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What Bars Could Take Advantage of a Later Last Call Law

Yesterday, GM mentioned how the Mayor recently proposed to change the last call rules in DC to allow bars to serve alcohol to 3 am on weekdays and 4 am on weekends. GM briefly mentioned that a lot of Georgetown … Continue reading

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Hey Restaurateurs: There are Some Georgetown Liquor Licenses Available

Georgetown has a moratorium on new liquor licenses. So unlike the rest of the city (with the exception of the other moratorium zones) a restaurant or bar that wants to open up in Georgetown can’t simply go downtown, apply for … Continue reading

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Catching Up On Those New Liquor Licenses

Way back in June of last year, the city added seven new liquor licenses to the Georgetown moratorium cap. The idea was to address a perception that good restaurants were avoiding opening shop in Georgetown because the cost to buy … Continue reading

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ANC Preview: 7-11 Edition

Photo by Thisisbossi. Next Tuesday (NOTE THE DAY CHANGE DUE TO HALLOWEEN), ANC2E will meet for its November session. One thing you may not know about ANC meetings if you don’t attend them is that normally the most interesting stuff … Continue reading

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ANC Roundup: Keep It Down Edition

Photo by Ian Quantis. Last night, the ANC met for its February session. All in all it was quite a snooze-fest. However, one item was of particular interest to the crowd: noise. Don’t Bring the Noise At the top of … Continue reading

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ANC Round Up: Good PR Edition

DC Triathlon by Arjubx. Once more unto the triathabreach! Last night the ANC met for its first session for the futuristically sounding year 2011. And pretty much right at the top of the agenda was a resumption of the dispute … Continue reading

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ANC Round Up: The Remains of the Agenda

As GM mentioned yesterday, Monday night’s ANC meeting was so long that GM was left with no time to write up the whole meeting in time for yesterday. So here’s what you missed: Crime Sgt. Hedgecock came by for his … Continue reading

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More on Those Two New Liquor Licenses

Last week GM reported the news that on top of the seven newly minted liquor licenses being issued to Georgetown establishments, two additional licenses that were held-in-safe-keeping were going to be also issued. The news was announced at the September … Continue reading

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ANC Round Up: Lots Of New Gin Joints Edition

Last night the ANC met for its September session. It was long and grueling. In fact, for the first time in over a year GM left before the end, and that was after three hours. Notwithstanding his early exit, GM … Continue reading

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Hu’s Chain to Branch out into Food

As GM has previously reported, one of the seven new liquor licenses is likely to be issued to Hu’s Wear LLC. This was a real headscratcher because Hu’s Wear is a clothing store, the sister to Hu’s Shoes. GM got … Continue reading

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