14th and U St, NW
The future McCafe is already looking a bit better:
U Street
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1939 12th St, NW just south of U Street
From an email:
“Gallagher & Graham are happy to announce the soft opening of their store at 1939 12th Street NW.
Please join us starting at 11am on Friday, December 12th to view check out the new space and buy your favorite wines and liquors.
We will be serving tastings of several sustainable wines and offering them for sale at a discounted rate.”
Regular hours are:
M-F 11am-10 pm
Sat 10 am – 10 am
Sun 11 am – 6 pm
This rental is located at 1326 T Street, Northwest. The listing says:
“Renovated Brick Row house w/ 3 Bedrooms & 1.5 baths in the heart of U Street corridor! Minutes to the U Street & Shaw-Howard Metro stops! Beautiful hardwood floors! Updated kitchen & bath! Wood burning fireplace! Available now! $40 app fee per adult over 18 yrs, security deposit & 1st month rent must be certified funds. Include copies of driver’s licenses &1 month pay stubs for each applicant.”
You can see more photos here.
This 3 bed/1.5 bath is going for $3,800/Mo.
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First Harris Teeter and now this! Fortunately I’m told they should reopen in a few hours. I was told they initially closed earlier this morning. Stay tuned.
“Marvin
invites you to
the book launch for
New York Times bestseller
“You Have To F**king Eat”
The sequel to NYT bestseller “Go The F*ck To Sleep”
with author Adam Masbach
in his only Washington-area appearance
Wednesday, December 10
6:30-8:30 PM
Reading and book signing
Books will be available for purchase
at the event via Politics & Prose
Marvin
2007 14th Street NW”
And for those who’ve never had the pleasure of seeing this:
Go The F*k to Sleep reading by Samuel L. Jackson from Nightmare Fuel on Vimeo.
14th and U St, NW
@Fashionry tweets us this morning:
“@PoPville the McDs at 14th and U is closed and surrounded by fencing. Any word on if it’s a reno or closing?”
Back in February we learned that the McDonald’s at 14th and U St, NW would be closing for renovations to be rebranded as a McCafe. A new facade is coming too. Stay tuned.
Or a new paint job and sign anyway. Climax opened back in Oct. 2011.
Climax is located at 9th and V St, NW (right where 9th becomes Florida Ave) and is located right next door to the new Thai X-ing location and across the street from 9:30 Club.
You can see their previous signs after the jump. (more…)
13th and U St, NW
From the owner:
“Rosies and Rockers sign gets vandalized, because spray painting over a small businesses sign brings justice I guess!”
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SF sends the photo above just after 6:30pm. Earlier Ferguson demonstrations were reported in Georgetown and Chinatown.
928 U Street, NW
Pelican’s Rum opened in the former Jamaican Joe’s space back in Sept. 2013. Updates when we learn who takes over/what becomes of the space.
I still wish I had been able to sample the previous tenant Brown Sugar Southern Cuisine:
