. What do you think of the blue color? For those not familiar this will be a:

“New restaurant/Taqueria with entertainment serving Mexican cuisine. Entertainment to include acoustic bands, Mexican style music. Restaurant will have Summer Garden with 99 seats and a Sidewalk Café with14 seats. Total occupancy load is 274.”

And on a side note the old Go Mama Go space got painted white. This is the space that will become Current Boutique.

Good Deal or Not? Weekly Wed. House Porn edition

By Prince Of Petworth

This home is located at 1509 Swann St, NW:


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The flier says:

“LUXURY AT IT’S BEST. 4BR 3.5BA TOWN HOME ON PRETTY SWANN ST IN VIBRANT DUPONT. ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1886 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED WITH TOP-OF-THE-LINE AMENITIES THROUGHOUT. FROM THE ROOF DECK WITH CITY VIEWS TO THE NEW LOWER LEVEL IN-LAW SUITE WITH SEP ENTRANCE. NO DETAIL HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN FIVE FLRS OF ELEGANT LIVING. PLUS PATIO AND GATED PARKING FOR TWO CARS.”

You can find more info here and a virtual tour here.

Oh man, I’m digging that roof deck. Just awesome. What do you think of the rest of the house? This 4 bed/3 bath is yours for $1,599,000.

PoP Pizza News – Changing Names on U Street and New in Logan Circle

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

Any idea what happened to the Angelico’s at 1334 U Street, NW? It seems to have reverted back to Jumbo Slice. Would be nice to know because there is a decent amount of us that have LivingSocial deals to it.”

Strange it was almost exactly a year ago that this space became an Angelico’s. So, I stopped by on Tues. afternoon and the guy working the front desk said it’s still under the same ownership they just decided to change the name and perhaps more importantly for the question above: they are still taking the LivingSocial deal.

Which do you think is a better name?

And just south of Logan Circle at 1418 12th St, NW (in the former Roosevelt Food Shoppe carryout space) comes Pizzolis Pizzeria. It’s a takeout place that opened up about two weeks ago that also will deliver if you live between 1.5-2 miles away. In addition to pizza they have stromboli, calzone, pasta, salads, subs, gyros and more. Their flier says:

“Pizzoli’s is your neighborhood pizzeria. Our goal is to serve the fresh natural ingredient and tasty food. All of our pizzas, stromboli, flat bread and foccacia bread made with organic flour. Our dough is made fresh daily on site with 100% organic wheat flour mixed with spring water and extra virgin olive oil. Our pizza sauce is made with organic sweet tomato with real italian herbs and kosher salt topped with top quality fresh ingredient and best cheese money can buy.”

Sounds awesome – makes me wish I lived within the delivery zone.

Dear PoP – Suspicious package/bag at 10th and U St, NW CVS

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

Went back to pick up my scrip and we were asked to leave, cvs up to metro exit are roped off.”

DCfireems tweets:

“Susp package- 1000 blk U st NW- CVS (near Vermont Av & U St/African Amer Civil War Mem Metro Stop)- area cordoned off – Police handling”

‘The Post Office’ bistro Coming to 1407 T St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

Back in Dec. ’10 I was talking about how much I loved this building. I’m so psyched to hear of these new plans. And it sounds like the new owners are happy to talk with anyone who has concerns.

The description of the new place sounds very promising.  A recent liquor license application says:

“Casual and relaxed bistro restaurant serving an extensive Saturday & Sunday brunch with and total occupancy load of 259. Request a Sidewalk Café with 56 seats and Summer Garden with 14 seats. In addition, requesting an Entertainment Endorsement featuring recorded music and DJ.”

Sound good?

Shooting at 14th and V St, NW 2:35pm Thursday

By Prince Of Petworth

I happened to be eating at Taco Bell on 14th and U St, NW right when this all went down. The photo above is loading one victim who was apparently shot in the leg. He was conscious at that time though I saw a nasty blood pool on the corner of 14th and U St, NW.

DCfireems tweets:

“Update – 14th & U St NW = EMS transported 2 priority 3 to area hospial – non life threatening MPD investigating”

I also tweeted from the scene @PoPville.

I spoke with a woman who was at Martha’s Outfitters at 14th and V and she said she heard 3 or 4 shots. One of the wounded then apparently walked down to 14th and U St where he was picked up by the ambulance above. The scene turned chaotic and orderly very quickly. Chaotic in the sense that all the civilians were trying to figure out what just happened and orderly because the police closed off the streets very quickly. Before I left the scene 14th St, NW was closed all the way from T Street up to W. Additionally U Street was closed between 13th and 14th.

It was eerie to see 14th St, NW closed in the middle of the afternoon:


14th St, NW looking north from T St.

Lots more photos after the jump. (more…)

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