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Last week, the long time shoe store at the corner of Wisconsin and O, Prince and Princess, posted a liquor license application notice.

While the notice wasn’t long on details, it does include this information about the proposed restaurant:

NATURE OF OPERATION New Restaurant, serving Spanish cuisine/tapas with a vegetarian infusion. Sidewalk Café with 20 seats. Total Occupancy Load is 350 with seating for 200.

HOURS OF OPERATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SERVICE, AND CONSUMPTION INSIDE PREMISES AND FOR SIDEWALK CAFE Sunday 9 am – 2 am, Monday through Thursday 10 am – 2 am, Friday 10 am – 3 am and Saturday 9 am – 3 am

GM has heard for a long time that the owner of the building, who also owns several of the adjacent buildings, wanted to put in a restaurant on the first floor and convert the upper floors to condos. This is the first public indication that that is true. Continue reading →

Photo by Olli Thomson.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on the retail real estate broker that brought Georgetown both Stackowski’s and Dog Tag Bakery.
• Here’s why the Potomac looked incredibly low over the weekend.

3200 block of P St.

The long wait will soon be over: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens will be open again to the public. They have been closed since last July in order for the institution to perform significant upgrades to the systems.

And with this early spring causing forsythia and daffodils to burst out, the gardens are opening just in the nick of time. The gardens are spectacular pretty much any time of the year, but with the cherry grove, the ancient wisteria, and fragrant magnolias, they’re really at their peak in the spring. Continue reading →

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• South Moon Under is now open.
• What’s happening with that one-room schoolhouse that opened last fall.

3100 block of M St.

Are there too many coffee shops in Georgetown? We may soon find out. Signage for the latest addition to the java scene appeared recently. The shop, Bluestone Lane, will take over half the space that Frye Company occupied at 1066 Wisconsin Ave.

GM actually first reported this addition last April. It was unclear at the time whether the shop would displace Frye Company or perhaps move in upstairs. Now it’s clear that it is only partially displacing Frye. Continue reading →

Photo by Daniel Lobo.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• A bunch of much needed bike parking was just added.
• There will be BBQ on the menu at America Eats Tavern.

Potomac River

Well that was fast. Just Monday we found out that Old Glory was closed. GM (and many others) speculated that a boring bank or women’s fashion chain would move into the space. But those fears were misplaced! In fact a restaurant would be taking over the spot. And the restaurant in question is Jose Andres’s America Eats Tavern. Continue reading →