“Dear PoP,
Not sure if you’ve posted about this already, but they’re making progress on phase one of the Park Morton project (“The Avenue” at Georgia and Newton). They’ve torn down the old car wash and vacant building.”
We mentioned this project in the beginning of Feb. ’11 and you can see photos before the demo here. Wild.
Below is a rendering of the 83 unit apartment project by Landex:
Thanks to all who emailed that the Nati Hokah/Hookah bar has opened at 2839 Georgia Ave, NW. Anyone happen to check them out? Unfortunately next door at 2851 the Zippin Chicken still hasn’t opened yet. Their Web site says they’ll be opening the second week of April.
Looks like Pan Lourdes Bakery which currently has a location at 3407 14th St, NW in Columbia Heights will be opening up a 2nd location at 5121 Georgia Ave, NW. We recently judged them here.
That section of Georgia Ave is picking up nicely with the addition of nearby Healthy Bites located at 5329 Georgia Ave, NW.
The great Sankofa Cafe located at 2714 Georgia Ave, NW has applied for a liquor license. The liquor license says:
“New Tavern, Live Entertainment and a Summer Garden.
Total Seating is 86, Total Occupancy Load is 136, Summer Garden 40 seats.”
The trend of coffee shops getting liquor licenses continues. Do you think it makes sense for coffee bars to sell alcohol? I can only think of a few coffee bars left that haven’t applied for liquor licenses…yet.
And in other Georgia Ave news, I don’t know if I’m just noticing this for the first time but the sign below for Nati Hokah Bar at 2839 Georgia Ave, NW seems new to me. Anyone know if that is a new or old sign?
Twitter user @jmcindc sends in the photo and asks: “Is a new addition (it is back side of the park. Behind the tennis court) at Bruce Monroe Park a dog run?”
[You can follow Prince of Petworth on twitter @PoPville here.]
Bruce Monroe park is located at 3000 Georgia Ave, NW.
Anyone know if a dog run (official or unofficial) has been added?
“Dear PoP,
Happy to tell you that an organic-food cafe, Healthy Bites Food has just opened between Ingraham and Jefferson St NW on Georgia Ave. Their primary business is to deliver prepared healthy meals–either vegetarian or with meat–to the homes of their customers. If you go to their website you’ll notice that they offer a wide range of plans. They also have a catering business.
For us in the neighborhood, though, they have a large menu of takeout meals at reasonable prices. They offer breakfast all day. And–decent coffee! Not available anywhere else for blocks and blocks. Had my first delicious meal from them this week, I plan to take all my friends there. No styrofoam.
I asked Bonnie (proprietor) what had brought her to the neighborhood and she said the site had the combination of characteristics they needed. They have a nice loading deck out back, generous preparation space, a basement and a storefront.
Their grand opening is tomorrow, 9-6. They are also involved in a lot of community food programs.”
“Dear PoP,
There’s going to be another set of new condos going up on the corner of Georgia and Newton Place! I think it’s 3512 Georgia Avenue, NW across the street from the new senior community center. The company is Hamel Builders. My husband and I stopped and spoke to the new owner one morning. He told us they’re going to knock down the old Newton Variety Mart and the dilapidated Car Wash. The new building will take up that entire lot. It will be between 8 and 10 stories with ground floor retail. They’re just waiting on permits to start. His estimate was it would be done in about 2 years.
What was really cool was the new owner is allowing the guy who’s using the car wash lot to continue his business there until they break ground. And he said he’s offered him a job working for him once the project begins! Based on that and other parts of our conversation, I got the sense that he had Georgia Avenue’s best interests at heart.
Awesome, no?”
Great to finally see some movement here.
After the jump a wider angle plus a very sad reminder of a serious crime that still need to be solved that was posted to the variety mart building. (more…)
Lots of people are mentioning to me how this building is really taking shape. I can hardly believe my eyes. Accordign to DC MUD:
The matter of right development will come in at five floors, plus a penthouse, and will be no higher than 50 feet. A side yard area will be covered in brick and provide 11 parking spots for residents of the one- and two-bedroom units. What about retail? Linde said the area has a dearth of quality housing and is rife with vacant lots. “You need to put heads in beds before you start building any retail,” asserted Linde. Adding, “doesn’t do any good to put in a Trader Joes… or a Starbucks if there aren’t any people to drink the coffee.”
From an email:
“Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 6:30 PM will be the poster proof review session (a.k.a. the pin-up session) at the Emergence Community Arts Collective – 733 Euclid St. NW, on Euclid between Georgia and Sherman. For directions, contact Sylvia Robinson at (202) 462-2285. [Note – the building is not handicapped accessible as yet]
Background on the trail can be found here.
This is the long-anticipated chance to see the trail as designed, with text, photos, icon, and colors all together. Come look over the sign designs and let us know what you think.
This is the last opportunity to review and comment on the Heritage Trail. The next part of the process is sign fabrication and installation! We anticipate the signs will be installed next May.
We’re looking forward to seeing all of you again and celebrating the results of all the work by so many individuals that has resulted in this trail.”
“Dear PoP,
I thought I’d share my feelings on our new sports bar. So far – not good! :( We live up the street from the bar and went to have lunch and watch football on Sunday. I’ll give it another chance in a couple of months but for now I give it a 5 out of 10.
1.) First of all they did not have Direct TV as advertised. Apparently they don’t have the ticket yet. So the only games they were showing is what was on regular TV. I would have been pissed if I traveled far to see a certain game and it wasn’t on.
2.) The bar stools were super uncomfortable. I left at half time because my butt hurt. They also have no place to hang your jacket. (I like the hooks they put on the bar so you can keep your purse right next to you.) They should add those.
3.) The bathrooms were atrocious. Nasty. I’m pretty sure I was the first customer to use the bathroom that day since we showed up right when they opened and we were the only people there. The bathroom only has one weird light fixture on the side wall. They have no lights on the ceiling at all – just a skinny fluorescent light on the wall. I think they were trying to be trendy but it is a poor source of lighting.
4.) No food. I forget if this is always going to be the case. The bartender told us we could get something delivered or go to Manny & Olga’s next door.
The bartender told us there was at least 100 people there on Wednesday night. I find this a little hard to believe but good for them if they did. Hopefully the patrons had a better experience then I did. I don’t mean to sound like a Negative Nancy but I was so excited for a super awesome afternoon and I was very disappointed.
I will reiterate that I loved the beer selection but if I want to go to a bar I’d be much happier at LGL or the Pint.”
I’ve been getting a lot emails/chats about folk’s first impressions of Blue Banana located at 3632 Georgia Ave, NW. Unfortunately all the early reviews have been similar to the one posted above. Personally, I think it’s a bit too early to tell but hopefully they make some adjustments after reading some constructive criticism. Any other first impressions?
