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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Georgetown’s Liquor Licenses Held in Safe Keeping
Two weeks ago, the Current dug into the story about how ABRA is considering adding two more liquor licenses to the Georgetown Moratorium. One of the bigger issues that stem from the moratorium is the issue of liquor licenses held in safe keeping. Which got GM wondering, who’s holding on to those anyway?
Quick background: There is a moratorium on new liquor licenses for Georgetown. Thus, ABRA cannot issue any new licenses for bars or restaurants in Georgetown (hotels aren’t subject to the moratorium). They can, however, buy licenses from people or entities that already have one.
This legislated scarcity has reportedly pushed the going rate of a liquor license in Georgetown up to $70,000. As the Current reported, the most recent five year moratorium period is coming up, and ABRA is proposing to add two more licenses to the total. The stated reason for these two new licenses is, in the words of ANC Commissioner Bill Starels, to “dampen the bidding wars.”
But who are they bidding to? An active restaurant or bar isn’t likely to sell its liquor license, so any new establishment must look to the defunct restaurants and bars that are still holding on to their inactive licenses (known as licenses held in safe keeping). Continue reading
Filed under Bars, Restaurants
The Morning Metropolitan
Biking on M St. by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Strong wind or protesting driver? You decide.
- DC Examiner can’t tell the difference between the Bank of Georgetown that is located downtown and “a Georgetown bank.”
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
ANC Preview: Lousy Smarch Edition
After the drama of last month’s ANC meeting, most normal ANC meetings would seem boring. But from its agenda, next week’s seems especially so. If the agenda has one redeeming quality, it would be brevity.
But GM will bite the bullet and try and make it at least sound interesting:
Solar Panels
Some organization named Georgetown Energy will be presenting on solar panels. Solar panels have a particularly tough time finding an application in Georgetown given the strict design review protections, but it doesn’t mean they have no place here. What this group will specifically discuss, though, GM hasn’t a clue.
So Long Traffic Lights
Several months ago the traffic lights on P St. in the East Village were converted to stop signs after a trial period of flashing red lights. The experiment was transfered over to the West Village last month. Presumably the trial red lights worked out and soon 33rd and Q, 34th and Q, and 34th and Reservoir will convert to stop signs. Continue reading
Filed under ANC
The Morning Metropolitan
Snowy GU by Ehpien.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- PoP checks out an apartment on Q St.
- Find out how to help your trees survive all this damn snow.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
MPD No Longer Issuing No Parking Signs
We’ve all seen them. Some of us have put them up ourselves. They’re Emergency No Parking signs, and they’re a fact of life in neighborhoods like Georgetown. They ordinarily evoke a bit of frustration, and sometimes a whole lot, but we learn to live with them.
Those that have had to put them up themselves have had two options:
- Submit an application to DDOT, pay $34, and travel all the way down to North Capitol St. to pick up the signs once the application is approved;
- Go to MPD 2D headquarters on Idaho Ave. and pick up the signs for free
Unsurprisingly, most people choose Option Two. But Option Two is available no longer. MPD no longer issues No Parking Signs.
If you need to block off some parking spaces, you have only one choice now: submit and application to DDOT and pay $34. The upside? Maybe fewer people will use them.
Hat tip to GGW’s Lynda Laughlin.
Filed under Parking
The Morning Metropolitan
Photo by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Philly Pizza not dead yet.
- Puma and H&M possibly closing? Britt Swan’s deal for Nathan’s fell through? Lots of scuttlebutt here.
- Columbia Heights shoe boutique moving to Georgetown.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
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