Photo by Tericee.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Smith Point in trouble, has to close down over Memorial Day for a couple days as punishment.
- Allen Iverson learned the crossover from a GU walk-on.
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New Restaurant Will Try to Import New York Slices and Water to Georgetown
Photo by Domesticat.
As briefly mentioned Tuesday, a new restaurant called “Fuhggetaboutit” is planning to open where the Philadelphia Cheesesteak Factory used to be (and where the Cellar Door was before that). The owner of the new restaurant chimed in with a comment explaining a bit more about the project. “Tony” explained his plans:
Fuhggetaboutit NY pizza(Faipizza.com) is not your typical pizza chain!
We will be serving unfailing goodness of real authentic NY style pizza that is handcrafted and baked in traditional style old school brick oven.We will be making stretching our own Fior Di Latte (Fresh mozzarella) in full view of our customers. Our obsession with traditional old world quality – locally sourced organic products (when available)-organic extra virgin olive oil from Tuscany Italy- homemade fresh dough, and NYinized water will make as an apart. Not to mentioned 18 years of Pizza Experience to perfect the recipe.
Yes, that’s right “NYinized” water. Tony later explained that this is water whose pH balance is adjusted to match NYC’s, which according to him is why you can’t get genuine NY-style pizza outside of NY. GM’s pretty skeptical, but at least one other restaurant uses the same technique/gimmick. We’ll see if the pizza turns out to be more authentic than the restaurant’s name. Continue reading
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Photo from Mei-N-Yu by ChrisGoldNY.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Video of a man being rescued from the Potomac at Georgetown.
- National Pinball Museum seeking donations and a new space.
- “They’re a total spoof on the whole Georgetown Cupcake nonsense.”
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Not So Long Ago: Wisconsin and P
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This week on Not So Long Ago, GM heads up Wisconsin Ave. a smidge to the late great Commander Salamander. The space is sadly empty, but from 1979 until the end of 2010, Commander Salamander was a favorite of DC-area teens looking to break the mold (or at least, jump into another less common mold).
The 1993 picture shows Commander Salamander about halfway through its life. What GM didn’t realize is that Commander Salamander used to occupy only half the space. The other half was occupied by a store called Bootlegger. It was apparently a shoe store and was open as late as 1998. GM’s not sure when it closed. Continue reading
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Oak Hill Cemetery by Ontheborderland.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Historic Evermay was finally sold. GM hears it’s a Georgetowner who bought it, we’ll see.
- Hyde-Addison students cook up a storm.
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ANC Preview: Georgetown Gets More Britisher Edition
Union Jack by Iker Merodio.
Next tuesday, the ANC will be meeting for its June session. Note the shift from the normal Monday spot in order to avoid making people choose between civics and Memorial Day barbecues. It will be at the normal time and place, though, which is 6:30 at Visitation.
The agenda’s a full one, but one relatively small item jumped right out at GM. Apparently the British clothing store Jack Wills is planning on moving in where the O Salon used to be (just south of M on Wisconsin). This is the third highish-end British clothier to move into Georgetown in the last year or so. The others are Barbour–which is open–and All Saints–which is opening soon. Add to that Brooks Brothers, which is about the most Anglophilic of American stores, an a full-blown British invasion. Continue reading
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Pinball Museum by Chris DiGiamo.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- So the new owner of the Georgetown Mall is heartlessly kicking out the National Pinball Museum. While the museum was given the space rent free, David Silverman invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to set up the museum. This is a bad start for the new mall owners, but GM thinks Carol Joynt says it best.
- Georgetown University has some spelling problems.
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