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Ed. Note: Co Co. Sala is now open. Check out PQ Living’s post on it here.
The owners of CoCo Sala provided PQ Living with a sneak peak inside their venue at 929 F St, NW, and we’re here to let you know that we haven’t seen anything quite like it in DC. And we mean that in a good way.
From the meticulous interior details to the distinct eating areas, the space is meant to provide different food experiences typically including chocolate in some creative way. One part of the space includes a glass wall allowing customers to watch the chocolate making process. Ultimately, CoCo plans to be open from early until late catching patrons from the breakfast pastry lovers to the loungey night owls; they will start up with evening hours and predicted an early to mid-May opening.
We asked about why the owners went with a space in the Penn Quarter instead of another part of the city. They said they looked in Georgetown and one or two other spots but the Penn Quarter was more in line with the clientele they want to have nearby. We’re glad to have them in the neighborhood too!
High Tea With Gatsby: Big Read Marathon
Chapters Literary Bookstore is partnering with THE BIG READ DC and hosting a marathon reading of The Great Gatsby at Teaism (400 8th St, NW) every day at 4:30 pm followed by a discussion of the just read chapter. According to their website, Chapters, formerly at 445 11th St, NW, is “in storage” and looking for a new location but they seem to be alive and well as an organization. A chapter a day keeps your vocab in play!!!
Here is the reading schedule (some of which has already passed)…
Mon. 4/28: Patrick Hyde, author of The Only Pure Thing and President of the nonprofit Chapters Literary Arts Center Board
Tues. 4/29: David Kipen, NEA Director of Literature
Wed. 4/30: Shawn Glen Pierson, Architect & Founder of Architétc Design Collaborative
Thur. 5/1: Sarah Browning, Poet, activist, coordinator, and author of Whisky in the Garden of Eden
Fri. 5/2: Jackson Bryer, President of the Fitzgerald Society
Mon. 5/5: Josephine Reed, Program Director Sonic Theatre, XM Satellite Radio (am a big fan of Sonic Theatre!)
Tues. 5/6: NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, the very mastermind behind THE BIG READ
Wed. 5/7: Arnold Orza, U. Conn Professor Emeritus and Board Member of Chapters Literary Arts Center
Thur. 5/8: Maureen Corrigan, NPR/Fresh Air’s ever popular reviewer
Papa John’s In The Triangle
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a blue tarp covering a future Papa John’s! This retail space formerly housing The Cave and next to Tunnel Fine Wines & Spirits (311 H Street, NW) at 3rd Street and Mass Ave is being converted into a Papa John’s pizza restaurant. Could this be a new sit down restaurant in MVT? Regardless, you’ll be able to get your pizza and beer/wine all in one run!
Small Fire At Gallery Place? Interesting View
This morning, we received a note from Scott at the Gallery Place building: [Here’s something] I don’t usually see out my front window in the morning..
It doesn’t appear that the fire was in the commercial area of the Gallery Place complex. Anyone have more information? We’ll also update this post when DCFD posts more info.
Thanks goes out to Scott for the pic!