A reader sent GM a great snapshot of Georgetown’s recent past. It’s a visitor’s guide for the neighborhood from 1998-99. It was produced by the Georgetown Business and Professional Association, which is now known as the Georgetown Business Association.
Here’s the other side:
A surprising number of shops, restaurants or hotels listed are still around. They include:
- Riverside Grille
- Sequoia
- Tony & Joes
- Martin’s
- Georgetown Tobacco
- Patagonia (although it recently moved locations)
- Peacock Cafe
- Chaumiere
- Georgetown Opticians
- The Phoenix
- Cafe Milano
- Filomena
- Seasons
- Haagen Dazs
- 1789
- Clyde’s
- The Tombs
- Blues Alley
- Four Season’s Hotel
- Georgetown Inn
- Georgetown Suites
- GU Conference Center
- Cherub Antiques
- Keith Lipert (new location)
- Gore Dean Antiques (new location)
- Bridge Street Books
- Susquehanna Antique Company
- Franklin National Bank/BB&T
Sadly the list of closed establishments is even longer:
- Hisago
- TCBY yogurt
- Cabo
- Harbour Cafe
- Harbour Convenience
- Old Print Gallery
- Pleasure Palace
- Paolo’s
- Old Glory
- J. Paul’s
- Eddie Bauer
- Washington Pen Company
- Affiches de Monde
- Mendocino Grille
- Dean and Deluca
- Citronelle
- Pizzeria Uno
- Martin’s of Georgetown (different from the tavern, appears to have been an art gallery)
- Luciano’s Cafe
- Busara
- Sea Catch
- Third Edition
- Garrett’s
- Bistro Francais
- Benihana
- Japan Inn
- Houston’s
- Tahoga
- Vintage
- Cafe La Ruche
- Hunan Peking
- Il Radicchio
- One Hour MotoPhoto
- Dream Dresser
- Georgetown Station
- HMV Records
- Georgetown Dutch Inn
- The Latham Hotel
- Dunnan’s
- Galerie Lareuse
- Janis Aldridge
- Kelsey’s Kupboard
- Michael Getz Antiques
- Miller and Arney
- Georgetown Park Mall
- The Old Forest Bookshop
- Yes! Bookshop
- First Union Bank (became Wachovia)
- Riggs Bank (became PNC)
Click on the photos to enlarge to see a little more info on each of these establishments.
The funny thing to GM is how hard the brochure was leaning into schmaltzy history, in a real Ye Olde Georgetowne, sort of way.The neighborhood businesses (by way of the BID now) obviously still put history front and center, but perhaps out of a fear of seeming too musty, it doesn’t make it so old timey.
