See this message from Bloomingdale Civic Association President Teri Janine Quinn:
Congratulations to the Bloomingdale Civic Association`s newly elected executive board members and delegates! Many thanks to our outgoing executive board members and delegates: Elle Cayabyab Gitlin, Em Hall, Diton Pashaj, Hugh Youngblood, James Fournier and Tolu Williams. We look forward to having another successful year!
BCA 2011-2012 Executive Board
President Teri Janine Quinn
First Vice President Bertha Holiday
Second Vice President John Salatti
Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Fegley
Assistant Corresponding Secretary Myra Dandridge
Recording Secretary Regina Anderson
Assistant Recording Secretary Scott Roberts
Treasurer Michel Fine
Financial Secretary Regina Anderson
Robert Brannum (Past President)
BCA Delegates to the DC Federation of Civic Associations
Chris Rodousakis
Robert Brannum
The next BCA meeting will be Monday, December 19th.
Best,
Teri Janine Quinn
Showing posts with label Diton Pashaj. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Diton: NCMS Art + Music Walk - grand finale featuring pig roast, craft beers, Flamenco music, pizza-eating contest
See this message from Rustik Tavern`s Diton Pashaj:
Join us this Saturday, August 6th between 12 pm and 6pm for the Third Annual Art Walk in DC`s North Capital Neighborhoods of Bloomingdale, Eckington and Truxton Circle. Featuring ``Pop-up`` art installations that will be in front lawns throughout the month of August, an Artist Village with unique crafts for sale, various venues with live music and much more, this year`s Art Walk is not to be missed. Sponsored by North Capital Main Street and the Pinkline Project, the mission is to bring the community together in an event for all ages to enjoy.
Some call it Block Party, some call it Grand Finale -- oh heck, call it whatever you want -- but we are closing the unit block of T Street NW for some lively music, a Pig Roast and craft brews. A 250 pound pig will be slowly smoked for 24 hours and served alongside roasted chicken, sausage, grilled vegetables and more in an all-inclusive buffet for $15 starting at 4pm. Great Lakes and Heavy Seas Breweries will represent with their awesome craft-brews on site with pints available for $5. A selection of red and white wines will be available for $5 a glass as well.
Come for the food and drink, stay for the entertainment. On stage there will be a lively Rumba Flamenco Band with dancer. In between sets, we`ll host a Pizza Eating Contest during which representation from Big Bear Cafe, Rustik Tavern, Boundary Stone, Solly`s Tavern and soon to open in Petworth, DC Reynolds Bar, will be in fierce competition to put down the most pizzas in our allotted time-span. Come support your local providers of food and drink as they put their skills to the test. And the best part of this, the Prince of Petworth himself will be hosting the contest wearing his ``Prince``ly attire. Oh yeah, we ordered the cape and crown. Maybe we can convince him to scarf down some pizzas as well.
If all this doesn`t sound like fun to you, we don`t know what does.
You can call this Just Another Random Day in Bloomingdale.
When: Saturday, August 6th
Art Walk 12-4 pm
Grand Finale or ``Block Party`` 4 - 6:30 pm
What: Art Walk featuring pop up art installations in lawns throughout the neighborhoods
Artist Village with unique crafts for sale
Live Music in front of Big Bear Cafe, Window`s Cafe and The Firehouse
Grand Finale in front of Rustik Tavern featuring a Pig Roast, Craft Beers, Flamenco music
...and Pizza Eating Contest
Join us this Saturday, August 6th between 12 pm and 6pm for the Third Annual Art Walk in DC`s North Capital Neighborhoods of Bloomingdale, Eckington and Truxton Circle. Featuring ``Pop-up`` art installations that will be in front lawns throughout the month of August, an Artist Village with unique crafts for sale, various venues with live music and much more, this year`s Art Walk is not to be missed. Sponsored by North Capital Main Street and the Pinkline Project, the mission is to bring the community together in an event for all ages to enjoy.
Some call it Block Party, some call it Grand Finale -- oh heck, call it whatever you want -- but we are closing the unit block of T Street NW for some lively music, a Pig Roast and craft brews. A 250 pound pig will be slowly smoked for 24 hours and served alongside roasted chicken, sausage, grilled vegetables and more in an all-inclusive buffet for $15 starting at 4pm. Great Lakes and Heavy Seas Breweries will represent with their awesome craft-brews on site with pints available for $5. A selection of red and white wines will be available for $5 a glass as well.
