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The leading indicators were true and the home of the Washington Capitals and Wizards will now be called the Capital One Arena. This WaPo story says it’s a 10 year deal worth $100 million. Please note the change from ‘center’ to ‘arena’ and we certainly can’t call it the Phone Booth any longer.
On Rye Sandwich Shop Debuts All Day Breakfast Menu (740 6th St NW)
We learned that OnRye (740 6th St NW), the sandwich shop that opened in November 2016, now has all day breakfast including a menu of various bagel options, babkas, croissants, and coffee. The full menu can be seen here.
OnRye also has various deli meats and prepared salads now available for purchase. That menu can be seen here.
OnRye opens for breakfast Monday through Saturday at 8 am and remains open until 7 pm. They’re closed on Sundays.
Is The Verizon Center Changing Its Name Soon? (601 F St NW)
A story in the Washington Business Journal describes some domain name sleuthing revealing a host of domain names being scooped up with the words “arena”, “center”, and “dc” in them. The difference between the current arena’s name, the Verizon Center, and the scooped up names is that they are prefixed with one or more variations of Capital One, the retail bank headquartered in McLean, Virginia (Tysons Corner). The naming rights for the Verizon Center end in 2018 so they’re up for renewal soon.
If this renaming does happen, the city’s main arena will go back to being named almost as it was when the arena that housed the Capitals (ice hockey) and Bullets (basketball) stood in Landover, Maryland. The difference is that the old arena was named the Capital Centre, using the British spelling. We never quite knew why that was.
(Ed. Note (8/2/2017): The Washington Post weighed in with a story with some additional information.)
(Hat tip: The Mount Vernon Triangle Facebook page)
Think Food Lab Eatery Now Open In Market Square In Penn Quarter (701 Penn Ave NW)
Think Food Lab (701 Pennsylvania Ave NW) is now open in Market Square in Penn Quarter. We stopped by for lunch and were suitably delighted with the offerings inside from Pepe, Jose Andres’ food truck by the same name. From the website, the concept behind the eatery is below:
ThinkFoodLab is a unique space of learning and experimentation that will host a series of rotating fast casual culinary concepts. Inspired by José Andrés’ passion for innovation and experimentation this space will test the unknown and develop new delicious stories to tell. For its initial debut, ThinkFoodLab will feature Pepe, which celebrates the Spanish style sandwiches of José’s native Spain. We welcome your thoughts, ideas, and feedback as we try new dishes, new concepts.
Menus can be seen in the photos below. The eatery is only open during the weekdays from 11 am to 6 pm and it is well worth a visit.
A number of sandwiches are available to order along with soups and salads. We tried the cachopo, a breaded pork filet stuffed with ham and cheese. Sandwiches are available in a quarter, a half, or a full of a 17 inch size and we found the quarter to be more than enough for lunch. Beverages include Mexican sodas and three house made drinks including a very good slightly sweetened iced coffee that we consumed. Dessert is available in the form of soft serve ice cream and we went with the strawberry as they were out of the leche merengada. Again the execution was nice in the form of a not too sweet strawberry flavor.
We’ll be going back to check out the other sandwiches in this great addition to the neighborhood!
