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Hole At 10th & G St NW Becomes Less Holey
We’ll cut right to the chase. A Swedish development company, Skanska, is assuming PN Hoffman’s position in the joint construction project at 10th and G Streets NW between PN Hoffman and the First Congregational United Church of Christ. The project had come to a halt in February of this year because no tenant meant no [...]
iPhone Fever Hits Gallery Place Metro Station
Just this morning, WMATA officially flipped the switch allowing all major cell phone carriers (not just Verizon) to offer service within select subterranean Metro stations. We took our iPhone (serviced by AT&T Wireless) out and descended into the Gallery Place metro station from the 7th & H St entrance. We had a full 5 bars [...]
Taylor Gourmet II (Deli) Opens Tomorrow (485 K St NW)
Editor’s Note (Oct. 16): Our friends at The Triangle provide additional insight into Taylor Gourmet II’s offerings. PQ Living was on hand to check out the pre-opening festivities at the second Taylor location called Taylor Gourmet II (485 K St NW) in the CityVista complex. The sixteen foot wide roll up garage door fronts K Street [...]
Best Brunch Deal In Town
This is the third entry in our Best In Town series, and we’re surprised it is the first time we’ve nominated a Jose Andres restaurant. One of our favorite chefs, the restaurants under Andres empire get better with each visit. But a recent Sunday visit to Cafe Atlantico for their latino dim sum brunch confirmed that [...]
High Rise Life: Tipping The Front Desk
We hate to say it but summer is gone, fall is here and before you know it holiday season will be bearing down fast and furious. The downtown Macy’s will rotate in their holiday window displays and cold weather will come knocking on your condo or apartment window. Whether it’s just giving you a hand [...]
October DNA Meeting Tomorrow Night
The October Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) meeting will take place tomorrow night at the District Chophouse (509 7th St NW) between 6:30 pm and 8 pm. Who’s coming, you ask? The primary discussion leaders will be DC Attorney General Peter Nickles and Councilmember Phil Mendelson. The MPD from PSA (Public Service Area) 101 W will [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Downtown – The new Italian restaurant Bibiana gets a first look. [Washingtonian] Mount Vernon Triangle – VIMBY (video in my back yard) profiles Durkl, the streetwear company headquartered in our area. [Ready Set DC] U Street – Ben [...]
Sunday Reading: Sietsema Reviews W’s J&G Steakhouse
PQ Living had a peek at the J&G Steakhouse in the W Hotel (515 15th St NW) shortly after the mucho bucks renovation was complete in July of this year. We liked the balanced visuals we saw in the steakhouse (the faux Miami meets DC lobby reno, not so much) but have not made it over [...]
What We Do With Our Ad Dollars
Readers may notice that we have two ad slots, one in the right column and one in the upper right on the masthead (that’s the top bit above the divider line). The majority of ad revenue comes our way when readers click on the ads themselves but they do not cover the full cost of [...]
PQ Farmer’s Market Existence Threatened By Lone Commuter
Picture taken just before the Farmer’s Market started setting up yesterday. All is quiet on 8th St NW between D & E, as usual. Even the car seen in the driving lane is double-parked. The DC DNA has a nice write-up of a local office tenant’s request to rescind the Penn Quarter Farmer’s Market public [...]
