RSS FeedThanksgiving Dinner In PQ
Prefer to go out for your Thanksgiving dinner? There are a number of PQ area restaurants open for your dining pleasure. Although honestly, in composing this list (and having to visit so many restaurant websites), it’s tempting to never visit them again until they create pages that are not flash based and don’t assume we want to listen to music while browsing.
- 701 Restaurant (701 Pennsylvania Ave NW)
- Chef Geoff’s (1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW)
- Clyde’s (Gallery Place, 707 7th ST NW)
- IndeBleu (707 G ST NW)
- Legal Seafood (704 7th ST NW)
- McCormick & Schmick’s (901 F ST NW)
- Rasika (633 D ST NW)
All of the above information is courtesy of OpenTable, so we very well may have missed some. Let us know if we’ve missed any of your favorite PQ Thanksgiving restaurants.
PQ Building Permit Update
Probably part of the 600 Mass development
11/17/2008
Permit # R0900040
627 I ST NW
Raze
SQUARE 452 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
TO RAZE A 2 STORY BRICK AND BLOCK. FORMER RESTAURANT.
11/18/2008
Permit # AH0900066
519 H ST NW
After Hours Permit
CHINATOWN 519, LLC
AFTER HOURS PERMIT FOR PERMIT PA-38785 MON THRU FRI 7PM-4AM 11-18-08 TO 1-3-09 ANY COMPLAINTS FROM COMMUNITY WILL VOID THIS PERMIT
Penn Quarter Holiday Market!
11/21/2008
Permit # TN0900011
700-900 F St NW
PUBLIC SPACE TEMOPORARY MARKET FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING CONSISTING OF:
(3) 10 X 10 TENTS (1) 10 X 60 TENT (1) 10 X 12 STAGE
(1) 10 X 15 TENTS (5) 10 X 40 TENTS
(1) 10 X 50 TENT (2) 10 X 90 TENT
* 14 STRUCTURES TOTAL
For Inaugural, Metro Will Close PQ Station
Penn Quarter will be ground-zero for events surrounding the Inaurguration. And with the city expecting millions of visitors, security is a big concern. On Friday, Metro released it’s Inauguration Day plan to get all the visitors to their destination safely and efficiently. And the plan contains one provision that will impact Penn Quarter residents who use Metro to get to work.
The U.S. Secret Service has deemed the Inauguration as a special national security event and due to security measures, the Archives-Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter Metrorail station on Metro’s Green and Yellow Lines, will be closed all day on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20.
So if your travel plans include the Archive/Navy Memorial station, you need to take an alternate route. Both the Chinatown and Metro Center stations will still be operational.
Ford’s Theatre To Reopen Feb 2009
After 18 months of downtime, construction fences, banging and hammering, Ford’s Theatre (511 10th St, NW) is set to host its reopening celebration starting February 11, 2009. We’re very eager to check out the newly installed seats!
A few highlights of that first week follow:
Feb 11 – Grand reopening celebration – George Lucas to receive Lincoln Medal
Feb 12 – Lincoln Bicentennial Commemoration
Feb 16 – Ford’s Theatre Open House, Lincoln birthday celebration and launch of new series titled “Living Lincoln”
Feb 17 – Timed entry tours of theater begin
The first two productions of the season are entitled “The Heavens Are Hung in Black” (world premiere) and “The Civil War.”
More detailed information will follow in a subsequent post…