Capitol Hill Safeway Opens

Capitol Hill Safeway Opens August 12

by Elizabeth O’Gorek

The new Beckert’s Park Safeway (415 14 St. 1980. The site was planned to include “drive-up and go” A raw oyster bar will be part of the new seafood deSE) is set to open August 12, parent comgrocery pick-up even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. partment. Customers will be able to choose from nine lopany Albertson’s confirmed Wednesday. In addition to a Starbucks coffee shop, the store will cal oysters including Roaring Point, Blackberry, and Chin

It is the end of more than two years offer what Division President Tom Lofland called “all the coteague, with a variety of flavors and salinity levels. The of work on the 60,000 square foot Safebells and whistles.” seafood service case will offer over 36 feet of seafood ofway store which anchors the mixed-use building known The store’s bakery will feature new items includferings, including natural, fresh, smoked, and local items. as Beckert’s Park. Representatives of Safeway and develing hand made fresh fruit Danish and croissants, artisan Capitol Hill residents can grab lunch at the new deli, oper Foulger-Pratt broke ground June 27, 2018 on the breads made from scratch, hand-dipped and decorated which will feature a sushi bar, a specialty cheese shop, a five-story building, which also includes 325 units of houscaramel apples, mochi desserts, premium gelato, pudsandwich bar, grab-n-go meals, poutine, poke bowls. ing, 8,000 square feet of additional retail and below-grade ding ring cups, and more. The department will also feaCustomers will be able to pre-order items from the parking. ture a Nuts on Clark Popcorn shop, which will offer popmeat department, including dry aged choice beef ribeye

The new ‘state-of-the-art’ grocery is 10,000 square corn in flavors such as cheese, caramel, butter, and the or New York strip steaks aged from 21 to 42 days. Shopfeet larger than the former store, which was constructed in Old Bay recipe. pers will also be able to choose from a huge selection of organic, grass-fed, natural and choice grade beef items with a butcher block to cut special orders to customers’ needs. The new liquor department will feature 76 feet of beer, three rows of wine, as well as a selection of wine and spirits that will be sold in a special new store-within-thestore, a separate liquor store connected to the grocery. The store will be open 24 hours, seven days a week. At the July 14th meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6B, Commissioner Chander Jayaraman said the separate liquor outlet is expected to be open from 7 a.m. to midnight. Further information on COVID-19 health precautions is expected to be issued shortly. Watch progress on the store exterior (and see a time-lapse of progress) visit: A design rendering shows the Beckert’s Park Safeway (415 14th St. SE), which will open to the public August 12, 2020. Courtesy: Safeway https://lnkd.in/dU2g3PM u