Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Naby's Island Restaurant
A Caribbean restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by the Rib Tip (12th & H). A sign above the door says they are aiming for a September opening. Other Caribbean food on H Street: Taste of Jamaica (operated exclusively as a carryout at first, but now has tables at 6th & H), Tropicana (a carryout coming soon to the 1000 block of H), Caribbean Best (a carryout in the 1300 block of H with the same owners as Rose's Dream).
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i hope it's a sit down
The previous place was a sit-down, so that is the set-up.
Seems like the market for Caribbean food would be saturated at this point - I'm all for more sit down restaurants, but come on. I'd take just about anything other than Caribbean at this point.
That would make ONLY two sit down Caribbean places - six blocks away from each other. Personally, I love Caribbean food and I am happy to see another restaurant open.
i'm happy to see a sit down ANYTHING. i doubt we'll see any spanish, corsican, vietnamese, or russian joints any time soon.
but, once the light rail is installed we can all have easy access to some real restaurants.
Based on the set-up already in place there this is probably way more sit=down oriented than Taste of Jamaica (the previous place did menu and table service as opposed to the order & take it and sit-down set-up at taste of Jamaica).
Maybe H Street could become for Jamaican food what 9th and U is for Ethiopian. I know I'd be in heaven.
Re "easy access to some real restaurants"...
Easy access is as simple as taking the X2, which runs late, runs often, and whisks you right down H Street all the way through Gallery Place, Chinatown, and downtown.
Don't be afraid of the buses, people - it's the exact same route you're dreaming about for the streetcar, it will have the same people on it, it costs the same, and the X2 is more reliable than most bus lines in this city. I use it all the time.
In addition, the 90/92 goes straight up 8th St. NE to Adams Morgan.
If you can't get to "decent restaurants" then it's yo own damn fault fo not using yo initiative! All the streetcar will bring that the buses don't is the self-satisfaction of riding on the "fancy" bus!
Wow-- I so argree with the last poster...You said everything I've been thinking since the mention of street cars... I even walk down 8th street sometimes to go to Eastern Market..
FYI- I ate at Jordans the night before last.. The food was very very very good... Also the caliber of renovation that was done here, is more of what H street needs...
fancy bus hater -
the bus sucks. i take it enough to know.
IF it shows up on time, IF i don't have to sit next to some drunk dufus, IF there isn't someone yelling to themselves, it's a great form of travel.
no one has discussed the cost of the streetcar fare, but i'll bet it'll be less than a taxi, and more than a bus. which HOPEFULLY will exclude some of what i've described above.
AND i'm still being MR GREEN, cuz i'm using public transport.
you may not like light rail, but it's coming. get used to it.
oh, and if you give me a good description of yourself, i promise i'll look for you on the bus and wave as i whizz past on my cycle.
it shouldn't be too hard, cuz there aren't that many short busses in dc.
(*chill* out, that was a joke. this *is* FROZENtropics, ya know ;o)
Poo on Poo Poo!
I'll race you on your bike Poo...I bike to work MOST days, I use X2 when it's raining, but mostly to go out at night when I don't want to leave my bike chained up on the street in the dark, all alone and coldsome. They don't let me on the short bus anymore...I need a bus so short it's more like one of those European Smart Cars.
I LOVE the idea of light rail, because it will class up the joint and lord knows we need that, but I'm betting it's going to be priced as a bus (or perhaps cheaper a la the Circulator). It's not intended as a "boutique" transportation method, it's intended to bring the folks from Northeast in to town (and vice versa) and thus the target market isn't one looking for a more expensive ride.
I'm also betting it will at least partially REPLACE the X2 (do we need BOTH on H Street? I doubt it) so that's why I'm supposing the same customer base. You're still gonna have to sit next to your neighbors, whether you like it or not, even on the "fancy" bus!
Yeah, the nighttime crowds on the X2 (and moreso the 90/92) can be, um, interesting...but that's all part of life in this part of the city! I've had some great stories to tell from it...it's been like that for years, it's the culture, we are the newcomers. Try getting all drunk and yelling at your imaginary friend on the bus - it's really quite liberating, and people leave you alone!
Anonymous:
Being drunk and disruptive on the bus is not part of anyone's culture. The vast majority of people in this city, long term residents and recent, do not get drunk and rowdy on public transit.
Yes, a few do. And have been doing it for years. But I'd have to say that calling it 'culture' is pretty much hogwash. It's rude, disruptive behavior, and most city residents hate it.
It's a bit like saying the drunk thugs on H Street are just part of the local culture. They aren't.