Come for the food and drink, stay for the entertainment. On stage there will be a lively Rumba Flamenco Band with dancer. In between sets, we`ll host a Pizza Eating Contest during which representation from Big Bear Cafe, Rustik Tavern, Boundary Stone, Solly`s Tavern and soon to open in Petworth, DC Reynolds Bar, will be in fierce competition to put down the most pizzas in our allotted time-span. Come support your local providers of food and drink as they put their skills to the test. And the best part of this, the Prince of Petworth himself will be hosting the contest wearing his ``Prince``ly attire. Oh yeah, we ordered the cape and crown. Maybe we can convince him to scarf down some pizzas as well.
If all this doesn`t sound like fun to you, we don`t know what does.
You can call this Just Another Random Day in Bloomingdale.
When: Saturday, August 6th
Art Walk 12-4 pm
Grand Finale or ``Block Party`` 4 - 6:30 pm
What: Art Walk featuring pop up art installations in lawns throughout the neighborhoods
Artist Village with unique crafts for sale
Live Music in front of Big Bear Cafe, Window`s Cafe and The Firehouse
Grand Finale in front of Rustik Tavern featuring a Pig Roast, Craft Beers, Flamenco music
...and Pizza Eating Contest
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Rustik Tavern seeking witty, droll, clever quotations pertaining to Bloomingdale, Rustik or bars in general for Rustik apparel
See this 7/11/2011 message from Rustik Tavern`s Diton Pashaj:
We`re in the process of finally getting some apparel (t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc) to offer for sale to our customers. We don`t necessarily want to have the generic, regular shirts.... we want to make them a bit witty and personalized.
If anybody would like to submit witty, droll, clever quotations pertaining to Bloomingdale, Rustik, DC or bars in general, we would love to get some input. For any quotation that we use on a t-shirt, we`ll offer a $30 gift certificate to whomever submitted it.
It`s a neighborhood tavern, after all, and we wouldn`t be where we are without our regulars, and their input is very valuable to us.
We`d like to get the quotations by Friday if possible.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
ANC 5C meet-and-greet -- Saturday, 1/1/2011 at Rustik
See this 12/28/2010 message from ANC 5C04 Commissioner John Salatti and ANC 5C07 Commissioner-Elect James Fournier:
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C
Invites You to Meet and Greet all the Commissioners for the 2011-2012 Term at a New Year`s Celebration
Rustik Tavern
84 T Street N.W.
Washington, DC
Saturday January 1, 2010
8:00 pm -- 10:00 pm
And thanks to Rustik`s owner, Diton Pashaj, for encouraging and hosting this community-building event!
Monday, November 15, 2010
two reviews of Bloomingdale`s Rustik Tavern
a) From the Washington City Paper Young & Hungry column
Rustik Tavern’s Unusual Take on Neighborhood Grub
Posted by Tim Carman on Nov. 1, 2010 at 12:18 pm
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2010/11/01/rustik-taverns-unusual-take-on-neighborhood-grub/
b) From the MidCityDC November 2010 issue, Bloomingdale Bytes page
Rustik, Finally:Present And Future
By Amanda Abrams
http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/DCN/Nov/1110/pdf/38_MCDC_1110-web.pdf
I know, the opening of Bloomingdale`s first sit-down restaurant, Rustik, is practically old news by now; the place first opened its doors in late September. But how can I claim to be a true neighborhood correspondent without mentioning the new establishment? Plus, I was personally curious, so I stopped in on a recent sunny afternoon and chatted with owner Diton Pashaj about how things are going.
Pashaj must`ve taken media lessons from his counterpart Stu Davenport, owner of Big Bear Café, down the street: both are circumsaect and humble to a fault when it comes to talking about their businesses. But Pashaj finally admitted with a smile that things are going well. ``We`re happy,`` he said when I asked if the restaurant is busy. ``I wouldn`t say it`s crowded, but we have business every night.``
Most of the restaurant`s early Glitches have been worked out, and he and chef Seth Brady are starting to brainstorm about moving forward ~ maybe expanding the menu, offering brunch with an Albanian flavor (Pashaj hails from Albania), or hosting special evening events.
For now, though, it`s all up in the air. ``We`ll see what the community wants,`` he said cautiously. I got there around 5 p.m. and things were just getting humming: bartenders were starting to stock the shelves, a couple of cooks were standing by the big wood-fired oven, and manager types were milling around. Of his 15 employees, Pashaj says that 90 percent live in the neighborhood ~ and that includes both him and Brady.
