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Central Liquor Sign Future Uncertain
The Central Liquor sign is one of the most photographed signs in Penn Quarter. Just look at the evidence on Flickr! The Washington Times has a nice article investigating the fate of the vintage Central Liquor sign hanging above what we have dubbed the new Central Souvenirs shop. For those straight edge PQers not following […]
Transformers 3 Filming Near The Penn Quarter
If you’ve signed up for DC’s Alert system, you’ve probably noticed some alerts for street closures due to Transformers 3: The Dark Of The Moon movie filming. We pored through the alerts and found the closures that are most likely to affect Penn Quarter residents. All closures will take place between Tuesday (10/12) and Wednesday […]
DC Food Trucks Visit PQ In Curbside Cookoff
All of DC’s food trucks (and even some from Arlington) will be congregating at 11th & H St NW in the Old Convention Center parking lot for the first Curbside Cookoff event. The event, which is sponsored by DCRA, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Brightest Young Things, and the Downtown BID is the […]
Two New Restaurants Coming Soon: District of Pi and Graffiato!
In the last two days, we were tipped off to two new Penn Quarter restaurant openings. The first restaurant is District of Pi (as reported by stlmag), which will occupy one of the last remaining retail spaces on F St at approximately 914 F St NW, next to the Ventana condominium. The second restaurant announcement […]