RSS FeedCedar Restaurant Coming To PQ!
Thanks to Andy in PQ for sending in a tip that an orange ABRA sign has appeared in the window of 822 E St NW!
Here are some details of the new restaurant according to the ABRA notice. We don’t think this is a chain restaurant and we haven’t been able to locate a website.
NATURE OF OPERATION
New upscale, urban style restaurant with background music, no entertainment or dancing. Occupancy Load is 99. Sidewalk Café with seating for approximately 12 patrons.HOURS OF OPERATION
Sunday 9 am – 2 am; Monday – Thursday 11 am – 2 am;
Saturday and Friday 11 am – 3 amHOURS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES/ /CONSUMPTION
Sunday 10 am – 2 am; Monday – Thursday 11 am – 2 am;
Saturday and Friday 11 am – 3 amHOURS OF SIDEWALK CAFÉ OPERATION
Sunday 9 am – 2 am; Monday – Thursday 11 am – 2 am;
Saturday and Friday 11 am – 3 amHOURS OF SIDEWALK CAFÉ ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES/CONSUMPTION
Sunday 10 am – 2 am; Monday – Thursday 11 am – 2 am;
Saturday and Friday 11 am – 3 am
Ed. Note: Please see our other posts on Cedar…
– Cedar To Open Monday?
– Spring Showers Bring Some Color To Cedar
– Cedars Restaurant Grows Towards An Opening
Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Penn Quarter – For the foodies…two restaurant reviews, one video feedback and one new place spotted.
Review – Rasika (633 D Street, NW) – [Capital Spice]
Review – Red Velvet Cupcakery (675 E Street, NW) – [Modern Domestic]
Video feedback – Sei (444 7th Street, NW) – [Washingtonian – Best Bites]
New place – Rita’s Ice-Custard-Happiness (610 H Street, NW) – [The 42 (Bus)]
The National Mall – Lots of great “on the ground” photo coverage of inaugural events by other neighborhood websites.
Borderstanians’ Inauguration Slide Show – [Borderstan]
Photos: City Alive For Inauguration – [The 42 (Bus)]
MVT Inauguration Photos – [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
Happy Chinese New Year!
H Street NW, between 6th & 7th, was abuzz yesterday due to the neighborhood Chinese New Year celebration. A decent sized crowd gathered on the sidewalks and a few merchants were selling their wares, including the typical snappers (which could be heard all day long).
This blogger made it out to observe the 3:45pm giant firecracker lighting. And while the event is hyped up a lot, we’ve come to learn that the lighting isn’t very reliable. The last time we witnessed the firecracker lighting, it had to be re-lit several times and was never able to travel up the rope to the top of the crane.
Given yesterday’s calm winds and unseasonably warm temperatures, we were hoping for a flawless firecracker demonstration. We, along with the crowd that had gathered, would eventually be disappointed once again. The sequence of events went a little bit like this:
At a little after 3:45pm, MPD cleared a small path through the crowd so that firefighters could bring their torches to the firecracker (for those of you who don’t know, DCFD actually lights the firecracker, not parade organizers). A few minutes later, firefighters made their way to the firecracker and prepped their torches.
They looked ready to go, but that’s when things turned sour. There was a prolonged meeting between DCFD and parade organizers. A short time later, sounds of boo’ing were heard from the crowd. Finally, a MPD officer on a bullhorn announced that the firecracker lighting had been canceled. The eventual reason given was that there was a gas odor coming from a manhole at 6th & HSt NW and the firecracker was not lit due to safety reasons.
Maybe next year!
Savor Coming To The Building Museum In May
Savor is coming back to DC (you may recall we wrote about the inaugural festival back in 2008), with advanced ticket sales beginning Monday, February 2nd, and general ticket sales following a week later on February 9th. This second annual Savor craft beer festival will be held on May 30th, 2009 at the Building Museum.
Savor bills itself as a craft beer and food experience, we can vouch for the beer part but the food wasn’t anything special last year. Still for $95 you gain access to a lot of fabulous microbrews from around the US, poured in 2 ounce samples, for a solid four hours. This year you have to pay an extra $20 to visit any of the Salons (classroom style discussions with industry insiders) which were free last year, but only available to those who made a b-line for the classrooms. Last year the Salons filled up almost immediately, which is probably why they’re an add-on ticket this year.
The event is fairly different this year, as it appears to be one day/one session only. Last year Savor was spread out over the weekend, involving three sessions at the Mellon Auditorium. You can be certain we’ll be picking up tickets as soon as they go on sale; we’re doing our part to make sure the Brewers Association continues to bring Savor to DC.