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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 – If you follow Penn Social at 801 E St NW you’ll see lots of happy hour announcements but there has been no mention of Riot Act, the comedy theater that preceded Penn Social and hosted comedy shows. This story gives a version of accounts as to why Riot Act ceased to be and it’s certainly interesting. [Washington CityPaper]
Downtown – Maddy’s Tap Room is getting close to opening at 13th and L St NW. [Prince of Petworth]
Southwest – The Washington Design Center, walking distance from Penn Quarter, hosts interior designers and design company showcases of all sorts. The building has been sold for $50 million and will become a Bible museum. Chalk up another private museum in the area. We’ll miss checking out all the cool design stuff though. [WaPo – Story 1] & [WaPo – Story 2]
Downtown – An ad about guns now graces the side of an apartment building and some people are all a flutter. [Washington Business Journal]
Penn Quarter – DC Shorts, a short film festival, begins September 6 and will be showing films at both the Navy Memorial Theater and at the E Street Cinema. Two of the parties will be in Penn Quarter/Downtown. [DC Shorts website]
Penn Quarter – The Alliance Francaise at 421 7th St NW is hosting free French lessons during the lunch hour all this week as a part of their open house program. C’est bon! [Alliance Francaise website]
Season’s Best All Year
What to do with all that yummy produce you’ve been picking up at the Farmers’ Market? How about make it last way past Summer’s end? This Saturday at The Federalist (1177 15th St. NW), Chef Harper McClure will teach how to pickle and preserve Summer fruits and vegetables. ($50; email manager@thefederalistdc.com to reserve.)
(Thanks to Tasting Table DC for the tip).
Protein Bar (398 7th St NW) Opens Today In DC
Above: Protein Bar Buffalo “Bar-rito” (All-natural chicken (tofu available), organic quinoa, blue cheese, and house-made vegan buffalo sauce)
Chicago-based Protein Bar opens its Washington, DC restaurant today at 11:30 am at the corner of 7th and D Streets NW (398 7th St NW) in Penn Quarter, the first of several planned locations in the DC metropolitan area. The menu [PDF link] is focused on high protein, nutrition-rich, and healthy carb offerings. In early February, PQ Living was the first outlet in DC to break the news that they were coming to Washington and now they are here.
From a press release…
Protein Bar‘s menu will include customizable high-protein blended drinks, bowls, fresh-made chili, soups, salads, and the signature Protein Bar-Ritos. Mindful of freshness and quality, Protein Bar sauces and dressings are made in-house daily. All menu items are high in protein and fiber and low in empty calories and refined sugar. Protein Bar uses organic, all-natural, and locally-sourced ingredients and provides a complete list of all nutritional information and ingredients for their entire menu.
Matt Matros, founder of Protein Bar, opened the first restaurant in Chicago in May 2009 after shedding 60 pounds by following a high-protein diet. He created the eatery as a place where healthy food that provides the right balance of protein, good fat and healthy carbs can be universally accessible and affordable.
Protein Bar at 7th and D Streets NW will serve seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., Saturday and 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday.
Protein Bar
398 7th St. NW, Washington DC, 20004
Phone: 202.621.9574
Website: www.proteinbardc.com
Facebook: Protein Bar
Twitter: @proteinbardc
Mon-Fri: 7:30 am – 9 pm
Sat: 10 am – 8 pm
Sun: 10 am – 6 pm
Penn Quarter/DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Above: NBC 4 news clip from the August 15 shooting at the Family Research Council at 8th and G St NW
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We took a week off from Heard In The ‘Hood so we’re dividing it up into sections. 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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Neighborhood…
Penn Quarter – The Martin Luther King library (901 G St NW) celebrates its 40th year of operation starting tomorrow. There are activities and events all week long including a block party on Saturday, August 25. We always enjoy a visit here to take out those free DVD movies…it’s how we catch up on our back catalog. [MLK Library 40th anniversary website]
Penn Quarter – Performance street parking is coming to our neighborhood thanks to a $1M grant from the Federal Highway Administration. Yes…there will be an app for that. [WaPo – District of DeBonis]
Real Estate…
Penn Quarter – Donald Trump talks more about what he plans for the Old Post Office redevelopment in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Ave NW. The over the top snapshot? A 261 room deluxe hotel with three restaurants, spa, lounge, 35,000-square-foot banquet facilities and a curated museum dedicated to the building’s history and the Congress Bell. [WaPo]
Penn Quarter – Ding, ding! Class will soon be in session at the Basis charter school at 410 8th St NW between D and E Streets starting August 27. It’s great to have kids in the neighborhood! Here’s more about the school’s secret sauce. [WaPo] & [BASIS DC website]
Restaurants…
Penn Quarter – Speaking of the Old Post Office building, the early reviews are in on Del Frisco’s Grille which took Les Halles’ place at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW. [Eater DC] & [WaPo]
Penn Quarter – District of Pi (912 F St NW) turns off their food truck to focus on their bricks and mortar restaurant. [Food Truck Fiesta]
Downtown – The proprietor of Zengo signs for a space at 1300 Eye St NW presumably for Toro Toro, a pan-Latin restaurant concept. [Washington Business Journal] & [Eater DC]
Penn Quarter/Golden Triangle – Amorini Panini will be opening a second location at 801 18th St NW near the World Bank. Amorini’s food truck continues operating as it has been. [Washington Business Journal]
Penn Quarter – Social Reform (401 9th St NW) will be getting a new awning. We’ve eaten at the bar a few times and enjoy the rerigged menu and happy hour. [Zagat]
Downtown – The folks from Againn gastropub are opening a coffee/casual eats shop called Bean & Bite at 1152 15th St NW (between L and M St). [Thrillist]
Penn Quarter/Chinatown – The crew at Daikaya shares a few photos of construction of the space at 705 6th St NW. They also have a log up on their Facebook masthead. [Daikaya Facebook page]
Shootings…
Penn Quarter – A man accidentally shot himself in the leg during a scuffle in front of or inside the Verizon Center McDonald’s (601 F St NW). [WaPo] & [DCist]
Penn Quarter – Making the NBC Nightly News, a man enters the Family Research Council at 801 G St NW and shoots a guard. [Christian Science Monitor] & [DCist] & [WaPo]