RSS FeedRedline Replaces IndeBleu At 707 G St NW
Thanks to PQL reader, Cheryl, for sending in the tip that a new sports bar named Redline will be soft-opening tomorrow (Friday) at 707 G St NW, the former digs of IndeBleu. The establishment has been described as Vegas-style with a multitude of TV’s, self-serve beer taps, and servings of Kobe hot dogs. And this bar will definitely capitalize on the Verizon Center sporting event traffic. The bar has been created by the owners of Fly Lounge and it is their second establishment in DC.
1155 F Street’s Lincoln Theme *Updated*
*Updated with the answer for this display in the comments section courtesy of Ford’s Theatre*
The paper came off the windows of 1155 F Street NW just a day or two ago (11th Street side, next to the recently opened Crumbs), showing us the completely unfinished interior. Also on display were two large window decals, photos of Lincoln. Interestingly there is also a large, multi-sided bookcase inside (sitting on the unfinished concrete slab) with dozens (perhaps hundreds) of books about Lincoln.
Walking by this morning we asked a hardhat worker if they could tell us what was going in this location (retail? lobby to commercial tenants?) but they wouldn’t say. Anyone have the inside scoop?
Exercise Man Gets Some Competition!
The PQ Living paparazzi spotted this man doing standing presses with this barbell for 30 minutes one evening on the corner of 7th and G St NW. We also spotted him another day aside a sit up bench on the opposite corner of the intersection. Can we consider this person Exercise Man’s competition? Before you know it, our neighborhood might have its very own Muscle Beach!
A Clara Barton Museum? At Last?
Readers may have overlooked the November 3 article in the Washington Post about Clara Barton’s Office of Missing Soldiers so we’re highlighting it here. The Penn Quarter Project which includes the Lafayette and Clara Barton Condominiums, a commercial parking garage, the Woolly Mammoth Theatre, a number of restaurants, a beauty salon, and a tanning business is in the same edifice as Clara Barton’s office where she located soldiers missing after the Civil War for families. Although a museum going into this space has been mentioned here on PQ Living before, it now looks like there are some more serious overtures towards its becoming an operating museum hosted by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. This is welcome news and would add to the cadre of museums that makes downtown DC such a great place to be.