Monthly Archives: January 2010

Restaurant Week/Month Is At Hand

The annual Restaurant Week has arrived again. For many this is a chance to try out spots they’d ordinarily consider too expensive (for others it’s a reason to stay home).

So who’s offering deals in Georgetown? Here’s the list according to OpenTable.Com:

  • 1789
  • Bistro Francais
  • Bistrot Lepic
  • Cafe Bonaparte
  • Farmers & Fishers (nee Agraria)
  • Filomena
  • Hook
  • La Chaumiere
  • Mie N Yu
  • Morton’s
  • Neyla
  • Nick’s Riverside Grill
  • Sea Catch
  • Sequoia

On top of the normal restaurant week, 1789 and Farmers & Fishers are making it Restaurant Month by offering specials straight through 1/31.

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The Morning Metropolitan

Buildings on the Canal by Palkynebtab.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

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The Georgetown Metropolis

3000 block of Cambridge St.

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Deal Near For Nathans Space?

Nathans by M.V. Jantzen.

Walking by the iconic Nathans building at M and Wisconsin recently you may have noticed that the large sign advertising the building’s availability has come down. GM emailed the agent, Josh Feldman, to see whether that meant a tenant was found. His response “[w]e are close to tenanting the building but I cannot comment past that. I am sure we would all like to see the corner achieve its potential.”

Could this mean we’ll finally bring some life back to the southeast corner of Georgetown’s crossroad? GM hopes so, but when informed about the news, a person very knowledgeable of the Georgetown commercial real estate market was very skeptical.  So don’t get too excited until we see some more evidence.

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The Morning Metropolitan

Big Wheel Bike’s big bike by Kevin H.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

  • Want to help the Haitians? Go to the Red Cross and donate. This has nothing to do with Georgetown, but it’s just the right thing to do.
  • Georgetown goes one-for-two in Tom Sietsema’s chat.
  • Philly Pizza to remain open at least until February 9th.

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1300 block of 31st St.

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Support Your Local Indie Rock Star

Yesterday the indie rock darling/pariah, Vampire Weekend, released its second album: Contra. Expanding beyond the anglo-afro-pop sounds of its first album, the band has delivered a much more layered and intricate product that has charmed the ever fickle rock press itching to unleash a backlash.

So what’s a two sentence album review doing in the Georgetown Metropolitan? Turns out the band’s keyboardist/guitarist, Rostam Batmanglij, is a Georgetowner. He is the son of Georgetown’s Mohammad and Najmieh Batmanglij. Mohammad is a successful Georgetown-based publisher and his wife is a well known chef and teacher specializing in Persian cuisine.

Like most DC-native rock stars, Rostam Batmanglij found his success only after moving away from the District (like the rest of the band he went to Columbia University and settled in Brooklyn after school). But his family is still here so show your fellow Georgetowner some love and pick up his new album today. (Or just listen below): Continue reading

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The Morning Metropolitan

Photo by Jalm1.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

  • The Council is starting to wrestle over the possible extension of the Circulator (including a possible extension across the Key Bridge to Rosslyn).
  • Meeting tonight at Tudor Place at 6:00 to discuss the museum’s plans to construct additional buildings on-site.
  • DC Metrocentric takes a stab at Georgetown real estate appraisal.

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3000 block of Dent Pl.

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ANC Round Up: Small Country, Short Meeting

Liechtenstein: Actual Size

Last night the ANC made good on GM’s prediction and held what is likely to be its shortest meeting of the year. This was mostly as a result of the fact that the Old Georgetown Board took a powder for January, and that cuts out about half the items from the agenda. Or as Commissioner Birch said “we learned tonight what it’s like to be a commissioner on an ANC that doesn’t have to send 15 projects to the Old Georgetown Board every month.” Although according to what GM’s heard about other ANC’s, like the notorious Foggy Bottom ANC, lacking Old Georgetown Board items is no impediment to interminable meetings.

While the meeting was short on OGB applications, it was still long on interesting items.

Crime Report

Lieutenant Hedgecock gave a presentation on crime and MPD’s efforts in Georgetown. One item at the top of the list was the probable resurfacing of the Georgetown Sexual Assaulter. On early Sunday morning a woman on Calvert St. in Glover Park was awoken with a man hugging her. After he started to make thrusting moves against her she screamed and he ran. As with all the other similar occurences she was unable to give a description of the offender.

Lieutenant Hedgecock gave a little more information on the series of attacks. He stated that years ago a man was arrested for similar offenses. He stated, however, that they do not believe the crimes are connected. He did add, though, that they believe these assaults are being perpetrated by multiple assailants.

One more sad bit: the individual who was found dead underneath the M St. bridge on Thursday was not simply a victim of the cold, as many suspected. He appears to have jumped or fallen off the bridge. Hedgecock could provide no more information on the case. Continue reading

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