The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• If you attended Christ Church in the last couple weeks, you are advised to self-quarantine.
• One of JFK’s old houses is for sale.

3500 block of Prospect St.

Longtime burger and wing shop Wingo’s shut down in June 2018 after a severe fire. Owner Mike Arthur vowed to reopen the shop shortly afterwards.

But in the meantime, Arthur opened a second Wingo’s location in Glover Park, which is doing gangbusters. And the Georgetown location has sat with no obvious work being done. The combination of those two facts got GM wondering if Arthur still intended to reopen the Georgetown shop. And wing-lovers will be happy to hear that he does in fact still plan to reopen. He just got a permit for the roof work and will turn to the interior after. He says if thing go well, they’ll be open by July 1st (coincidentally GM’s birthday).

So just a couple more months, wing-lovers.

Photo by Angela N.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Patient Zero for the novel coronavirus in DC is Rev. Tim Cole of Christ Church. He is recovering, but hundreds of parishioners may have been exposed. So, uhh, keep washing you hands.
• How bout some good news? Dumbarton Oaks Gardens is still free through Saturday! Should be able to catch the saucer magnolias and the plum trees.

Photo by Geoff Livingston.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Cafe Bonaparte shuffle’s chefs again.
• Signatures are due to the Board of Elections today to appear on the Ward 2 ballot for the primary. So we should have an idea shortly who will actually appear on the ballot. Fingers crossed one of them’s not Jack Evans.
• (GM’s going to be out of town for the next couple days and updates will pick up again next week!)

Georgetown University

After repeated police raids, the shop selling pot has decided to move on.

Mr Nice Guys, which operated out of 1660 33rd St., opened in November, ostensibly selling t-shirts with a bag of marijuana thrown in for free. This fiction arguably allowed the shop to get around the fact that selling pot is still illegal in DC, even though possessing it isn’t. The police raided the shop in December. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• New butcher shop coming to replace the Neopol Smoked Fish shop on Grace St.
• Georgetown reasserted itself as one of the priciest neighborhoods in 2019.

3300 block of Volta Place

While the temperature is still dipping below freezing here and there, the warm sun makes it pretty easy to believe spring is right around the corner. And with spring in Georgetown comes a series of annual and beloved events. Here are GM’s favorites:

The Georgetown House Tour

First of the two grand dame tours, the Georgetown house tour will be held this year on April 25th. It is held every year to benefit St. John’s Episcopal church. As the title states, this tour gives you a chance to walk through 8-10 of Georgetown’s nicest homes. The patrons party is always the place to hobnob with the nobbiest hobs.

The Georgetown Garden Tour

Of the two tours, the Garden Tour is probably GM’s favorite. Like the house tour, you get a chance to look behind the gates of 8 or so homes, but GM just thinks there’s something more interesting about gardens than interiors. This year the Garden Tour will occur on May 9th (just like it did the day GM got married!). Continue reading →