It`s definitely a ``think local`` kind of place. Pashaj is planning on adding a tap for DC Brau, a soon-to-beonline local brewery that`s co-owned by a Bloomingdale resident, and he`s uber-friendly with his neighbors, one of whom breezed in while I was sitting at the bar. ``I love it! I come every chance I get,`` said Karen Cotton, of Rustik. When the kids` learning center she`s developing next door finally opens, she figures the restaurant can serve as a parents` waiting room. If all goes according to plan, though, Rustik won`t be the neighborhood`s only restaurant for long.
Another group of Bloomingdale residents ~ Gareth and Matt Croke, and Colin McDonough ~ are moving forward with plans for Boundary Stone, a restaurant/pub just down the street. They expect the place to open sometime around April, as soon as construction is finished and approvals are in place.
Is Pashaj worried about looming competition? Not at all, he said. ``I can`t wait for Boundary Stone to open. When I`m done working, I want to go drink somewhere that`s not my place.``
Rustik Tavern’s Unusual Take on Neighborhood Grub
Posted by Tim Carman on Nov. 1, 2010 at 12:18 pm
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2010/11/01/rustik-taverns-unusual-take-on-neighborhood-grub/
b) From the MidCityDC November 2010 issue, Bloomingdale Bytes page
Rustik, Finally:Present And Future
By Amanda Abrams
http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/DCN/Nov/1110/pdf/38_MCDC_1110-web.pdf
I know, the opening of Bloomingdale`s first sit-down restaurant, Rustik, is practically old news by now; the place first opened its doors in late September. But how can I claim to be a true neighborhood correspondent without mentioning the new establishment? Plus, I was personally curious, so I stopped in on a recent sunny afternoon and chatted with owner Diton Pashaj about how things are going.
Pashaj must`ve taken media lessons from his counterpart Stu Davenport, owner of Big Bear Café, down the street: both are circumsaect and humble to a fault when it comes to talking about their businesses. But Pashaj finally admitted with a smile that things are going well. ``We`re happy,`` he said when I asked if the restaurant is busy. ``I wouldn`t say it`s crowded, but we have business every night.``
Most of the restaurant`s early Glitches have been worked out, and he and chef Seth Brady are starting to brainstorm about moving forward ~ maybe expanding the menu, offering brunch with an Albanian flavor (Pashaj hails from Albania), or hosting special evening events.
For now, though, it`s all up in the air. ``We`ll see what the community wants,`` he said cautiously. I got there around 5 p.m. and things were just getting humming: bartenders were starting to stock the shelves, a couple of cooks were standing by the big wood-fired oven, and manager types were milling around. Of his 15 employees, Pashaj says that 90 percent live in the neighborhood ~ and that includes both him and Brady.
It`s definitely a ``think local`` kind of place. Pashaj is planning on adding a tap for DC Brau, a soon-to-beonline local brewery that`s co-owned by a Bloomingdale resident, and he`s uber-friendly with his neighbors, one of whom breezed in while I was sitting at the bar. ``I love it! I come every chance I get,`` said Karen Cotton, of Rustik. When the kids` learning center she`s developing next door finally opens, she figures the restaurant can serve as a parents` waiting room. If all goes according to plan, though, Rustik won`t be the neighborhood`s only restaurant for long.
Another group of Bloomingdale residents ~ Gareth and Matt Croke, and Colin McDonough ~ are moving forward with plans for Boundary Stone, a restaurant/pub just down the street. They expect the place to open sometime around April, as soon as construction is finished and approvals are in place.
Is Pashaj worried about looming competition? Not at all, he said. ``I can`t wait for Boundary Stone to open. When I`m done working, I want to go drink somewhere that`s not my place.``
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Tom Sietsema reviews Rustik in today's Washington Post Food section
Washington Post's Tom Sietsema reviews Rustik!
Welcomed to the neighborhood
Tom Sietsema
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 3, 2010; E3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110106760.html
Welcomed to the neighborhood
Tom Sietsema
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 3, 2010; E3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110106760.html
Both business owner Diton Pashaj and chef Seth Brady are referenced.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Rustk Tavern Grand Opening Celebration: 10-14-2010
See this message from North Capitol Main Street:
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Rustik Tavern Grand Opening Celebration
An Exciting New Addition to Bloomingdale
Yes, Rustik Tavern at 1st & T Street NW is now Open For Business! Join North Capitol Main Street as we celebrate the Grand Opening on Thursday, 10/14/2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Our small business and Main Street champions -- Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas & At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown -- will be on hand to congratulate and welcome the newest entrepreneur to the neighborhood and you'll want to thank our councilmembers for supporting commercial revitalization in our community and encourage them to continue!
