Mexican Restaurant to Open
A full-service Mexican restaurant is coming to Bloomingdale this summer. Washington restauranteurs Anthony Dundas-Lucca and Phil Rodriguez, owners of 1905 Restaurant in Shaw, are planning to open El Camino at 108 Rhode Island Ave. NW, next to Boundary Stone and Grassroots Bakery. Listed at 1,800 square feet, the new eatery will seat nearly 50 patrons both inside the restaurant and on the outdoor patio area. According to Dundas-Lucca, the restaurant will focus on classic Mexican dishes, as opposed to Tex-Mex-style meals.
"We will serve more authentic style Mexican food―much more lighter and fresher," he said. As for drinks, patrons can expect Latin-inspired cocktails and local drafts. "We're hoping to collaborate with local breweries."
Given that co-owner Rodriquez live in Bloomingdale, the owners said that they have been drawn to the budding area for quite some time.
"We're excited to bring high-quality, affordable Mexican food to the the area," said Dundas-Lucca.
As of this writing, El Camino owners are securing a liquor license for the restaurant.
Bloomingdale Helps Swing Primary Election
In early April, Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) defeated Mayor Vincent C. Gray in the DC Democratic primary election, beating Gray by eight percentage points. Critical to Bowser's win was gaining support from the cluster of swing voting precincts scattered throughout the city.
Bloomingdale voters helped to swing the vote in favor of Bowser by razor thin margins: She took Ward 5's Precinct 19 with by 40 votes. At Precinct 135, she won with just 15 votes. In all, less than 23 percent of all eligible voters in the Bloomingdale area turned out on election day.
Believing that the Bloomingdale voters might help swing the election, Democratic candidates frequently courted them.. Bowser hosted a meet-and-greet at Rustik Tavern in May of last year. In October, she kicked off her Ward 5 campaign in Bloomingdale. Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) hosted a meet-and-greet at the home of a Bloomingdale resident in November of last year. Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells hosted several candidacy events in Bloomingdale, including the celebration of his 57th birthday at Boundary Stone. Wells also met with the Friends of McMillan group in September 2013.
Now that Bowser is the Democratic nominee, all eyes will be on her development plans for the city. Currently the chair of the Council Committee on Economic Development, Bowser mentioned that she has reservations about the cost of housing included in the McMillan project.
"There’s still a lot of unrest in the community around the McMillan project and I think it’s going to be important that the mayor’s views on that project are laid out so that the community can understand it," Bowser said in an interview with the Post. "I’ve been concerned about McMillan because of the amount of affordable housing that would be included—I think there needs to be more. I think it has some way to go to meet the community’s approval, but it’s definitely got some ways to go to move forward."
DC Water Closes Section of First Street
DC Water will close First Street between Channing St. NW and Michigan Ave. NW during the month of April as part of its flood-relief McMillan Stormwater Storage Project. According to a release from the city agency, DC Water will construct two underground structures to divert stormwater into a holding tank within the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant and existing trunk sewer. The two diversion structures at North Capitol Street and First Street, along with retention basins on Irving Street, will delay approximately 4.5 million gallons of stormwater from reaching the Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park neighborhoods during heavy rainfall.
DCWater encourages residents to use North Capitol St. as an alternative route for travel on First St.
Elastic Highways Buses on Hold
In a tweet published in March, Fojol Bros owners announced that they are shutting down their traveling carnival food trucks this spring. Over the past few months, the business owners were planning to expand their mobile food company with a new mobile dining venture called Elastic Highways. At the moment, four Elastic Highways retrofitted buses are parked on the parcel of land at the corner of Rhode Island and Florida Avenues NW. Fojol Bros. owners told the Washington City Paper that the Elastic Highways project has been put on hold.
According to Fojol Bros. co-owner Justin Vitarello, the Elastic Highways buses were going to be used to serve diners in the day, while entrepreneurs could rent workspace on the bus during evening hours.
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