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14th Street – President Obama visits the 14th Street location of Taylor Gourmet to talk about the importance of small businesses in the U.S. [White House blog] & [WaPo] & [Prince of Petworth]
Penn Quarter – The Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association hosts its monthly meeting at The Hamilton (14th and F St NW) on Thursday, May 24. Morning snacks and coffee start at 8:30 am and the main presentation starts at 9 am. Susan Spain, the National Park Service’s Project Executive for the National Mall, and Caroline Cunningham, President of the Trust for the National Mall, will talk about proposed changes to the National Mall. Contact Jo-Ann Neuhaus at joann [at] pennquarter.org to RSVP. Include first names, last names, and affiliations for those attending. [PQL Intelligence Network]
Penn Quarter – Some great photos and a write up of Bandaloop, the artistic performance that entailed hanging from ropes from the front of the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Ave. [Prince of Petworth]
Mount Vernon Triangle – Under construction for some time, Tel’Veh, a wine bar on the ground floor and corner of 401 Massachusetts Ave, should open today. Eater has some cool nighttime shots. [Eater] & [Washington Biz Journal] & [Washingtonian]
Penn Quarter – The General Manger of Oyamel narrates interesting tidbits about the restaurant. [Eater]
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 announcing Tuesday that it would be closing for good by Friday. The scene above is from the 50% of all stock sale the store Tuesday night where we picked up a few Italian reds we enjoyed tasting in the last month or two. Gift certificates will be honored at Zola (the restaurant), Potenza, and Potenza Wine.
What’s coming next for the space? “An undisclosed restauranter” [sic] will be taking its place per a Facebook post. Farewell ZWK…we hardly knew ye.
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Help celebrate DC Yoga Week (May 13-20) by bringing your mat down to the Mall on Saturday (15th St. and Independence Ave., NW, near the Washington Monument) for a free yoga class led by some of the area’s best teachers. Events start at 1:30pm, with the main class beginning at 3pm. For more information about Yoga on the Mall and other free classes being held round town this week, visit their web site.
DC/Near 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!
Tips? Send them in confidentiality to: pqliving [at] gmail.com
Downtown – The Federalist, the restauarant in the Madison Hotel, and DC’s Central Kitchen, a non-profit that helps those in need of food, get write ups. [Capitol File – Federalist] & [Capitol File – DCCK]
Mount Vernon Triangle – A few tweets with photos showing what the New York Avenue Beach Bar (645 NY Ave NW) will look like. [Twitter – NYAve Beach Bar – Photo 1] & [Twitter – NYAve Beach Bar – Photo 2]
Downtown – The Gales School, that building at 65 Massachusetts Ave NW held up by girder supports, will be taken over and renovated by the Central Union Mission as a homeless shelter. We first mentioned this move on PQL in 2008 and the groundbreaking just took place. [Prince of Petworth]
Penn Quarter – The under construction Protein Bar at 7th and D St NW catches the attention of the Washington Post. [WaPo]
Downtown – District Taco opens at 1309 F St NW. A decent photo set can be found off the Washingtonian’s link (look for Slideshow). [DCist] & [Washingtonian]
Penn Quarter – Know what ramps are? No, not the ones used by skateboarders. These are edible and you can find them at the Thursday Penn Quarter farmer’s market on 8th St NW. A ditty on how to cook them is off this link in a new column in the City Paper. [Washington City Paper – Market Research]