Comments on: Institutional Memories

By: Washington City Paper: City Desk - A.V. Ristorante Lives Again in Mixtec’s New Take-Out. Seriously.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:46:28 +0000

[...] for a Mexican with limited connections. Instead, Montesinos started working as a waiter at the now-shuttered A.V. Ristorante Italiano in 1970 while studying business and economics at Salisbury University on [...]

By: Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs

Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:17:52 +0000

[...] in the city, you have to get used to your favorite places closing. Who isn’t still mourning A.V. shutting its doors? Behind the coats of fresh paint, shiny bright neon, and all those condos, lay the ghosts of [...]

By: Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs

Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:56:35 +0000

[...] Baltimore Sun, Blob’s Park will soon ooze into the sunset. The family sold out to developers, those real-estate vultures who love to feast on old cultural icons. The closing date hasn’t been determined yet, but could be [...]

By: dupontie

dupontie — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:41:27 +0000

Nope-- I read it every day. I especially like Iceland.

By: Cherkis

Cherkis — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:12:16 +0000

I'm going to miss A.V.'s pizza, fire place, old-timey phone booth, and great service.

By: Jonathan R. Rees

Jonathan R. Rees — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:03:54 +0000

I think that I am one of five people who reads this blog. The other four are CP staffers.

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:57:54 +0000

I'm sure going to miss those spicy chicken livers at Wingmaster’s and the spiedini, plastic tower of Pisa, and jukebox full of classic arias at A.V.