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Zola 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 [...]
DC/Near Penn Quarter Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Tips? Send them in confidentiality to: pqliving [at] gmail.com Downtown - The Federalist, the restauarant in the Madison Hotel, and DC’s Central Kitchen, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter (Monday Edition)
Photo above: Police Week 2011 candlelight vigil Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving and our mailbag is pqliving [at] gmail.com. 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 [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter
Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Local Vine Cellar (425 11th St NW) Getting Ready To Open
We stopped by The Local Vine Cellar on 11th St NW to check on progress toward opening this wine and spirits shop and sure enough they are getting ready to open. A quick exchange through the window with one of the people prepping the store inside and a check of the sign posted on the [...]
Del Frisco’s Grille…Now Early Summer 2012 On Penn Ave *pic*
Back in December 2011 we reported on Del Frisco’s Grille, a a self-described “tempting mix of prime steaks, fresh seafood and twists on American comfort cuisine,” and their plan to take up residence in the old Les Halles space on Pennsylvania Ave between 12th and 13th Streets NW. There’s no doubt now about this notion as [...]
