Last night, famed saloon Nathans closed, and Carol Joynt ended her 12-year stint as the restaurant's owner. In the last few days, Joynt's been asking her patrons for a "citizens bailout," saying that Nathans owes the city $22,000 in unpaid sales taxes from February, and she has no way to pay it. (If you want [...]
You got to hand it to City Vista. This Mount Vernon Square development has landed the most impressive group of retail, restaurants, and amenities in recent memory: Results Gym, a beautiful Safeway, 5th Street Hardware store, Chevy Chase Bank, Busboys and Poets and now a second location for Taylor Gourmet, as first reported on Prince of Petworth. [...]
As promised, Eastern Market re-opened today after a $22 million renovation, following a fire in the Spring of 2007. Mid May, I (or rather a designated construction official, who said I couldn't come onto the site due to my footwear) snapped some photos of the inside of the building.
Right around early May, I need to start budgeting for frozen yogurt. I’m probably spending between $15 to $20 a week. And with cravings lasting through Indian summer, that’s like $350 in annual FroYo expenditures. I mostly blame Mr. Yogato. In the last year or so, D.C. has been inundated with new shops selling sweet-and-sour [...]
Last night, four developers—finalists whittled down from a group of ten—presented plans for projects on the site of Hine Junior High School, down the street from Eastern Market. The Fancy Stuff Plan: StreetSense/DSF/Menkiti Group DSF may be based in the Boston area, but they know how to impress the locals. Kimpton Hotels is already interested [...]
Last time Eastern Market was all over the news, it looked like this: (Of course, let’s not forget this either.) However, today was about moving forward. Construction workers and officials gathered at the building and discussed its upcoming re-introduction into D.C. life. Crews expect to complete the project on June 9. Eastern Market will officially [...]
Yesterday, I posted about construction at the old Bi-Rite building, up the road from Wonderland Ballroom on 11th Street in Columbia Heights. Today, I reached John Andrade, owner of the future lounge/restaurant Meridian Pint, which will move into the building “any fall now,” as he put it. Without further adieu, more details about the space: [...]
This is personal Chef Neil Wilson. He used to be in the army—but now he makes delicious ravioli (seen here in its pressed dough, pre-stuffed from). Before becoming a personal chef, Wilson attended L'Academie de Cuisine and then worked as a line cook for Palena. Here are some of his cooking tips: Buy this book:The [...]
Let's say you cooked in three to five different kitchens every week, and you did that for a period of several years? Well you'd probably be pretty good at designing a kitchen. Personal chef Monica Thomas has that background, plus several years catering experience, not to mention a big family that expects some plate-filling from [...]
Hat tip to DC Metrocentric for reporting on the future of Nathans, one of Georgetown’s most recognizable landmarks, home to Carol Joynt’s Q&A Cafe, and—most importantly from a real estate perspective—occupant of a prime D.C. corner: Wisconsin Avenue and M Street. In the next few weeks, Joynt has to decide if she will renew her [...]
