A caviar concept is coming (a Caspian caviar concept no less). It is moving into one of the storefronts below the Safeway. The store is called Baku Caviar and its coming here all the way from Azerbaijan.
What’s particularly interesting is that the store is also seeking a tavern license to sell alcohol. The license application is seeking space for ten with seating for six. So it would appear you will be able to eat the caviar right there in the shop with a side of vodka.
The store, which touts its committment to sustainability, appears to primarily sell its caviar by mail. As far as I can tell, this would be the second boutique in the world for the store. The first is in its namesake city, Baku (a name familiar to F1 fans).
In all honesty, I’m not sure this location will be great for attracting people interested in living the caviar lifestyle, in-store at least. Perhaps a location close to the Azerbaijan embassy on Potomac would be better? In either event, I wish them good luck and I hope the area caviar fans come out for them.
The Georgetown Metropolitan 
Baku (a name also familiar to “Reilly, Ace of Spies” fans.
I continue to loathe everything about this Safeway, with the possible exception of the upper level parking deck. But those lower-level street-facing retail spots are even worse than the store itself. I find them gloomy, weirdly tucked away behind those odd columns, and further degraded by being situated directly behind the bus stop and the rotating homeless encampments.
Setting the whole building back even a few feet might have made a difference; as it is, the back two rows of the upper deck parking is rarely used, so there would have been space.
Too bad the folks behind this sustainable caviar concept couldn’t find better (affordable?) space elsewhere.