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Festa Italiana Comes to Penn Quarter This Sunday!
The city’s lively eighth-annual Italian street festival will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2006, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm! The festival will take place at 3rd and F St NW. Here is the schedule. Festa Italiana celebrates Italian-American culture and Italian-Americans’ contributions to the Washington area. This year’s festival will include live traditional […]
Otavio Reviews Vapiano! (Future Italian Restaurant In Gallery Place/Chinatown)
We send many thanks to Otavio, who is currently in Germany, for going out and reviewing the German-based Italian restaurant called Vapiano! We mentioned earlier this week that Vapiano was planning to open up at 623-625 H St NW by next February. Here is Otavio’s review: Greetings all, I am just returning home from my […]
International Spy Museum Hosts Scavenger Hunt Tonight
We’re surprised that we haven’t even mentioned the International Spy Museum (800 F St NW) since we started this blog. We heard on the radio (107.3 FM) last night that there are still some slots available for tonight’s Ultimate Scavenger Hunt (starts at 7pm). The radio station ad also mentioned a sweet prize – plane […]
Balducci’s CEO Resigns After Penn Quarter Decision
It’s a couple of days old news, but we didn’t hear about it until this morning. The Washington Business Journal notes: Balducci’s co-CEO has resigned in the midst of the gourmet grocery store’s decision not to move forward with a planned store in Penn Quarter. Peter Krieger, who was one of two interim co-CEOs at […]