Archive for July, 2017
Think Food Lab Eatery Now Open In Market Square In Penn Quarter (701 Penn Ave NW)
Think Food Lab (701 Pennsylvania Ave NW) is now open in Market Square in Penn Quarter. We stopped by for lunch and were suitably delighted with the offerings inside from Pepe, Jose Andres’ food truck by the same name. From the website, the concept behind the eatery is below: ThinkFoodLab is a unique space of […]
DC Fire & EMS Pulls Man From Penn Quarter Building Garbage Chute
7th St. NW: Feeding fresh air down trash chute as we continue to evaluate a safe means of removal. Confined space rescue assign. on scene. pic.twitter.com/FcLeCxu5ZC — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 23, 2017 File this under unusual news of the month, perhaps the year. An adult male went after a cellphone that might […]
MGM National Harbor Starts Direct Bus Line To Chinatown (7th and H St NW)
Over the weekend we were out for a walk around the neighborhood and were handed the flyer pictured above which advertises a new set of six bus lines called the MGM Lion Line running between the MGM National Harbor Casino and various points around the DC metro area. Two daily round trips are advertised for the […]
GSA Decides To Can The FBI Building Move For Now (935 Pennsylvania Ave NW)
The moving and consolidation of the FBI into a single campus not in the heart of Penn Quarter is to be postponed indefinitely by the GSA today according to this Washington Post article. WaPo also notes the reactions from local officials in this piece and this piece. The FBI building takes up two full blocks of city […]