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Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC.
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Chinatown – The Sichuan Gallery restaurant will reopen as Mings in the 600 block of H Street NW. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
Shaw – Tagging incident takes place over the holidays. [Convention Center Community Association]
All Over DC – The first episode of the Real World DC premiered last Wednesday on MTV. [CityPaper: Housing Complex] & [WaPo]
All Over DC – The new 5 cent bag tax went into effect. [Congress Heights On The Rise] & [DC Govt]
Downtown – Bibiana and Siroc make the CityPaper’s best new restaurants list for 2009. [CityPaper: Young and Hungry]
Downtown Street Parking Gets More Expensive In 2010
Via DCist, NBC Washington is reporting a slew of new street parking rules that will go into effect in early 2010. For downtown dwellers, our street parking changes include:
- No more free parking on Saturdays
- Parking meters are enforced until 9:30 pm, Monday – Saturday **The DDOT site lists 9:30pm while the NBC article lists 10:30pm
Here is the official DDOT announcement. It includes the following special exception for our neighborhood: “The commercial area surrounding the Verizon Center has extended hours until 9:30 pm during the week and including Saturdays.“
Where Would You Like To Be Seated?
When we think of the holidays and this time of year, food invariably comes to mind. Being the part–time foodies that we are we couldn’t help but notice two pieces we read over the weekend in the press that when put together made us go “Hmm…”
Behold piece number one…the January 2010 Washingtonian print magazaine proclaims the “100 Very Best Restaurants” in the DC area. Four of the top ten are within the downtown areas we regularly frequent: Minibar (#2), The Source (#3), J&G Steakhouse (#4) and Rasika (#8). Another one, The Oval Room (#7), is just west of 16th Street NW. We’ve been to all of them and have not had qualms about the food nor the service. But we haven’t been to each of them enough to have a “favorite” table.
Behold piece number two…Tom Sietsema of WaPo reviewed Plume, the restaurant in the renovated Beaux Arts style Jefferson Hotel at 1200 16th Street NW (cross street is M Street NW). At the end of the online version of his review under Sitting Pretty in bold (or in the inset box in the left column in the print version, Sunday’s WP magazine), Sietsema lists table No. 10 as the one he’s partial to.
And that got us to thinking. Whether it’s got a great view of the restaurant or it’s quiet or it’s good for a date, what are the best tables at downtown restaurants (by number or by reference) and why do you like them? Where would you like to be seated?
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC.
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Downtown – A few musings on whether or not CityCenter’s plaza design is up to snuff. [DC Metrocentric]
All Over DC – Are you a serious DC foodie? Then you’re probably already planning for the 2010 Winter Restaurant Week. The folks at Capital Spice can help you. [Capital Spice]
Any Metro Station – Only something a true local knows…Metro station bathrooms are usable by the public. [Prince of Petworth]
Mount Vernon Triangle – Believable…yet unbelievable. (R rated) [Life In Mount Vernon Square]
Columbia Heights – A most appropriate holiday in the city YouTube video link from the boys and girls in CH. [New Columbia Heights]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The possibly illegal (and certainly ugly) billboards at 4th and P Streets NW come down. Finally. [CityPaper: Housing Complex]
All Over DC – An interesting idea for defining the parameters for new real estate development using crowdsourcing. [CoolTown Studios]