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Several readers have written to us this month about the sudden closure of Manhattan Deli (801 Pennsylvania Ave), wondering if we had any additional information. The short answer is no, we don’t know what happened.
We didn’t eat at Manhattan Deli often, but every once in a while on a Friday night we’d get a craving for a cheap, thin sliced cheese pizza. The kind you had to dab with a napkin to remove the top layer of grease. But just because we didn’t eat there often doesn’t mean the place wasn’t packed with office workers and tourists every week day at lunch. A few outdoor seats and a fantastic view of the Navy Memorial made this a great people watching spot.
We’ve searched the DC corporation’s database without finding anything; perhaps Manhattan Delis wasn’t the legal entity name but was instead a trade name. Web searches only produced the various food reviews you’d expect (Urbanspoon, Yelp). Yelp had a few comments about the closure, but nothing to give any background as to what had happened.
So a request that came in from several readers is being redirected to all of our readers. Does anyone have any insight into what happened to Manhattan Deli?
Tracking NextGen DC Food Trucks With FoodTruckFiesta.com
The next generation of Food Trucks have hit DC. Instead of setting up shop on the same block day after day selling nothing but hot-dogs and pretzels, this new breed of food vendor migrates to different locations throughout the day. You must be thinking that this would be a nightmare for customers, except for that the food trucks update their location via their Twitter accounts.
Ok, you say, but who’s going to follow a food truck on Twitter? Many trucks have amassed an impressive following, like fojolbros, with almost 6,000 followers! And these food trucks aren’t selling ice cream or FBI t-shirts either. From Eastern Shore Cantaloupe & Cucumber Soup and vegan sandwiches to toffles and Mexicali fish tacos to chicken masala and lassi pops, dare we say that some PQ chefs may have some mobile culinary competition? Have a particular craving today? Just send a tweet to the food truck and your life will play out just like an internet meme: in Soviet Russia, food truck comes to you.
A new website called Food Truck Fiesta tracks all of the DC area food trucks and plots their real-time location on a google map. It is a must see!
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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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 – Man…we were looking forward to Hill Country’s Texas BBQ on 7th Street NW at the end of the summer but we’ll be lucky to get it by December 2010. [City Paper: Young & Hungry]
Mount Vernon Triangle – More information on Sixth Engine, a bistro that will occupy the firehouse encased by the 400 Mass Ave condo. [The Triangle]
Dupont – The Secret Safeway is closing. Don’t know where the Secret Safeway is? Once you do, you are that much closer to being a true Washingtonian. [Borderstan]
Georgetown – Scheele’s Market plans scrapped. Are markets like Scheele’s increasingly being relegated to the scrap heap of retail grocery? [Georgetown Metropolitan]
NoMa – The CityVista Safeway will be getting some com-pe-tiiii-tion once the Harris Teeter opens up in Constitution Square and this post sure sparked up some comments about our neighborhood’s beloved (or not so much) grocery store. [The Triangle]
Shaw – News on the Convention Center Hotel construction project starting. Let’s get those shovels digging!!! [WaBizJo]
Forever 21 Opens At 10am Today
Forever 21 opens at 10am today and the first 100 (400?) people in the store get a gift card. 1020 G St NW – enjoy!
