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This weekend, you can celebrate Bastille Day at the following neighborhood events:
Saturday, July 13
Central (1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW) – specials on food and wine paired with live music
Sunday, July 14
Paul Bakery (801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW) – 3rd Annual Baguette Relay Race
And, starting on July 15, celebrate Belgian Restaurant Week with specials at these neighborhood spots:
Brasserie Beck 1101 K St., NW – Do frogs legs really taste like chicken? Now you can find out with a menu special at Beck this week – Frog Legs Tempura with Lemon, Garlic, Parsley and Maldon Salt.
Le Pain Quotidien (979 F St., NW) – Belgian waffles!
Penn Quarter 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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Penn Quarter – What happens to DC if the FBI relocates? More money, that’s what. [DCist]
Penn Quarter – Daniel Boulud of Daniel (New York City) restaurant fame signed a lease at CityCenter (9th/11th St and H St/New York Ave NW) to open a DBGB Kitchen and Bar, the second after New York, in spring/summer 2014. [BisNow] & [DBGB website – New York]
Penn Quarter – DC Public Library announces Digital Commons at the MLK Library (9th and G St NW) which will open in summer 2013. [DC Public Library]
Downtown – Police are looking into a video of a man loading a shot gun in Freedom Plaza (13th and Pennsylvania Ave NW) that may have been made by Adam Kokesh. [WaPo (paywall after 20 stories)] & [DCist]
Penn Quarter – Casa Luca, a more casual Italian osteria from Fabio Trabocchi, opened on Friday at 11th and New York Ave NW (1099 New York Ave NW). [Washington Business Journal]
Penn Quarter Crib of the Week – We didn’t see anything truly special worth pointing out. We’ll keep an eye out though!
Happy 4th Of July!
No matter where you are today, whether on the Mall, your roof deck, or even on the Eastern Shore, have a safe and happy 4th!
PQ Living will return to our normal posting schedule next week.
History on Foot: Andrew Mellon Fountain
While walking the other day, we paused to take note of this tucked away fountain at Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street, NW. As the inscription in the surrounding stone seating describes, the Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain honors the “Financier, Industrialist, Statesman” who was the Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1932), Ambassador to Great Britain (1932-1933), and the founder of the National Gallery of Art (located across the street from the fountain) in 1937. The fountain was dedicated in May 1952 by President Harry S. Truman and was designed by Paul Manship and Sydney Waugh.