Jonah’s Treehouse (2121 Wisconsin Ave.) is scheduled to close at the end of April, according to an April 14 letter to clients from owner Vicki Gersten. The structured play center for tots was founded “when our son Jonah was three,” Gersten wrote to parents and friends. Now, with Jonah in middle school and his two younger siblings in elementary school, “I find myself immersed in kids’ activities and increasingly ready for the next phase of my career,” she wrote. Classes will continue through April 30, according to the letter. Gersten, who has accepted a job as assistant head of the Feynman School, a private elementary school in Bethesda, did not respond to a phone call requesting comment.
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Jonah’s Treehouse to close April 30
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Kids, Services, tagged 2121, Jonah's Treehouse, Vicki Gersten on April 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
So long, Mayfair & Pine
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Restaurants, tagged 2218, Emily Sprissler, Mayfair & Pine on March 27, 2013 | 12 Comments »
Mayfair & Pine (2218 Wisconsin Ave.) has closed, The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema reports. Chef Emily Sprissler had some tart parting words for the neighborhood, Sietsema writes:
Did competition do them in? “We did not have any competition when it came to food on the strip,” says the chef. “No one had the chops, the creativity.” People in the area, she adds, preferred getting meals “delivered to their door.”
We’ll give her this: that’s a creative explanation for the restaurant’s troubles.
Custom TV Solutions moves to Georgetown
Posted in Closings, Georgetown, Glover Park, Merchants, Services, tagged 2428, Custom TV Solutions on December 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“After over 25 years in Glover Park our lease is up,” reads a sign in the window of Custom TV Solutions (2428 Wisconsin Ave.) this morning. “We will continue to sell great audio and the new super slim TVs with beautiful installations” from a new shop at 1301 35th St. NW.
Dog Shop in Georgetown to close
Posted in Closings, Georgetown, Merchants, tagged 1625, Prince of Petworth, The Dog Shop on December 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sad tidings from the Prince of Petworth blog: The Dog Shop (1625 Wisconsin Ave.) will be closing in a few weeks. In the meantime, dog supplies are 30% off and cat supplies are 75% off. 
Heritage Thai bistro to close next week
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Restaurants, tagged 2400, Heritage Asia, Heritage India on December 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
From the December/January 2013 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:
Heritage Asia Thai Bistro (2400 Wisconsin Ave.) will close on December 15. Its sister restaurant upstairs, Heritage India, will remain open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. “We are considering other possible uses of the first-floor space,” the owners wrote in an emailed announcement. “As we explore options to showcase another type of exclusive cuisine, we invite you to follow our Facebook and Twitter accounts for the latest news.”
Einstein Bagels closes to make way for redevelopment
Posted in Closings, Construction, Georgetown, Glover Park, Merchants, tagged 1815, 1855, Einstein Bagels, Safeway on July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Prince of Petworth reports that Einstein Bagels (1815 Wisconsin Ave.) has closed. According to the Georgetown Metropolitan, the building, owned by Safeway, will become part of a new retail complex.
Georgetowne Lock shuts local storefront
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Merchants, tagged 2201, Georgetowne Lock, Lon Porter on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the December 2010 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:
Georgetowne Lock has closed its 2201 Wisconsin Avenue storefront, but proprietor Lon Porter still offers 24-hour service through his Georgetown line, 202-625-7233. Asked why he closed his Glover Park location, Porter made joking reference to a political party in the recent New York governor’s race: “The rent is too damn high!” Porter provides discounts to senior citizens, members of the military, and those paying in cash.
Reported by Laurie England.
Tennis Zone coming to Glover Books space
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Merchants, Openings, Vacancies, tagged 2319, Glover Books & Music, Tennis Zone on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Glover Books & Music (2319 Wisconsin) closed over the summer, but a tennis shop expects to open in the space soon, its owner says. We ran into Ravi Shankar, owner of north Tenleytown’s Tennis Zone, outside the vacant Glover Books storefront this afternoon, as he was working to clear the building of books and other detritus left by the previous tenant. Shankar said he hoped to open his Glover Park location by October 1.
Shade & Shutter Shack shuttered
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Merchants, Vacancies, tagged 2358, Mr. Yogato, Shade & Shutter Shack on July 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We hear Shade & Shutter Shack moved out of its longtime home at 2352 Wisconsin—a building with mysteriously crappy shutters—last month, leaving the whole property vacant. Painters spent today spiffing up the exterior.
Mr. Yogato, a local frozen-yogurt chain, had expressed interest in the building’s ground floor this spring, but as far as we’ve heard, no lease has been signed.
MyerEmco closes
Posted in Closings, Glover Park, Merchants, tagged 2241, MyerEmco on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the March 2010 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:
MyerEmco at 2241 Wisconsin closed last week. The 55-year-old local chain is going out of business due to the soft economy and competition from online retailers, its president told the Washington Post.
After selling off much of its inventory in an “outrageous sale” in early February, the chain worked with suppliers to keep discounted goods available through the store’s final days, store manger Mike Leonard said.
