Penn Quarter/DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
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Chinatown – A little more info from a favorite blogger on Townhouse Kitchen and Bar opening in the next few months at 700 6th St NW. They do have a Facebook page up so far. [The 42 Bus]
Downtown – Del Frisco’s Grille opens up at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW where Les Halles used to be. Interior photos are available from the first link. Website and dinner menu links are last. [Eater DC] & [Del Frisco’s Grille website] & [Del Frisco’s Grille dinner menu]
Penn Quarter – Protein Bar at 7th and D St NW is planning to open in August. They’ve let us know that their planned hours will be seven days a week! Monday through Friday from 7 am until 9 pm and Saturday/Sunday from 10 am until 6 pm. [Protein Bar tweet]
Chinatown – The Verizon Center signage legislation gets through the DC Council during the last legislative session before summer break. Ted Leonsis says thanks on his blog. [Ted’s Take (Leonsis’ blog)]
Chinatown – The Quiznos at 772 5th Street NW shuts down. [PQ Living commenter sb]
Downtown – SOW writes up the extensive history of the Willard Hotel in the 1800s. [Streets of Washington]
Penn Quarter – REVAMP writes up Washingtonian Magazine’s “Best of Washington” event at the National Building Museum. [REVAMP.com]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The renderings for the planned new apartment/condo building 460 New York Ave NW are available. This is the triangular plot of land opposite the CityVista Safeway. [The Triangle]
Downtown – Six people who entered the Franklin School as part of an Occupy protest in November of 2011 are found guilty of unlawfully entering a vacant building. [Huffington Post – DC]
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