The Georgetown Metropolitan

Photo by Biberfan.

Restaurant-scene “power player” Don Rockwell recently took on that nebulous section of Wisconsin Ave often referred to as north Georgetown. (Actually it wasn’t that recently. It was back in November, but it was recently tweeted).

Rockwell walks the reader through the stretch:

We have to define what, exactly, “North Georgetown” is.

It can be loosely defined as the area between Glover Park and Georgetown, but what does that mean?

The easiest way to “understand” the notion of North Georgetown is to begin at the southern edge of Glover Park, near the Holiday Inn. There is a natural geographical division here, bisecting Wisconsin Avenue with parkland: the Dumbarton Oaks / Naval Observatory area is on the east, and the Whitehaven / Holy Rood Cemetery area is on the west. There is very much of a “gap” here in terms of Wisconsin Avenue development, and this is where “North Georgetown” begins.

He then walks down through the restaurants giving brief mentions to each. Bistrot Lepic and Cafe Divan stand out for praise. GM thinks Rockwell is a little hard on Los Cuates, which is a perfectly good neighborhood Mexican restaurant. Continue reading →