Menu revamp at Heritage India (Updated)

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Heritage India (2400 Wisconsin Ave.) has introduced a new dessert menu that includes carrot pudding (gaijar halwa). The restaurant also has a new lunch menu and a new selection of dessert drinks and smoothies.

UPDATE: Heritage guest relations rep Andrea Adleman reports that “we took it a step beyond and introduced a new main menu in the middle of this month. It’s wildly exciting but it also means that our most loyal customers – who tend to be our most immediate neighbors – are advised to go online or come by and pick up a new copy of our menu so they can place their carryout and delivery orders with the greatest accuracy.”

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Good Guys not liable in random assault

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

On New Year’s Eve, a man leaving Good Guys (2311 Wisconsin Ave.) encountered two other patrons smoking cigarettes outside, and he attacked one of them “for no apparent reason,” according to an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration investigator’s report. The attacker said, “Sorry, I gotta do this!” before punching the victim repeatedly, the report states. The victim’s face was bruised, and the victim’s companion fractured bones in his hand while trying to break up the assault. The attacker fled north on Wisconsin Ave., the report states. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board held a hearing on the incident and ruled in March that the bar was not at fault. As far as we can tell, no charges have been filed in the matter.

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Old Europe hosts live music three nights a week

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Old Europe (2434 Wisconsin Ave.) features live polka music from Liab’ und Schneid every Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Some folks dance along, provided there is ample space” reports owner Alex Herold. “On Saturday and Sunday we have live piano music provided by Janice Petersen-Kent,” he adds. “No cover charge!” Petersen-Kent plays polka and classic requests from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

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Mason Inn fined for tardy report

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

The ABC Board has fined Mason Inn (2408 Wisconsin Ave.) $4,000 for failing to quickly document a February 13, 2011 incident in which a female patron passed out in the bathroom and couldn’t be awakened. The bar’s security plan requires that a report about each such event be written on the day the event occurs, but the bar did not provide a report to ABRA for more than a month after an investigator first requested it, according to an April 4 ABC Board ruling. “We are not convinced that the [bar] actually created the incident report on February 13, 2011,” the ruling states. Another charge related to the incident was dropped.

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Rocklands’ annual pig pull is this Thursday

Rocklands (2418 Wisconsin Ave.) will offer complimentary tastes of roast pork to patrons on April 26, starting at 11 a.m. The tastes will last as long as the whole barbecued pig on the front table holds out. “It’s a little thank you to all of you who come to Rocklands regularly,” the restaurant’s website states. “It’s also our subtle way of reminding you that we can barbeque a whole pig for any occasion.”

Reporting by Laurie England

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Breadsoda wants later hours

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Breadsoda (2323 Wisconsin Ave.) is seeking permission to stay open later, reports owner Steve Teague. “We are trying to change our hours to normal DC closing hours” of 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday, he says. “Now we close Monday through Thursday at 1:20 a.m. and Friday and Saturday at 2:20 a.m.” Six Glover Park bars are allowed to stay open later, he adds.

Teague has asked Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3B to support the bar’s application to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration for the change.

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Vietnamese restaurant snags Margarita’s site

From the May 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

The vacant storefront at 2317 Wisconsin Ave., next door to Tennis Zone, has been leased to District Noodles, a restaurant that will specialize in Vietnamese cuisine, says co-owner Jennifer Hoang, who is launching the business with her fiancé, Marc Farmer. “We will be there every day—this is our first restaurant!” Hoang reports.

The menu will feature the rice-noodle soup called pho and French-bread sandwiches called bánh mì, as well as vermicelli and rice bowl dishes, Hoang says. On April 17, the restaurant applied for a full-service (CR) liquor license—one of two that became available that day under an extension of the Glover Park license moratorium. (As of late Friday, no one had applied for the other new CR license, according to a spokesman for the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.)

Though no structural changes are planned for the building, the interior needs to be renovated before the restaurant can open, says landlord Remy Esquenet: “It’ll probably be a four- to six-month buildout.”

Photograph by Brown W. Cannon III

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Mayfair & Pine opening pushed to mid-June

Paperwork has caused another delay in the much-anticipated opening of Mayfair & Pine, the family-friendly, pub-style seafood restaurant planned for 2218 Wisconsin Ave., the former home of Town Hall (now at 2340 Wisconsin Ave.). Chef Emily Sprissler tells us no opening date has been set, but “we are looking at mid-June at this point.”

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Ligne Roset to open Saturday

European style returns to the former Mobili space at 2201 Wisconsin Ave. this Saturday, April 21, when Ligne Roset opens its doors. The French company designs and manufactures contemporary furniture and home accessories. As its corporate website states, “Ligne Roset is synonymous with modern luxury and invites customers to revel in a contemporary, design-forward lifestyle.”

Part of the former Mobili space is still being readied for Natuzzi Italia, a furniture boutique scheduled to open in mid-May, says Dani Rose, one of three co-owners of the two stores, which will share staff and a connecting passageway. The Natuzzi shop will be the first in the U.S. to offer an exclusive line of furniture, lighting, and other home accessories designed by the Italian firm Natuzzi, “the world leader in leather sofas,” Rose adds. “Whether you are in the market for architectural design (Ligne Roset) or everyday living (Natuzzi Italia), we have something for you.”

Along with Rose, the stores’ owners are David Zein, who has 20 years of interior design experience, and colleague Olivier Valette of Paris.

Ligne Roset will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday through Saturday and at noon on Sundays. It will close at 8 p.m. on Thursday, at 5 p.m. on Sunday, and at 6 p.m. on its other opening days. The shop’s Monday hours will be by appointment only.

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Sick raccoon spotted on 42nd Street

A tipster tells us a raccoon with an injured leg was spotted yesterday afternoon on the 2200 block of 42nd Street, “walking around on the sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon, unfazed by the people and dogs in close proximity.”

Sick raccoons can be dangerous. According to the Health Regulation and Licensing Administration, if you see a wild animal acting strangely, you should call Animal Control at 202-576-6664.

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