RSS FeedZola Wine & Kitchen (9th & E St NW) Now Fully Closed
Zola Wine & Kitchen is closed. A farewell tweet ended the three and a half year run for a neighborhood favorite place to buy wine, have an affordable lunch, or take a cooking class; the store opened on December 1, 2008. Yesterday was its last day in business selling out of all its inventory after announcing Tuesday that it would be closing for good by Friday. The scene above is from the 50% of all stock sale the store Tuesday night where we picked up a few Italian reds we enjoyed tasting in the last month or two. Gift certificates will be honored at Zola (the restaurant), Potenza, and Potenza Wine.
What’s coming next for the space? “An undisclosed restauranter” [sic] will be taking its place per a Facebook post. Farewell ZWK…we hardly knew ye.
Ommm
Help celebrate DC Yoga Week (May 13-20) by bringing your mat down to the Mall on Saturday (15th St. and Independence Ave., NW, near the Washington Monument) for a free yoga class led by some of the area’s best teachers. Events start at 1:30pm, with the main class beginning at 3pm. For more information about Yoga on the Mall and other free classes being held round town this week, visit their web site.
DC/Near Penn Quarter Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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Downtown - The Federalist, the restauarant in the Madison Hotel, and DC’s Central Kitchen, a non-profit that helps those in need of food, get write ups. [Capitol File - Federalist] & [Capitol File - DCCK]
Mount Vernon Triangle - A few tweets with photos showing what the New York Avenue Beach Bar (645 NY Ave NW) will look like. [Twitter - NYAve Beach Bar - Photo 1] & [Twitter - NYAve Beach Bar - Photo 2]
Downtown – The Gales School, that building at 65 Massachusetts Ave NW held up by girder supports, will be taken over and renovated by the Central Union Mission as a homeless shelter. We first mentioned this move on PQL in 2008 and the groundbreaking just took place. [Prince of Petworth]
Penn Quarter - The under construction Protein Bar at 7th and D St NW catches the attention of the Washington Post. [WaPo]
Downtown - District Taco opens at 1309 F St NW. A decent photo set can be found off the Washingtonian’s link (look for Slideshow). [DCist] & [Washingtonian]
Penn Quarter - Know what ramps are? No, not the ones used by skateboarders. These are edible and you can find them at the Thursday Penn Quarter farmer’s market on 8th St NW. A ditty on how to cook them is off this link in a new column in the City Paper. [Washington City Paper - Market Research]
Jobs In Penn Quarter
We’ve seen a number of “Help Wanted” signs show up on storefront windows over the last few months and have taken that to mean that the downtown retail economy is in pretty good shape. A quick perusal of the Craigslist jobs section using the search term “Penn Quarter” kicked out 64 listings many of which are for the familiar restaurants and food outlets in our neighborhood such as PS7, Austin Grill, and The Source. If you need a job in Penn Quarter, it looks like there is one waiting!
Footloose
This week, the Kennedy Center is sponsoring Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America with events around the city and at the Kennedy Center.
Be sure to check out the acts slated for Friday, May 11, starting at 8pm at the Old Post Office Pavilion (1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW). Of particular interest to me, Bandaloop’s Bound(less), a vertical dance performance where artists will be suspended in air and interact with the walls of the building.
Leica Camera Store Officially Open (977 F St NW) *pics*
All photos courtesy of Leica Cameras
Leica Camera officially opened their first stand alone U.S. retail store last week at 977 F St NW last week filling in the last unclaimed bay in the Carroll Square development at the corner of 9th and F St NW. The store is about 2000 square feet in size and includes two separate spaces, one where the iconic cameras, binoculars, and lenses can be purchased, and another where photos can be exhibited in a gallery space. The gallery side of the store will rotate through about four exhibits per year.
Leicas are beautifully crafted cameras emanating from Germany. In our college days when our SLR cameras clattered away, we knew that somewhere there was a Leica quietly and discreetly capturing a moment due to its rangefinder form factor and lack of mirror banging around. Leica makes a range of cameras from the compact D-Lux 4 and D-Lux 5 to the M-9 rangefinder with fully interchangeable lenses. You can still buy 35 mm film cameras from Leica and they still sell an all mechanical camera, the MP, that requires no batteries to operate. The interchangeable lens system includes the standard focal lengths such as 28 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, and 135 mm. Also in the lineup is an amazingly fast 50 mm lens with a maximum aperture of f 0.95.
The store is open Monday to Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm. Thursday and Friday it’s open 11 am to 7 pm. Private appointments are available 10 am to 11 am each weekday.
977 F Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20004
www.leica-store-dc.com
202-787-5900
District Taco Declares Restaurant Completion (1309 F St NW)
Photo from District Taco’s Twitter stream
The folks at District Taco tweeted this morning that the restaurant build-out is complete. A now hiring sign sits in the window as well as signs that breakfast tacos may become part of Penn Quarter residents’ regular breakfast meal rotation. An opening day has yet to be announced, but we’re guessing any day now.
