Vanishing Georgetown

[Anonymous]

I read the whole thread. Thanks for the memories!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:classic clothing, the used clothing store on M st
commander salamander
laura ashley
that random sex toy shop in Wisconsin
in junior high my friends and i would frequent all of the above on an average saturday afternoon.
(PLus urban outfitters, the gap, benneton, etc)

The Pleasure Chest!

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Anonymous wrote:A French restaurant on one of those streets that crosses the canal. My friend’s menu caught fire from the table candle.

Chez Billy Sud? That's still around!

Cafe La Ruche was in that spot befor Chez Billy Sud

Loved Cafe La Ruche so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Cafe la Ruche!

I lived in Clarendon in 1991 and we used to walk there all the time. I thought it was so elegant.

Clarendon was basically a wasteland in 1991. My girlfriend lived there. We'd rent moves from Erols. There was not much else to do there.

Definitely, but an interesting one, in a grungy kind of way. I lived with my college boyfriend in an in-law suite in a house on N. Edgewood next to a car dealership on the main drag—Wilson. We signed the rental agreement without realizing our place would be bathed with security floodlights every night. We went to Whiteys, Pollo Rico, and Summers a lot and to a little French restaurant on Wilson that had a bird symbol. We missed Bardo’s and that whole scene by just a couple years.

Whitey's was the best.

That is all.

Whitey's was great, but Bardo's or whatever it was before at the old dealership was the best - it would have movies on weekends, and it was really a dive bar.

However, Rhodeside Grill had hands down the best-looking female bartenders/waitresses in the mid-90s - those were some fun nights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read the whole thread. Thanks for the memories!

You are more than welcome; enjoy!

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Anonymous wrote:Cafe la Ruche!

I lived in Clarendon in 1991 and we used to walk there all the time. I thought it was so elegant.

Clarendon was basically a wasteland in 1991. My girlfriend lived there. We'd rent moves from Erols. There was not much else to do there.

Definitely, but an interesting one, in a grungy kind of way. I lived with my college boyfriend in an in-law suite in a house on N. Edgewood next to a car dealership on the main drag—Wilson. We signed the rental agreement without realizing our place would be bathed with security floodlights every night. We went to Whiteys, Pollo Rico, and Summers a lot and to a little French restaurant on Wilson that had a bird symbol. We missed Bardo’s and that whole scene by just a couple years.

Whitey's was the best.

That is all.

Whitey's was great, but Bardo's or whatever it was before at the old dealership was the best - it would have movies on weekends, and it was really a dive bar.

However, Rhodeside Grill had hands down the best-looking female bartenders/waitresses in the mid-90s - those were some fun nights.

Did you know: down in the woods behind Colonial Village, over 100 years ago, there used to be a “red light district ?” Gambling houses and liquor joints too; was supposedly a really rough place.

Even today, the homeless often drag discarded mattress into those woods and camp there.

Wilson was super seedy in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

What was that restaurant where you could have booth with a curtain that closed? It was in Georgetown Park shopping area, I believe or close

[Anonymous]

The dirty little secret is that Georgetown has been taken over by gangs of black retail thieves. It’s so bad that shopkeepers keep their doors locked and only admit people who they like.

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Anonymous wrote:Ah, the French Market! The best potato salad in this or any other universe.

And Georgetown Coffee, Tea, and Spice. Walls of candy. That place smelled soooo good.

And what was the shop near the Christ Child Opportunity Shop that was a warren of little rooms with lampshades, trays, placemats, all the kinds of things old Georgetown would have around the house?

Loved the Georgetown Coffee, Tea, and Spice shop! It was an amazing place.

Are you thinking of Little Caledonia? Near the corner of P street? That was a warren of rooms with household stuff!

Yes!! Thank you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ah, the French Market! The best potato salad in this or any other universe.

And Georgetown Coffee, Tea, and Spice. Walls of candy. That place smelled soooo good.

And what was the shop near the Christ Child Opportunity Shop that was a warren of little rooms with lampshades, trays, placemats, all the kinds of things old Georgetown would have around the house?

Loved the Georgetown Coffee, Tea, and Spice shop! It was an amazing place.

Are you thinking of Little Caledonia? Near the corner of P street? That was a warren of rooms with household stuff!

Yes!! Thank you!

Loved that place too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was that restaurant where you could have booth with a curtain that closed? It was in Georgetown Park shopping area, I believe or close

Mie N Yu

[Anonymous]

La Nicoise - waiters on roller skates
Paper Moon - Pasta in bowls

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Park Mall - when it was actually a mall with an open atrium and a sushi bar downstairs

+1
Such a beautiful mall, too.

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Anonymous wrote:More from the '80s: there used to be a fantastic vintage clothing store just below M on the east side of Wisconsin. Bought my prom dress dress there. I can't for the life of me remember the name.

classic clothing

DP. YESSSSSS!!! Classic Clothing was my first brush with vintage when I was a teen in the 80s. I bought the most iconic oversized tweed coat there. It is what I'm wearing in so many pictures from that era. Very St. Elmo's Fire! God, I miss that store.

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Anonymous wrote:classic clothing, the used clothing store on M st
commander salamander
laura ashley
that random sex toy shop in Wisconsin
in junior high my friends and i would frequent all of the above on an average saturday afternoon.
(PLus urban outfitters, the gap, benneton, etc)

The Pleasure Chest!

+1
We would frequent all of the above too! There was also a really cool record shop sandwiched in between (or near) Commander Salamander and The Pleasure Chest. They would let you pick out a record and listen to it over the speakers to see if you liked it before buying. That's the place I first heard OMD.

The whole area made such a mark on my teen years - I'm sad that my own teens have never experienced it like that.