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Ledo’s Pizza
Everyone who’s walked the neighborhood knows about that three-story white brick townhouse sandwiched in between 455 Massachusetts Avenue, the recently completed office building and future home of Buddha Bar, and The Dumont (when, oh when, will we know the fate of our tenantless/ownerless Dumont condo?). It’s supposed to be a Ledo’s Pizza but it looks far from opening. PQ Living reader Cheryl checked in with Ledo’s management about the location, 433 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, and got an answer! They’re shooting for a May 2009 opening. Of course, your mileage may vary.
Hat tip to Cheryl for doing the leg work on this bit of news.
Zenith Gallery
The Zenith Gallery is on its final glide path for winding up its operations at 413 7th Street, NW with its last show and closing sale at that location. After March 7 March 29, Zenith will continue absent a storefront until the 5th and Eye project gets built where they plan to have their new home. Bargains are brisk as this writer found out when he stopped by over the weekend and inquired about a print. “How much off that fun looking print?” I asked. Fifty percent off was the answer – fifteen to seventy-five percent is the discount range being touted in the press release. A grand finale reception will be held at Zenith on Saturday, March 7 from 7 pm to 10 pm.
Sales Office Upgrade Coming To Metro Center Station + New Next Train Signs
We read over at Greater Greater Washington that WMATA was awarded $230 million from the region’s Transportation Planning Board. A few items stand out from the usual track upgrade and replacement projects. One item is to expand the sales office at Metro Center to include more space for workers, more sales windows, and a more customer-friendly design. There is also a plan to replace all of the Next Train displays with flat screens like those seen at the 7th & H entrance to Gallery Place (after you ride the first set of escalators down into the station).
The French Quarter In Penn Quarter
Walking by Central (1001 Penn. Ave NW) the other day we noticed a sign in their window advertising a Mardi Gras party on Tuesday (2/24/09). While we don’t really think of Central as a New Orleans inspired restaurant, we imagine they will have no problem putting on a great night of food and drinks.
The first restaurant that comes to our minds (in PQ) for a Mardi Gras celebration is Acadiana (901 NY Ave). When we walked by this weekend there were no signs up advertising any Fat Tuesday events, but a quick search of their website shows that they are hosting a party as well. In fact at Acadiana one day isn’t enough, their Mardi Gras celebration runs both Monday and Tuesday.
Anyone know of other bars & restaurants in PQ hosting Mardi Gras events?
PQ Retail Happenings: VIDA & SoHo
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Walking about town yesterday, we noticed the sign for VIDA Fitness in the Renaissance Hotel was going up. The facility officially opened in January at 999 9th St NW. While the gym is open to the public, it was also awarded a contract to provide fitness services to nearby DHS workers as well as Renaissance Hotel guests.
Also, thanks to PQL reader Rusty for spotting (and sending in a pic!) that SoHo Cafe at 401 9th St NW has abruptly closed. Does anyone have any info as to why it closed?