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Photo above: Max Brown, CEO of PR agency Bravery Corporation and owner of Chinatown Coffee Co. (left) and Jennifer Hudson (right) at Buddha Bar
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Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments!
Penn Quarter – Fiola Restaurant announces a few key hires for their operation. We’re told they are still looking towards a mid-April opening. [WaPo]
Penn Quarter – A stabbing at the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop. [WaPo]
Dupont – A brothel gets shut down “angering johns.” [TBD.com]
H Street NE – Is no space scared anymore? Political advertising and advocacy appears on drink coasters in bars. [Prince of Petworth]
SW Waterfront – The Graduate School was announced as an anchor tenant. This major redevelopment project in Southwest is now being called the Wharf. [Washington Business Journal]
Downtown – Hole opens up in downtown DC’s 14th Street NW between F and G Streets due to a water main leak. [Washington Examiner]
Mount Vernon Triangle – Jennifer Hudson stops by Buddha Bar in the Triangle and gives an impromptu performance. [Bravery Corporation]
Mount Vernon Triangle – BicycleSPACE shop operations do not plan to be interrupted by possible redevelopment. [The Triangle]
Downtown – Our favorite DC based men’s fashion site reviews an eyewear store on F Street, Insight Opticians. [District Cut]
Hill Country Opens Saturday At 5pm
We have confirmed that Hill Country, the Texas style barbecue restaurant at 410 7th Street NW, will be opening at 5pm tomorrow, Saturday March 12, 2011. The bar & kitchen will open at 5pm daily to start. Once the restaurant opens for lunch service, the daily opening time will be earlier in the day (possibly noon, like the NYC restaurant).
Update 1 (March 14): As of March 14, Hill Country’s Washington DC website is not up yet but with a splash screen only. Below find the full contact information for Hill Country DC.
Update 2 (March 27): As of March 27, Hill Country’s Washington DC website is showing some band/performance information and has a link to their downloadable menu. They are also starting lunch service tomorrow according to this Tweet. Yee haw!
Update 3 (April 2): The April 2011 music schedule is up! We’ve seen some of the live acts at Hill Country and they are good.
Update 4 (April 24): Permanent links for the menu and the music schedule have been posted. The menu is here and the music schedule is here.
Hill Country
410 7th Street, NW
Phone: (202) 556-2050
Dinner hours to start:
Sunday – Thursday: 5:00pm – 10:00pm, Friday – Saturday: 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Live Music: Tuesday through Saturday, every week (no cover)
Twitter: @hillcountrywdc
OpenTable: Hill Country Reservations
Website: www.hillcountrywdc.com
E-mail: info@hillcountrywdc.com
Facebook: Home Page & April 2011 music schedule
Potbelly’s Signage Is Up On K St (1050 K St NW)
Seeing a stove with an enlarged gut is a familiar sight if you walk downtown. Also known as a potbelly stove, it is the logo of Potbelly’s Sandwich Shop which has multiple stores in downtown DC. In fact, there are five in the East End where we’ve eaten and soon we will bump the count up to six. The outlet pictured to the right is at 1050 K St NW with a listed opening date of Spring 2011. Most alluring are the milkshakes made out of real ice cream and full fat milk just like they used to make at the diner we patronized in our earlier years. The sandwiches are consistently good too. Our personal favorite for filling up is A Wreck paired up with a (hand-dipped) coffee shake. What is your favorite meal there?
Shout out: Victoria (regular PQ Living reader)
Neighborhood Brew Pubs: A Night Out
A walk through the neighborhood during the city’s recent spell of warm weather led to an interesting observation: Chinatown has its fair share of brewpubs. Between the District Chophouse (509 7th Street, NW) and Gordon Biersch (900 F Street, NW), tasty beer is never too far. A few more blocks west lies Capitol City Brewing Company’s downtown location (1100 New York Avenue, NW). Three bars serving microbrewed beer all within a short ten minute walk of one another.
How do these brewpubs compare to each other? Continue Reading >>