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Shaw Streets by Pleasant Mann chain that has 12 locations nationwide. The corner to and Ward 6 location takes up 10,000 square feet on two levels, Councilmember with 400 seats. The contemporary menu stretches Charles Allen. from fish to stone crabs to steaks to vegan options. As the gatherOn a smaller scale, Qui Qui (1539 Seventh St. ing wound down, NW ) specializes in Puerto Rican cuisine. Located Commissioner on the second floor of Shaw’s venerable bar The Eichler noted that Passenger, Qui Qui wants to fill the gap in Puerto his canvass of resiRican dining by offering menu items like morcilla dents had public con tostones, salchicha de pollo, pastelon and chusafety as the numleta kan kan. ber one issue. The And a new pop-up is appearing for the sumlast word came mer. Chesapeake Crab Shack and Bar (925 U St. from a 10th Street NW ), from the team behind Duke’s Grocery and resident who had Gogi Yogi, will offer all the signature shellfish a message from dishes. Look for Maryland blue crabs, lobsters, the father of the snow crab legs and peel-and-eat shrimp, served victimized famwith a wide selection of local beers. ily. The father had told him that his wife and son were Shaw resident telling Capt. Riley Hong of the MPD Third District about public safety concerns. Photo: Pleasant Mann still recovering and that he appreciated of the Events DC, the manager of the Washington Consupport he got from the community. He was also vention Center, gave an update on its effort to imhappy to announce that the person who attacked prove the streetscape. Held on the evening of May the family had just been arrested. Following a horrific crime where a mother and 10, the meeting started with a brief review of the As the gathering broke up, the Core Team her child were shot in their front yard, the Ward 6 impact of the pandemic on the convention busistarted its walk-through of the neighborhood. They Core Team of District agencies conducted a walkness. There were 142 events scheduled for FY20 went down 10th Street, east on P Street and back through of the area south of Rhode Island Avenue and FY21 at the center, of which 115 were candown toward Rhode Island Avenue, ending up at to investigate service deficiencies. Michael Eichler, celled. It will be well into FY 2022 before big conEighth and Q streets, marking areas that needed the advisory neighborhood commissioner for the ferences like AUSA, the Washington Auto Show attention. Especially visible area, organized neighborhood residents to tell the and the Congressional were the Rodent Control government what was really needed. He circulated Black Caucus Foundation Team personnel, who poiflyers with the heading “Save Our Shaw.” return to the center. soned all the rat holes that When the Core Team showed up on the Meanwhile, the Conneighborhood residents southeast corner of Rhode Island Avenue and vention Center is undergopointed out. 10th Street on the afternoon of May 27, approxiing renovations, both inside mately 60 residents were there to exchange views. and out. It has set up Studio They formed a circle as the members of the team 801, a 19,000-square-foot explained what their agencies could do to improve production studio for virtuthe situation. Led by Talib Shakir, a Ward 6 liaison al events. A new food court, from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations Perhaps the best sign that the Uptown Food District, and Services, the District agencies represented on life in Shaw is returning to will have a stand for Ben’s the team included the Metropolitan Police Denormal is the opening of Chili Bowl, as well as four partment, Department of Health, Department new restaurants. The bigother concessions. A new of Transportation, Department of Consumer and gest opening in May was coffeeshop inside the center Regulatory Affairs and Department of Mental Truluck’s Washington DC will be run by La Colombe. Health. There were also representatives from the (700 K St. NW ), the first There will be a grab-and-go New kiosks under construction on the Ninth Street side of the offices of Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke PinWashington branch of a food shop called the ExWashington Convention Center. Image: Events DC
Events DC Updates Convention Center Streetscape Effort
Neighbors Meet with District Officials to “Save Our Shaw”
New Restaurants Springing Up in Shaw
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