The Georgetown Metropolitan

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Chez Billy Sud now open on Lundi.
• Georgetown is surprisingly not a great place to become a landlord.

Montrose Park

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice Q&A with the Georgetown University student president and vice-president.
• Church-turned-home back on the market. Come be GM’s neighbor!

Recently GM happened to notice that the restored canopy being installed at the old Georgetown Theater was full of lightbulb sockets (seen above). GM happened to pass architect Robert Bell another time and he confirmed that the underside of the canopy will be covered in lightbulbs. This will look spectacular.

That is the classic look for old movie houses, so it’s not really surprising that he’s bringing it back. But it’s exciting nonetheless. Continue reading →

Potomac River

Monday night, GM attended a packed preview of the newly (almost) open Sovereign restaurant. And he can report that it’s going to be a top notch addition to the neighborhood.

It’s located down the alleyway between the old Benetton building and the Ambercrombie and Fitch:

It occupies the building that held Champions sports bar for many years in the 90’s and then Blue Gin for about five minutes in the mid 00’s (and then Champions again for about two minutes after that). It’s been empty for years.

The restaurant has a Belgian theme. That wouldn’t be particularly notable in a town with plenty of moules-frites joints. But the Sovereign promises to stand out, primarily based upon its beer menu. You can get Chimays and Hoegaardens practically anywhere, so Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s beer director Greg Engert dove deep into the heart of that tiny beer-rich country to deliver beers you rarely see on this side of the Atlantic:

This includes breweries like De Ranke or De Struise. And it has fifty taps to dispense those rare brews at a quality that you can expect at it’s sister establishments Churchkey and the Arsenal/Bluejacket. GM personally doesn’t have a deep knowledge of Belgian beers beyond the basics, so he is very much looking forward to many years of close study.  Continue reading →

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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Except for the tracks of O and P (and the tracks they ripped up to the west) most of the rest of the old streetcar tracks in Georgetown are probably still under the asphalt.
• GM’s got his own review coming later, but here are some great photographs from the Sovereign.

Potomac River

Our neighbor and councilmember, Jack Evans, was just elected as chair to the Metro board. In an interview with WTOP about his new position, Evans stated that he didn’t take Metro regularly (or at all, it seems) because he lives in Georgetown. When the reporter pointed out the 30-series buses, Evans said he’d try it out. Progress! But there are even more options, GM’s here to spell them out.

Jack lives on the 3100 block of P St. This is actually a fairly well placed location to start a trip to either his council chambers at the Wilson Building or the Metro office building at Judiciary Square. Here are the best options for Jack:

Thirty Series

As the reporter pointed out, the 30-series bus picks up a block from Jack’s house and goes literally to the front door of the Wilson Building. This is obviously a very good option. But the 30-series can sometimes be really crowded. Plus you have to make sure the bus goes all the way to the Wilson Building. The 31 bus, for instance, only goes to Foggy Bottom. And from downtown, the 37 skips around Georgetown entirely on its trip up to Friendship Heights.

All in all, though, it’s a solid option. But there are always possibilities of tie ups somewhere along the line, so it’s good to have other options available. Continue reading →

Photo by Nyja Morris.

Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:

• Nice Q&A Cafe interview with Jack Evans.
• Some nice blizzard pics.