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Photo Above: Music act at the Downtown Holiday Market
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
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Chinatown – Is PS7’s Restaurant closed? The phone is on, the web is on but the OpenTable slot is offline and a sign is on the door. Maybe…maybe not. [Washington CityPaper]
Mount Vernon Triangle – Tel’veh (401 Massachusetts Ave NW) has a new menu, new managers, and a new website. We like the vibe and recommend the Six Clones Merlot from Peirano in Lodi. [Tel’veh website] & [Tel’veh Twitter] & [Tel’veh wines by the glass [PDF]] & [Tel’veh Happy Hour Tweet]
Downtown – Four people were stabbed at 14th and L St NW over the weekend after a fight. [WUSA 9 TV]
Golden Triangle Penn Quarter – Cafe Atlantico gets its replacement from Chef Federik de Pue at 405 8th St NW. It will be called Azur and feature European style seafood. [Eater DC]
Northeast – DC’s first Costco opens up this weekend and Joe Biden visits. 154,000 square feet located in Ft. Lincoln at New York and South Dakota Ave NWNE. [WaPo]
Penn Quarter – The GSA proposes trading real estate sites so the FBI (935 Pennsylvania Ave NW) can consolidate operations. This means they would move out of Penn Quarter. Interesting renderings of a replacement edifice included. [WaPo]
Downtown – Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken will open at 1308 G St NW next to the Laughing Man Tavern. [Eater DC]
NoMa – Central Union Mission will be moving to 65 Massachusetts Ave NW, the former Gales School, just down the road from Penn Quarter. We first mentioned the Gales School in 2008. [Borderstan] & [DC Mud] & [PQ Living]
Chinatown – The Metropolitan Police Department moves its Asian Liaison Unit out of Gallery Place. [DCist]
Penn Quarter – We are designating this 3 bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom condo with roof deck for sale in the Clara Barton (616 E St NW – Apt 1154) as our cool crib of the week – MLS DC7947758. It’s like having a rowhouse embedded in the side of a condo – great amenities and a great location top it all off. [Redfin listing]
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Typo? No question that 405 8th Street, NW is in Penn Quarter not the Golden Triangle. But above PQLiving has:
Golden Triangle – Cafe Atlantico gets its replacement from Chef Federik de Pue at 405 8th St NW. It will be called Azur and feature European style seafood. [Eater DC]