But I will agree that if you act crazy and drunk in public people tend to leave you alone. And I imagine it would be quite liberating in some ways..
Confucious say:
Sometimes, when you act all crazy, people leave you alone.
Sometimes, when you act all crazy and stuff, you get tasered.
Confucious also say:
If you live in H Street neighborhood, and you are happy about this restaurant coming into the hood, do not raise your hands in celebration to say "Naby headed home" when you are at bus stop.
I am still baffled by people thinking that streetcars will be the silver bullet that will take H. Street to the next level. I guess they never heard of the X2 or 96. The streetcar plan only makes sense if it is connected to Union Station, Gallery Place, or the New York Avenue metro. Anything else is a complete waste of money. Does anyone know if there is plan to have the street car connected to a metro line? I would even settle for 7th and Massachusetts. As a matter of fact, I cannot image being in a rush and jumping on a slow streetcar. Remember, we will only have two cars running east and west.
An express bus that runs between Hechinger Mall and Gallery Place would fill a major transporation gap and attract more visitors to our corridor. The express bus would make a start at Gallery Place, then the Post office on North Capital, 3rd and H, 8th and H, 13th and H, and finally Hechinger Mall. The fare for the express bus should be reduced during off-peak hours and weekend.
heya, anonymous.
do some digging. the general plan is to have the light rail hook up with another mass transit point.
i agree with you, it would be stupid if it didn't.
good news is: it does.
there are several options as to HOW, but it WILL.
so... you can sleep soundly tonight.
it ain't no silver bullet, but it ain't no bronze bullet either.
methinks you'll be surprised...
Will the street car affect the X8 route in anyway? I hope not, in that the X8 is a covenient way for me to get to the Metro. I've timed it and it takes me 8 minutes to get to the subway. And it's a very civilized ride. I doubt that the street car will get me there that fast.
re the last comment.
For a lot of people at the other end (west) of H St., it's faster to get downtown by taking the X bus than by going to Union Station. Similarly, I used to get off at Gallery Place and transfer to the bus, rather than walk from Union Station.
Bus service is fine. But the research shows that people with mobility choices ride it much less. If you want more people, not fewer, to use transit, plus deal with the ec. dev. aspects, streetcars are an important mode to consider.
"Naby Headed Home" - oh man, that was a good one. Kudos to you, poo.
OK Richard, sure the street car will be great when all the lines are complete, but cannot anyone admit that in the "short term" (when will the other lines be complete?) the H Street line will be more like an amusement park ride than anything else. And really, to all you people that think the X2 is not a good transportation experience because of the occassional drunk or crazy -Do you think unsavory characters are going to ban from the street car?
Richard I am not against street cars. On the contrary I am all for them. My point was that when we eventually get the street cars, I don't want loose a convenient form of transportation such as the X8 route.
Hillman: I am Chicago born Irish and my culture is to get drunk, make noise, and dye rivers green. Don’t oppress me!
To everyone who uses 'amusement park ride' to describe the streetcar:
Please visit a city with a modern streetcar system. Please. And stop talking until you do.
The Grand Opening for Naby's Island Restaurant is scheduled for September 15, 2007. There will be a grand prize drawing for customers on opening day for a 3-6 night Caribbean Cruise. Visit the website for more details.
www.nabysislandrestaurant.com
Hope to see you there!
Thank you to anonymous(2:44p).
Have you people been to N'awlins pre-Katrina? The St. Charles St streetcar did wonders to a neighborhood that was disconnected with the "main/touristy" part of the city. And it isn't an "amusement park ride". It's excellent.
To the others in reference about the X2 Bus vs. Streetcar. (e.g. why cant people just take the bus?!?!).
People often forget that H Street is Old City, Washington. Yes, it has been in shambles for the past 40 or so years, but in the 20s and 30s, H Street was the commercial center of the city. The first Sears -Roebucks was in the neighborhood. I am not sure, but it would seem that H Street originally had streetcars, so why not bring them back? They brought back the Atlas....
Also, if you were coming from Virginia or Maryland for a night out in the city...would you rather jump on a streetcar which is point A to point B or try to figure out DC's metro bus system. Most kids who will be going out to these bars aren't going to take the time or effort to take a bus. That is why they took the Metro in the first place. But a point A to point B streetcar would be different and fun.
That doesn't necessarily mean it is an amusement park ride.
Sorry for the rant.
P.S.
Wikipedia doesnt know everything, and I take it with a grain of salt, but this is a good entry on the H Street area:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Northeast
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