PQ’s ESPN Zone To Close On June 16 (555 12th St NW)

Good riddance! It was an overpriced tourist trap with lousy food.

Unsurprising – that place was hella expensive & bad service.

I can’t say I’ll miss this place; only ate there once and the prices were absurd considering the mediocre food. But the last thing downtown needs is another empty storefront – particularly one this large. I hope something better comes along quickly. But I’m not optimistic.

Hmmm wonder if we can hope for the same from the Hard Rock Cafe?

even though I live downtown, only ate there once. average bar food was my experience. the space is a lot bigger than it looks from the outside.

Enough space for a grocery store?

Here we go again.
Wonder if they have a loading dock which as we know is necessary for grocery stores.

And dedicated parking

Not a grocery store — more likely a Dave and Busters or, perhaps, a Nordstroms Rack — we’ll see soon enough.

The food WAS definitely horrible, so there is no loss there. I have to admit, though, that my young out-of-town nephews loved the games. I could sit at the bar while they were safely entertained down below. It worked for me. My prediction for a replacement: Nordstrom Rack.

TJ MAXX would be perfect. Weren’t they talking about putting one in the Borders space at some point in the future?

It would be perfect for a brewery since there is a lot of space, maybe a nice micro-brew could set up shop?

I think a museum with maybe, I don’t know, 3 dance floors, would be a great new concept.

this WBJ article speculates on future use of the space – the key word being speculates. DC’s ESPN Zone opened in 2000.

Can’t “Buster’s Dave” stay in the surburbs where it belongs? House of Blues was interested in the area, why don’t they come downtown?

Ya know what, I just contacted House of Blues and let them know that ESPN Zone space is available.