Typically August is a slow month around Georgetown, but this year was quite the exception. Obviously the deployment of the National Guard was, uh, new. But beyond that, on the retail front there were lots of changes around Georgetown since I last manned the shop. Here are just a few of those items:
A new restaurant is coming to the old Dolcezza location at Wisconsin and Q. This space has been a bit cursed since the gelato shop left. A fast causal Indian restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant and a Acai bowl spot have come and gone. Now another Indian restaurant is looking to open. It will apparently be called Delhi Belly. I’ll leave it to you to Google that name and to wonder whether it might be the worst possible name a restaurant could ever have. I wish them luck, but given the difficulty this space has had, on top of a head-scratchingly bad name, I’m not hopeful.
Solbiato has closed. Or rather, as their sign indicates, it has “transitioned to an online-only store”.
Victoria’s Secret has opened.
Andy’s Pizza has opened in the former Baker’s Daughter space on Wisconsin below M. As a fan of 90 Second Pizza, I hope the new restaurant doesn’t cut too much into their business. But as a fan of pizza, just generally, I’m always happy for more options!
Honestly I’m not sure when this happened, but the Smoothie King closed on M St.
Finally, Yala greek ice cream opened on N St.
Anything else I missed?
The Georgetown Metropolitan 
Flor Coffee + Books on 31st! It’s a lovely shop and the owners are very nice. I think it opened very late August.