The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Man is rescued from the Potomac after falling off the dock.
• Great talk at the City Tavern Club on the 27th with the descendent of generations of enslaved people who worked at the property.

1700 block of 32nd St.

Washingtonian is out with its annual list of 100 best restaurants in DC. While it is obviously far from scientific, comparing the list to the list from ten years ago nonetheless shows how Georgetown’s position in the city’s dining scene has changed, not really for the better.

This year, Georgetown can claim just two restaurants on the list: Fiola Mare at #43 and Reverie at #64.

In 2010, Georgetown could claim four restaurants on the list: Citronelle at #5, 1789 at #31, Bourbon Steak at #35, and Hook at #81.

GM couldn’t locate the 2000 list, but looking back to 2004, Georgetown has had an even longer fall. That year it had six restaurants on the list: Bistro Lepic, Cafe Milano, Citronelle, La Chaumiere, Pizzeria Paradiso (which was just at Dupont and Georgetown at this point), and 1789. (Washingtonian didn’t rank the list in 2004). Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Another piece on the proposal to slash bus service to Georgetown.
• The time smallpox came to the Georgetown waterfront.

Cherry Hill Lane

Photo by Elvert Barnes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• *sigh* Another person is entering the Ward 2 race, further increasing the chances we’ll be stuck with Evans again.
• If you’re scrambling for Valentines Day, the BIDs got you covered.

2600 block of M St.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, GM is visiting M St. at the turn of the last century. The photo comes from the archives of the Historical Society of Washington DC. It shows a horse-drawn streetcar leaving the streetcar barn on the south side of M St., just east of Wisconsin Ave.

The car barn by Key Bridge is far more familiar to current Georgetown residents. But the M St. car barn was just as substantial. It occupied what eventually became the Georgetown Park Mall. You can see it here:

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Photo by Kenya Allmond.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• More on the skeletons found in a Q St. basement.
• Jack Evans skipped most recent candidate forum.

3200 block of P St.