Mayfair & Pine = soccer bar! (Updated)

Mayfair & Pine (2218 Wisconsin Ave.) has announced “Soccer Saturday”: a full English breakfast available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays only, with Premier League soccer on three big-screen TVs starting at 10 a.m. The $9 meal includes eggs, Irish bangers, fried mushrooms, and streaky bacon; throw in an extra $2 for bottomless Tetley tea.

Tottenham Hotspur fans, be warned: chef Emily Sprissler is a lifelong supporter of  Arsenal.

UPDATE: Mayfair & Pine is now open for breakfast—including French toast, buttermilk pancakes, or their full English breakfast—both Saturdays and Sundays starting at 7:30 a.m.

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Manicure shop and massage spa moving forward

From the September 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Work has begun on a manicure shop in the first floor of 2352 Wisconsin Ave., the former home of Shade & Shutter Shack. A building permit posted in the window lists the shop’s name as Head and Nails. A therapeutic massage business planned for the building’s upper floors has applied for zoning approval under the name of Massage Escape Spa Company. A Board of Zoning Adjustment hearing on the matter is scheduled for October 2.

 

 

 

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Early-morning scuffle outside Z-Burger leads to arrests

From the September 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

On July 29 around 2 a.m., M. Mihalich and P. Labovich got into a fistfight in front of Z-Burger (2414 Wisconsin Ave.), according to police records. A nearby police officer separated the men. One of the men—it’s not clear which—told the officer that the other had spilled a drink over him. The purported spiller told the officer he didn’t remember spilling a drink on anybody. Both men were arrested for “disorderly affray,” but a search of D.C. court records did not reveal charges filed under either man’s name. The arrests may have led to citations—which are similar to traffic tickets—rather than arraignments, according to a spokeswoman for the courts.

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JP’s seeks permit to build “bars and stages”

From the September 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Two building permit applications have now been filed for 2412 Wisconsin Ave., the once and likely future home of JP’s Night Club. One permit would allow the construction of interior walls, while the other would permit “new bars and stages” as well as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry work. The building’s exterior shell was completed in 2010, more than two years after the strip club’s original home was destroyed in a fire, but it has never been occupied.

Paul Kadlick, who in May represented himself to Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3B as part of a group that had recently purchased JP’s, did not return our calls. The club’s liquor license is still in the name of the man who bought the business last year, a shadowy figure named Brian Petruska who provided a nonworking number to ABRA and whose representative, Andrew Kline, does not return our calls. (We don’t know whether JP’s licensee Brian Petruska is the same Brian Petruska who graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 and founded the Petrus Group real estate investment firm, because that guy won’t return our calls either.)

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Peacemaker gets bonked with bottle at Mason Inn

From the September 2012 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:

Just after midnight on July 28, Karim El Maaroufi, a patron of the Mason Inn (2408 Wisconsin Ave.), grabbed the wrist of another patron’s girlfriend and refused to let go, according to a police report. A third man approached El Maaroufi to “redirect him away,” at which point El Maaroufi grabbed a bottle and hit the would-be redirector in the face, causing minor injuries, according to the report. El Maaroufi was charged with simple assault and pled not-guilty. An initial status hearing in the case is scheduled for August 24.

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Slate to open Friday

Slate Wine Bar & Bistro is set to open on Friday, according to owner Elizabeth Banker. Zagat’s Olga Boikess has posted a preview. The restaurant’s “smart eclectic moderately priced menu” will feature “mezze, antipasta and pixtos (Spanish little bites),” as well as unusual salads, burgers and fries, and veggie paella,” Boikess writes.

 

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Glover Park Hardware is hiring

Reposted verbatim from Craigslist as a public service:

Date: 2012-08-12, 2:13PM EDT

Glover Park Hardware is looking to hire energetic and hardworking employees to join our team.

Key Responsibilities • Customer service delivered with enthusiasm and genuine interest in ensuring customer satisfaction • Communicating clearly, effectively, and politely with customers in store and over the phone • Stocking and receiving deliveries • Merchandising • Cashiering • Maintaining store appearance (includes dusting, moping, restroom cleaning, etc.)

Minimum Requirements • High school degree or equivalent • Willingness to learn • Team player • A commitment to service excellence and customer satisfaction • Ability and to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays to meet business needs • Must be able to lift 40 pounds frequently • Ability to stand for an extended period of time (position is at least 90% standing) • Works with a sense of urgency throughout shift. • Some retail experience preferred. • Previous home improvement knowledge helpful

Compensation • $10/hr • Health insurance after 60 days employment for F/T • 401k plan (after 1 year of service) • Profit sharing (after 2 years of service) • Employee discount • SmartBenefits • ZipCar discounts • Fun and active work environment• Ability to grow with our storeFull-time & part-time positions available. Applicants MUST be able to work weekends (1 shift EVERY weekend) and either early mornings (some days at 6:30am) OR evenings until 9pm.

Start Date: Immediately

Interested applicants should email their resume and a cover letter stating a brief summary of why they should be chosen for the Store Associate position. Resumes sent without a cover letter will not be considered. Due to the large response we are expecting from this post, we may not be able to respond to everyone that replies.

If you’re interested, here’s a link to the ad: Craigslist.

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Gas line work extends streetscape project through November

Washington Gas plans to line or replace cast-iron gas mains on the Wisconsin Ave. commercial strip, the Georgetown Patch reports. The work, which will extend from 34th St. in the south to Massachusetts Ave. in the north, will lengthen construction on the Wisconsin Avenue Streetscape project, originally slated for completion by the end of September. The project—also expanded to include a reconfiguration of the problematic intersection at 37th St. and Tunlaw Rd.—is now expected to last through November.

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Outdoor jazz returns to St. Luke’s on Friday

On Friday, August 17, the E & Me Contemporary Jazz Band  will bring live music back to the courtyard of St. Luke’s Mission Center (3655 Calvert St.) from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The performance, a revival of the center’s popular “Jazz in the Garden” series, is free and open to the public. For more information, visit metrocrossroads.org.

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No contested races for ANC 3B

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics yesterday published the names of candidates running for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3B in the November 6 general election. Each of the ANC’s five single-member districts will have one unopposed candidate.

Sitting commissioners Jackie Blumenthal, Charles Cinque Fulwood, and Brian Cohen are running for re-election in SMDs 2, 3, and 5, respectively. Joe Fiorillo is running to represent SMD 1, as his late wife, Cathy, once did. That district is currently represented by Ben Thielen, who is not running for re-election.

Mary C. Young is running to replace longtime ANC member Howie Kreitzman in SMD 4 (Cathedral Heights). Kreitzman resigned last month because he is moving to New York.

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