tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post4000686728636136874..comments2024-02-14T06:26:09.116-05:00Comments on Frozen Tropics: Roadside Cafe Closes Its DoorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-63492885314095130532012-01-06T10:04:42.797-05:002012-01-06T10:04:42.797-05:00sI never made it but wish I had. Not that it is re...sI never made it but wish I had. Not that it is related to the closing, but one of the employees was just arrested for murder:<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-man-charged-in-fatal-december-stabbing-had-served-time-for-2005-slaying/2012/01/04/gIQAOpnzaP_story.html<br /><br />Too bad. I actually agree with the owner's comments about looking toward the future, not the past, but it doesn't look good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-52417671782848643432012-01-06T08:51:34.966-05:002012-01-06T08:51:34.966-05:00all of H street will have to be thriving, and Hech...all of H street will have to be thriving, and Hechinger Mall too, before establishments east of 15th Street can count on succeeding.<br /><br />At least the Argonaut was in a defined retail district with some other stuff, not always great, around.<br /><br />DC's a tough place to succeed for an establishment all by itself.<br /><br />In the 1990s, a friend of mine who at the time went out all the time pointed out to me that when people go out they don't go to a particular establishment so much as a district, so that if "it's not happening" at the establishment you go to first, you can go elsewhere, seek better opportunities for fun, you're not stuck. <br /><br />Outlying establishments like this one, Brightwood Bistro, even Love (it relies on patrons not from the city) have a hard time.Richard Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765521217875752850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-36122585087735686192012-01-05T22:21:34.101-05:002012-01-05T22:21:34.101-05:00i had eaten there a few times, amazing food, good ...i had eaten there a few times, amazing food, good service, reasonable prices, but slow in the kitchen and just not a lot of people there.<br /><br />I thought they were just having a tough time with the winter.Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633687322883281770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-43454242694114562762012-01-05T17:12:13.927-05:002012-01-05T17:12:13.927-05:00i pointed them out to a friend the other day and w...i pointed them out to a friend the other day and we both mentioned how it would be great to eat there in the summer with some red stripes. i'm truly sorry i never made it there.tiffanycnoreply@blogger.com