Owner, Diton Pashaj, has already exceeded expectations for his cool space as tavern and Rustik's fabulous Chef is planning a special buffet featuring paella for just $15.
Rustik, as the newest business to join NCMS, is donating proceeds from the Grand Opening to support NCMS' work -- like the Storefront Improvement Program. So stop by and welcome Rustik to the neighborhood. There will be plenty of room (the patio will be open) the music will be hot and the food will be delish . . .
Please RSVP to info@rustikdc.com. The opening is limited to the First 200 - we would love to have you all! Next time we'll make it a block party!
Register to win 2 Washington Redskins versus Philadelphia Eagles Tickets and if you don't win, hey, no problem. . . enjoy your game-night at Rustik Tavern!
North Capitol Main Street is funded by The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and is an officially recognized DC Main Street Program.
Want to see the nice pretty formatted version of this message?
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=tp9zhzcab&v=0011iPQ44HokkqkW7T_-rfs13Jf9UptZ8XcV8wOqeiFacBRmdYEoM5CrUvjplUt3XBiQi7dubZ22NDfq1p7_vegLNAjaWn7Fkz5jsCDOR_QJVE%3D
Rustik Tavern Grand Opening Celebration
An Exciting New Addition to Bloomingdale
Yes, Rustik Tavern at 1st & T Street NW is now Open For Business! Join North Capitol Main Street as we celebrate the Grand Opening on Thursday, 10/14/2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Our small business and Main Street champions -- Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas & At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown -- will be on hand to congratulate and welcome the newest entrepreneur to the neighborhood and you'll want to thank our councilmembers for supporting commercial revitalization in our community and encourage them to continue!
Owner, Diton Pashaj, has already exceeded expectations for his cool space as tavern and Rustik's fabulous Chef is planning a special buffet featuring paella for just $15.
Rustik, as the newest business to join NCMS, is donating proceeds from the Grand Opening to support NCMS' work -- like the Storefront Improvement Program. So stop by and welcome Rustik to the neighborhood. There will be plenty of room (the patio will be open) the music will be hot and the food will be delish . . .
Please RSVP to info@rustikdc.com. The opening is limited to the First 200 - we would love to have you all! Next time we'll make it a block party!
Register to win 2 Washington Redskins versus Philadelphia Eagles Tickets and if you don't win, hey, no problem. . . enjoy your game-night at Rustik Tavern!
North Capitol Main Street is funded by The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and is an officially recognized DC Main Street Program.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
RSVP to attend the Rustik Tavern Grand Opening event coordinated by North Capitol Main Street - Thursday, 10-14-2010
See this message from North Capitol Main Street:
Join us as we celebrate! North Capitol Main Street is coordinating a Grand Opening event at just opened Rustik Tavern on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Our small business and main street champions – Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. & At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown are coming to congratulate the newest entrepreneur in our neighborhood. Owner Diton Pashaj has already exceeded expectations for a well-liked sit-down pizza tavern. .
There will be a special buffet served during the event featuring salads, pizzas and paella (cooked outdoors) for $15. Rustik`s civic minded owners have already become a dues paying members of NCMS and are donating the proceeds from the opening celebration to service corridor projects. The patio will be open, the music will be hot and we all know how good the food is - Stop by and welcome Rustik to the North Capitol Main Street community. Thank our council members for supporting commercial revitalization in our community!
Please RSVP to info@rustikdc.com . The opening is limited to the First 200 – we would love to have you all! The next time we`ll make it a block party!
North Capitol Main Street is funded by The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and is an officially recognized DC Main Street Program.
Join us as we celebrate! North Capitol Main Street is coordinating a Grand Opening event at just opened Rustik Tavern on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Our small business and main street champions – Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. & At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown are coming to congratulate the newest entrepreneur in our neighborhood. Owner Diton Pashaj has already exceeded expectations for a well-liked sit-down pizza tavern. .
There will be a special buffet served during the event featuring salads, pizzas and paella (cooked outdoors) for $15. Rustik`s civic minded owners have already become a dues paying members of NCMS and are donating the proceeds from the opening celebration to service corridor projects. The patio will be open, the music will be hot and we all know how good the food is - Stop by and welcome Rustik to the North Capitol Main Street community. Thank our council members for supporting commercial revitalization in our community!
Please RSVP to info@rustikdc.com . The opening is limited to the First 200 – we would love to have you all! The next time we`ll make it a block party!
North Capitol Main Street is funded by The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and is an officially recognized DC Main Street Program.
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