The Georgetown Metropolitan

3200 block of O St.

GM mentioned last week that among the future openings announced at the BID/ANC event was a restaurant named Foxtrot. It’s coming to the former Jonathan Adler space at Wisconsin and N St. But as GM has learned a little more about this place, he’s actually rather excited for it.

Foxtrot is actually called Foxtrot Market. It’s a small company that started in Chicago. It has seven locations in the Windy City. It has branched out a bit with a location in Dallas (and another on the way). Continue reading →

Photo by Bryan Alexander.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• How GU students get around despite poor transit connections.
• The new french bistrot on Prospect wants to be Georgetown’s Le Diplomate.

1000 block of Wisconsin Ave.

Last night, the BID and the ANC hosted a great presentation and discussion on the state of the Georgetown retail district.

Jamie Scott’s talk laid out a lot of the challenges facing retail and landlords in the neighborhood. But notwithstanding those challenges, one of the underlying messages was that it’s not really as bad as it might seem.

And to underscore that point, the BID had a poster showing all the recent openings and closings. And more importantly, the map had a list of soon-to-be-openings. You can see the list above. Continue reading →

Photo by Ian Stedman.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Police arrest the alleged Potomac River Rapist, who was suspected of committing multiple rapes in DC and Maryland, and for murdering a woman in Georgetown in 1998.
• Dyllan’s Raw Bar closed.

3100 block of M St.