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Georgetown’s frozen treats options have taken a beating in recent years. We’ve lost Dolcezza, Ben & Jerry’s, Tasty Frog, Pinkberry, Sugar Lab and Crepe and Creme. But two new shops set to open this year will shift the focus to chocolate.

The first is L.A. Burdick, which has had signage up at 1321 Wisconsin Ave. since last spring. While the delay has been long–and there’s even a vacant property sign on the window–they were still applying for an awning as recently as November, so it appears they are still coming. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Flood.

Good morning Georgetown, and Happy New Year! Here’s the latest:

• Brooklyn-based indoor flea market coming to the former Dean and Deluca. It is GM’s understanding that this will be a relatively temporary tenant while Jamestown seeks a permanent market tenant acceptable to the city.
• New bikeshare dock by the the hospital.

GM’s going to sign off for the year. Happy Holidays! See you in 2020!

3000 block of O St.

Eleven years ago Friday the Georgetown Metropolitan was born. Many, many posts and comments later, somehow GM is still at it.

It’s not always the most important stuff–and it’s almost certainly the least well proofread stuff–but GM hopes it’s been informative and maybe occasionally funny. GM feels blessed that what amounts to a simply hobby to him is enjoyed by so many other people. And he hopes to keep it going for as long as he can.

Thank you for reading!

Photo by Geoff Livingston.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• On top of the physical changes, the menu (and name) has changed a lot at Cafe Bonaparte.
• Update on the continued Verizon outages caused by a cable cut on 31st st.

1600 block of 29th St.

The Board of Zoning Adjustment met yesterday and considered again the zoning relief application of the Call Your Mother. Despite this being the third time the board heard arguments about the application, it still did not come to a decision. No decision will be made before mid January.

As explained in the link above, the BZA was considering a modification of the application. Instead of seeking a variance from use restrictions, the applicant was seeking a variance from the area restrictions which prevents them from taking advantage of the corner store rules. If they qualified for those, then they’d be able to operate as they like as a matter of right.

Before hearing arguments from the parties, the board made a decision to recognize one of the neighbors as a party to the proceeding. This enabled her to formally ask questions of the applicant, any witnesses and the Office of Planning. More importantly it enabled her to file additional materials for the board’s consideration. In order to give her time to file those materials, the board delayed its decision. Unfortunately after next week, it’s not meeting again until January. So no decision can be made until then. Continue reading →

Photo by Ashlyn Pai.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Winter Wonderland on Book Hill this weekend.
• Chez Billy Sud is definitely one of the coziest restaurants in town.