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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The residential/commercial complex replacing Mazza Gallerie will be ready in a few months.

Trader Joe’s is opening across Wisconsin Avenue in a month or two.

Rumor has it that that big box Trone wine store is opening at Mazza but neighbors don’t want it and are protesting due to the impact on Rodman’s, Magruder’s and that wine store down by Van Ness.[/quote]

Very welcome news re: the Trader Joe’s.  I’m really looking forward to having a TJ’s that I can walk to — and a neighborhood  option for groceries that is not owned by Amazon.

As an update, the Heights Food Hall was pretty empty the last two times I went there, and my favorite stall — Supreme Barbecue— has closed.  I continue to be disappointed that the management never really reached out to the neighborhood to promote what they offer.  If you build it, we will come — but only if we know what you offer and that you’re open.  Sigh. [/quote]

That food hall will be closed within a year, I'm going to guess. It's been completely empty every time I've checked it out. It's a terrible location with almost zero visibility to anyone who doesn't live in one of the surrounding buildings. [/quote]

What’s truly unfortunate is that it also has zero visibility to those of us who actually DO live in one of the surrounding buildings.  I frequently walk through the plaza area where the shops like Bloomingdale’s and Sephora are, and I shop multiple times a week at the Whole Foods on the lower level.  There really isn’t any way that I would know that the food hall is open — and I’m using the area as a pedestrian. Someone driving in the area wouldn’t even realize that the food hall is there.  The space that used to be the entrance to PF Chang’s still looks empty — and that’s the most visible part of the building to pedestrians.  It’s really crazy.  There are thousands of households within walking distance of this food hall — and despite years of planning, and a real need for restaurant options, the project will probably fail — because of a lack of outreach to the surrounding community.   I’m pretty upset about this — especially since it would be pretty easy to reach out to the very dense community living nearby in Friendship Heights Village — and they just haven’t done anything.  [/quote]

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