The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Gabriel de Andrade Fernandes.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Bangkok Joe’s reopen now.
• An interesting collection of stuff available at a pop-up in the Mall right now.

Dumbarton Oaks

Have you ever wanted to own a restaurant but didn’t know where to start to open one? Well you can skip the opening part and go straight to owning a restaurant by simply buying an existing one. And it turns out several restaurants in Georgetown are yours for the right price.

BizBuySell is a website that lists businesses that are for sale. GM got the idea to search for establishments in Georgetown from Borderstan, which did the same for Dupont. (Which itself got the idea from ARLnow.) Four Georgetown restaurants came up, check them out:

Unnamed Sushi Restaurant – $880,000

None of the restaurants on the list identify which specific restaurant is for sale, but it’s easy to make an educated guess. From the description, it would appear to be Hashi Sushi:

Established (15 years), profitable Sushi Restaurant available For Sale in Georgetown, Washington, DC. Prime location! 2,400 square feet can accommodate 111 seats. Liquor license allowed liquor sale up to 2 am daily. Gross sale above a million . Owners relocated out of state and needs to sell. Might get bank financing.

The restaurant claims to have gross income of $1,060,000 a year with a net of $324,000.

Unnamed Sushi Takeout Restaurant – $65,000

This one is also unnamed, but it almost definitely Sushi-to-Go:

Facilities:  Business is located in C&O canal path in Georgetown, DC.

Competition: Simply a hidden gem. It may not be the most fancy spot or has the most fancy menu, but this place offer fresh and qualify food.

Growth & Expansion: Huge potential growth with extended business hours, and media marketing

Financing: None

Support & Training: Two weeks before and one week after settlement.

Reason for Selling: retiring

This restaurant claims a cash flow of $70,000.

Unnamed Mediterranean Restaurant – $875,000

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Photo by Mike Maguire.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Preview of the Georgetown House Tour.
• Jack the Bulldog lives in his own townhouse, with a caretaker.

Dumbarton Oaks

Starting last weekend, and running through the summer, the BID arranged for sidewalks along M St. between 33rd and Wisconsin to become temporarily wider. This is an expansion of a pilot they’ve tested several times in the past year. It’s great that they’ll be running it every weekend all summer long, but it should be seen only as a stepping stone for a broader sidewalk expansion plan.

When the BID first arranged for the pilot (seen in the video above) the idea to do something more was already percolating. So long as the pilots were successful, rolling it out more regularly was the goal. And because the pilots were successful, the BID was able to get approval to do just that. This summer program is the result. Continue reading →

Photo by Joe Chawan.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Ugg store is closed.
• There’s going to be a grilled cheese restaurant opening in the space that the owner’s of Hu’s Wear claimed for years that they were going to open a fine restaurant.

1500 block of 33rd St.

This week in old Georgetown in Color, GM visits a Georgetown University football player named Otto Sauer. Sauer, a tackle originally from Bridgeport, CT, played for the Hoyas from 1923 to 1927. In 1940 he was given an honorable mention in connection with the alumni association’s selection of the all time best Hoya football players from the previous 60 years.

After graduating from Georgetown in 1927, Sauer enrolled in GU’s law school. He eventually returned to Connecticut to serve for many years as the state attorney for Fairfield County. In 1969, he was again honored by GU alums, this time as “Lawyer of the Year”.

Photo by Ehpien.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• The Sovereign adds brunch.
• Even wanted to find something odd off the beaten path in DC? Come to the Peabody Room at the Georgetown library this SaturdayApril 23rd at 1:00 pm to hear author Sharon Pendana reveal the Secrets of DC.