From an email:
“Tuesday, December 10th, Franklin Hall is hosting their first annual Gingerbread House Competition benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank. Great Lakes Brewing Company and Bell’s Brewing Company are donating Gingerbread House Kits for the participants in exchange for a non-perishable food item to donate to the Capital Area Food Bank. (more…)
Ed. Note: The disturbing letter is triggering to some so at their request I’ve moved it after the jump.
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone ever received torn up notes (with threatening content) and torn up dollar bills? One was left on our front porch overnight and it’s very unsettling. We are left wondering if this was targeted or part of a spate of incidents. (more…)
Makes the whole Two Tens For a Twenty thing seem quaint.
I got tons of messages about this on Sunday:
“I was out at the U st area last night and this man was going around giving false stories about a dead phone/asking to put their number in girls phones – but instead was Venmo paying themselves in $500 increments. (more…)
965 Florida Ave, NW
From rendering to reality.
When I was scoping out the new Philly pizza/Italian joint coming to down the block, I was amazed how much progress had been made at the development next door: (more…)
A reader reports just after 4pm:
“Multi car accident on U street between 11 and 12 10th and 11th. Road is closed.”
1017 U Street, NW
Thanks to Melanie for sharing the good news about Cafe U: “Bagels, baklava, guava turnovers, espresso drinks,tea and drip coffee.” (more…)
From MPD around 5:30am: “The Third District is currently investigating a traffic accident in the 1200 block of U St. NW, which resulted in a fatality.”
Update from MPD:
“Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a traffic fatality involving a single vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred on Friday, November 29, 2019, in the 1200 block of U Street, Northwest.
At approximately 3:10 am, the victim was in the roadway, at the listed location. A dark colored SUV, traveling east, struck the victim then fled the scene. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital. After all life-saving efforts failed, the victim was pronounced dead. (more…)
Photo by Joyce Karam
Around 9pm reports starting coming in to us @PoPville:
“Anyone know what those gunshots were near Florida and Ontario NW DC just now?”
“sounded like several gunshots fired near 16th and U St NW, followed by sirens. Any idea what’s happening?”
“16th + V St NW PD confirms they are responding and heard the gunshots from the station. No other details.”
“There are like 10 police cars and a helicopter with a search light in Adams Morgan at Ontario and Kalorama rd nw”
“Police helicopter with spotlight circling broadly from DuPont to meridian hill park”
“I counted 11 shots.”
Joyce Karam reported: “Walking back from dinner, got trapped in shooting near Florida & 18th NW Washington DC.
Police on scene but lot of gunshots fired (at least 4). Chasing suspects now.”
Update from MPD:
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District have announced an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense that occurred on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, in the 1700 block of Florida Avenue, Northwest.
At approximately 8:56 pm, the suspect approached the victims at the listed location. The suspect brandished a handgun and began to shoot at the victims. The suspect then fled the scene. No injuries were reported on scene.
On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 31 year-old Chibuzo Onukwufor, of Bowie, MD, was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun).”
2208 14th Street, NW
From Esquire’s Best New Restaurants in America, 2019: “#1 Seven Reasons
Ten minutes north of the White House and its sour, divisive rhetoric, immigrants are throwing a party. Unfettered joy radiates from inside Seven Reasons as you stand outside the front door, and once you enter and sit down, that joy makes itself known–proudly, defiantly–in the riot of flavors and hues that chef Enrique Limardo sends out from the kitchen. Limardo and several members of his team come from Venezuela, a country in the midst of collapse, and yet the Latin American food and cocktails at Seven Reasons–a mountain of black rice topped with prawns and pork cheeks, a salad in which the summery tang of tomatoes has been concentrated into cubes of jelly, a platter of hamachi tiradito whose pink and green splashes of salmon roe and jalapeño could hang in an art gallery–serve up jubilation as a remedy for pain and color as a cure for the blues. Is there almost too much packed into each bite? No one’s complaining. More-is-more extravagance is what makes Seven Reasons a fiesta you never want to stop.”
From an email:
“This Thursday (11/28), Seven Reasons will be hosting a special Thanksgiving celebration with a special menu created by Executive Chef Enrique Limardo. (more…)
2204 14th Street, NW
Thanks to Leonardo for sending: “Semeli Taverna opened on 14th Street on top of Sakerum.” (more…)