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter (Monday Edition)
Photo above: Police Week 2011 candlelight vigil
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A few time sensitive items came in to our mailbag so we’re doing our neighborhood news roundup today in addition to last Friday. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments or send your news or tips in to the mailbag at: pqliving [at] gmail.com
Penn Quarter – National Police Week begins today with a memorial service in front of MPD HQ at 300 Indiana Ave NW at 11 am. The candlelight vigil will begin at 8 pm at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in the 400 block of E St NW on Sunday, May 13. If you have not witnessed the candlelight vigil, we suggest you check it out at least once as it is an extremely moving event and worth understanding. [National Police Week schedule]
Shaw – A community meeting will take place tonight at the Kennedy Recreational Center at 1401 7th St NW to discuss Mood Lounge that does business at 1318 9th St NW. [PQL Intelligence Network]
From a message out of the Executive Office of the Mayor sent to us by a PQ Living reader:
Please join us for a meeting on Monday May 7th at 6:30 PM at the Kennedy recreational center at 1401 7th Street, to discuss Mood Lounge and the impact on the surrounding community. In attendance will be representatives from the Deputy Mayor of Public Safety, ABRA, MPD, Office of Attorney General, Office of Community Affairs and DCRA. They will be sharing information about recent steps the agencies have taken and additional steps we will be taking to address the concerns.
Please come out and voice your concerns and questions about this establishment.
Downtown/Penn Quarter - The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) meeting is tomorrow night at the Calvary Baptist Church beginning at 6:30 pm. The agenda will include a discussion with representatives of the DC Office of Planning and with Monumental Sports regarding the [proposed] Verizon Center signage. [DNA]
Mount Vernon Triangle - The Mount Vernon Triangle market is now up and running for the season. The market runs on Sundays in the parking lot at the corner of 5th and I Streets NW from 10 am to 4 pm. [Mount Vernon Triangle market]
Downtown - The Kennedy Center kicked off a week-long Street Arts Festival yesterday called Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America. Several free, family friendly festival events will take place downtown on Wilson Plaza at 13th and Pennsylvania Ave NW as follows:
- Monday, May 7 - 11:30am-1:30pm – Swami Yomahmi (comedy), Matt Pauli (Chaplin vaudeville), Karen Beriss (magic), Evan Young (juggling)
- Tuesday May 8 – 11:30am-1:30pm – Sweet Heaven Kings (gospel brass band), Moira Lee (circus), Michael Rosman (juggling)
The full schedule can be found here. Did we mention the events are free! [Kennedy Center calendar]
Shaw – Tom Sietsema reviews the Rogue 24 restaurant experience and generally offers praise. [WaPo]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter
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We haven’t done Heard In The ‘Hood in a while so here’s what we were noodling over recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
Chinatown - Pho DC on H Street opens their downstairs deli to sell steamed buns and bubble tea. Mmm…steamed buns! [Prince of Petworth]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The Sixth Engine in the 400 block of Mass Ave now has their patio open for outside dining. More yum! [The Triangle]
Downtown – The New York Times laments the turning of the old 9:30 Club into…gasp…a J. Crew store (this is the one going in on F St NW). Oh, the irony of it all! [New York Times]
Penn Quarter - The Protein Bar must now officially be moving into the neighborhood at 7th and D St NW. They posted the news on their blog! They are also targeting Ballston in Virginia and have launched a DC store Twitter feed. [Protein Bar Chicago - blog] & [Protein Bar DC Twitter]
Georgetown – For all you native Washingtonians who used to hit G’town in the 80s, Poseurs nightclub which was at the corner of M and 34th St NW is having a reunion on August 4 at the Rock & Roll Hotel on H St NE. DJ Mohawk Adam who spun tunes for over two decades at area clubs is on the bill. [WTOP]
Mount Vernon Triangle - Will the beach bar concept work on an empty lot in the 600 block of New York Ave? Will MTV come out with a show called DC Shore featuring twenty-somethings living in a nearby Mount Vernon Triangle condo who hang out at the beach? I think we have a situation here. [Prince of Petworth] & [WaPo]
Downtown - Lots of kurfuffle over the motivation behind Douglas Development’s raze permit request for the billboard…we mean historic building at 11th and K St NW. [The Location] & [Washington CityPaper]
Penn Quarter - Leica officially opens their Washington DC store and first stand alone retail store in the U.S. at 977 F St NW. First mentioned on Penn Quarter Living in September 2011, we dropped by to check it out and it is very cool. [WaPo] & [Washington Business Journals] & [Huffington Post] & [Urban Daddy]
City Hall – Gun registration in D.C. may get a little easier. [DCist]
Penn Quarter – Speculative (or hopeful) thoughts from Douglas Development about what may go into 915 F St NW. We think it would make for an interesting restaurant with grand effect, but that’s just us. [Greater Greater Washington]
10th Street Community Park Festival This Saturday
The Friends of the 10th Street Park, an organization dedicated to a great little park on 10th St NW between L and M St NW (1100 block), wrote in to let us know about their festival and the park’s one year anniversary this Saturday, May 5, between 10 am and 2 pm. This park is just north of and next to the Quincy Court condo building. Looks like lots of fun for the community!
See the flyer to the right or check out the details below:
10th Street Community Park Festival
Saturday May 5, 2012
10am – 2pm
(Rain Date: May 6, 2012)Join the Friends of the 10th Street Park for the Park’s 1st birthday! We have exciting events lined up for all ages.
10:00 am – Yoga in the Park
Yoga will be led by Dominique Fernandez, the current President of the Board for Quincy Park Condos. Bring a towel, yoga mat and water for early morning yoga on the park’s lawn.11:30 am – Story Time
Join us for stories about gardening and springtime. Afterwards, meet at the park’s play feature for more fun with your neighbors. ~ Ages 6 months to 6 years old.1:00 pm – Gardening Chat
Join the 10th Street Park Friends Board Members to discuss future park enhancements and other issues impacting the park.1:30 pm – Happy Birthday 10th Street Park
We will have a birthday celebration for the park to commemorate the first anniversary of the park.2:00 pm – Music and Movement with Mr. Skip
Mr. Skip is veteran performer for children’s audiences. Come dance and frolic in the park to his youthful tunes. ~ Ages 6 and younger.
