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Chop’t Creative Salad Company To Open In September – DC Store Details (730 7th St NW)
We received a press release from Chop’t Salad announcing a September 2007 opening of their first store in Washington DC and first store located outside of Manhattan.
Here are some highlights for the DC store:
- 40-seat restaurant
- three salad stations
- 60 kinds of ingredients
- 26 types of homemade salad dressing
- ranging in price from $5.99 to $10.99
- salads can be wrapped in a grilled flatbread and enjoyed as a salad sandwich
- will be open Mondays through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- will offer take-away, delivery and catering
PDF of Chop’t’s menu.
Late Night Metro Rail Demise?
We can’t help but comment on the possibility of replacing late night Metro rail service with bus service [WaPo] being floated by John Catoe, Metro’s GM. The biggest benefit of late night rail might be that it keeps revelers who are under the influence of alcohol from behind the wheel of a vehicle.
With a large concentration of night spots in the Penn Quarter and the bridge and tunnel crowd being part of those establishment’s clientele, it is unlikely that the bus will be seen as a viable substitute for that segment of Metro’s ridership. For the Studio 54 set, the bus will be either too inconvenient or too long (jostling?) of a ride to get back to Rockville or Vienna or Largo. Nothing like having a few margaritas at Rosa Mexicano and then getting on a bus for an hour to get back to Virginia. We hope Metro is stocking up on towels and mops. Not to mention that many hourly workers rely on late night Metro to get between home and work.
Looking at the economics behind late night service is worthwhile but we prefer Metro consider revenue boosting or cost cutting actions other than stepping down service while still keeping an eye out for safe, timely and late night operations.
National Night Out Next Tuesday (August 7)
The 24th Annual National Night Out, a night of raising crime prevention awareness, takes place next Tuesday, August 7 and encompasses the efforts of 10,000 plus communities from all 50 states of the USA and Canada.
In our area, there will be two NNO celebrations. The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Public Service Area (PSA) 101 will be celebrating from 6 pm to 8 pm in the community room of the Avalon, 770 5th St, NW, and the Chinatown Community Cultural Center, 616 H Street, NW, will host an event from 6 pm to 8 pm for the MPD’s Asian Liaison Unit and the Asian community.
Come out and support preventing crime in the community.