And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Neighborhood News Coverage – New Petworth Coffee House Official!
21 January 2009 12:00 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Georgia Ave, Neighborhoods - Petworth, Petworth, coffee
Back in November I mentioned that Petworth was getting a new coffee shop but was waiting on its final permits. Well, I’m happy to announce that Fresh off the Roast Coffee will be opening up its shop at 3917 Georgia Avenue! I haven’t been this excited since Obama’s inauguration…
Ed. Note: Full disclosure Fresh off the Roast is a PoP advertiser.
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21 January 2009 12:06 PM | Anonymous Said:
Great news!
21 January 2009 12:09 PM | Nate Said:
Is it an art gallery? art gallery/coffee house? I am confused. This is about a couple blocks up from the metro correct?
21 January 2009 12:10 PM | Prince Of Petworth Said:
The art gallery is an old sign. I think it used to be a framing shop. It’s just a few blocks north of the Petworth metro and will be a regular coffee house/lounge. Click on the link in the post to see the layout.
21 January 2009 12:24 PM | Nate Said:
Good news indeed. This is near the Wendy’s right? A bit off the beaten path in terms of foot traffic. I’ll definitely support it. I am surprised that noone has bought the Eatmore Fried Chicken and the building next door. It is a stone’s throw from the metro. I actually considered buying (even had it under contract) the building next to Eatmore Fried Chicken.
Does anyone know how the Indian place is doing? I ate there recently. Business was slow. Moroni’s seems to be doing well though.
21 January 2009 12:41 PM | GforGood Said:
Fantastic! Best of luck, we’ll try to frequent there.
21 January 2009 12:48 PM | Brad Said:
Oooh! Exciting. When does it open?
21 January 2009 12:51 PM | Prince Of Petworth Said:
I would guess they’ll probably open in a couple of months or so (depending on how long it takes to complete renovations) and of course I’ll post when I get the word.
21 January 2009 1:26 PM | Kalia Said:
very exciting news! I hope they have lots of seating without the “look at me, I’m on a laptop drinking a latte, I must be important!” types taking them all up.
21 January 2009 1:48 PM | GforGood Said:
Kalia, haha.. good one! As the floor plan seems to indicate there won’t be that many seats, they might need to institute a “no bloggers or lap-top-hipsters” policy!
21 January 2009 4:19 PM | Anonymous Said:
haha so true! I hope they serve drip coffee only and cover all electricity outlets
21 January 2009 4:57 PM | Lela Said:
Nate- what Indian place are you referring to?
21 January 2009 4:59 PM | Prince Of Petworth Said:
The Indian place is called Fusion:
http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/12/a-look-at-some-dishes-from-fusion/
21 January 2009 5:51 PM | Christina Said:
Sometimes my internet at home goes out (like now) and I need access so I can do some work. So I go to a coffee place. I always order food and I’m not doing it to say “hey I’m a hipster look at me I’m important.” In fact, if I were really important my DSL wouldn’t have been out for a week.
21 January 2009 7:52 PM | Anonymous Said:
I thought you’d have more info than just another “Hey, Petworth’s getting a coffee house!” post. Can you spare us the quid pro quo advertising until you have an opening date? “A couple of months away” is not really news, yeah?
21 January 2009 8:04 PM | Lela Said:
Thanks PoP!! I’ve biked past and never slowed down enough to really read the sign.
21 January 2009 8:15 PM | Prince Of Petworth Said:
Well Anon 7:52. The news here is that the location has been announced for the first time. I’m sorry that’s so terribly offensive to you. Previously the owner didn’t want to announce the exact address until the permitting process had been finalized.
21 January 2009 8:16 PM | Christina Said:
Yeesh. Since the coffee house is sort of paying for this website and I’m not, I can deal with an “advertorial” post here and there.
21 January 2009 10:21 PM | coffee hoo Said:
a coffee shop is great addition to the neighborhood, as well as the indian food!! long awaited! as to the 4th grader style comments about ‘hipsters’ and laptops, gimme a break. people need to grow up and love their neighbors: use of a laptop does not convey self importance, and neither does a particular style aesthetic, and most of the folks that hate on that either need to address their own insecurities or their knee-jerk superficial judgemental bias before subjecting us to it. peace.
21 January 2009 11:21 PM | Anonymous Said:
b-b-but you hipsters drink LATTEs. and use LAPTOPs. what purpose besides peacocking could those things possibly serve??
22 January 2009 12:18 AM | Christina Said:
I am reminded again how glad I am that being black is apparently camouflaging my inner hipster. You’ll never spot me, haters!
22 January 2009 8:25 AM | christopher Said:
i wouldnt say that i hate hipsters, or that people with laptops and lattes in coffee shops want to be admired for their coolness. but it is pretty damn annoying when youre unable to enjoy your $9 beverage because a few people decided to set up their home office in a public place!
22 January 2009 8:48 AM | Kalia Said:
wah wah someone called me out about being a tool and I don’t like it! I’m going to rant and rave about how you are insecure…meh. I’m not hipster, meh…
I didn’t call you a hipster…you all did.
And you all assumed I was talking about you. If you go there with your laptop on occassion, whatever, but if you are that dick who thinks you are special because you are sitting there for 4 hours writing your novel drinking your coffee or tea-you know who you are!!! And there are just way too many of you in every coffee house taking up one seat at a 4 top using the entire table space to yourself… GO HOME!
22 January 2009 9:27 AM | Anonymous Said:
If coffee houses started instituting “No Excessive Laptop Use” policies, I never would have seen that godawful Diablo Cody movie.
22 January 2009 10:26 AM | aj Said:
This place is around the corner from my house — hooray! And don’t worry hipster haters, I plan to frequent the place with my BABY. And maybe I’ll even bring in a STROLLER. That would kill the cool faster than fratboy on a Dell in a white baseball cap.
: )
22 January 2009 10:38 AM | Anonymous Said:
aj, haven’t you heard? Babies are the latest hip accessory…. so you will not kill the cool.
22 January 2009 10:41 AM | Kalia Said:
Ugh, babies! Gross!
22 January 2009 10:46 AM | Anonymous Said:
As to people setting up their office in a coffee shop, I agree it’s annoying in a high traffic location like Dupont or Logan … but I think this place is enough off the beaten path (for now … in a few years the path could very well be more “beaten”) that I wouldn’t begrudge anyone who wants to support this place, even if they stay there for 4 hours.
22 January 2009 11:00 AM | e Said:
well apparently the DC-centric coffee shop (ok, that makes me happy) has a blog:
http://cuppajoel.wordpress.com/
“electrical work started yesterday and plumbing starts soon.”
22 January 2009 2:18 PM | Oren Said:
Joel’s coffee is amazing. Head-and-shoulders above counter-culture, as much as I love counter-culture. He’s got that whole building so I think eventually at least there will be enough seating for hipsters with AND without laptops!
24 January 2009 9:52 PM | Eva G Said:
Great! Hope they have lots of seating and it is not like “Big Bear Cafe” in Bloomingdale where one would have to elbow somebody with a laptop drinking a latte over 3 hours from a chair to get a spot….
27 January 2009 10:43 AM | Joel Said:
Hey All, Owner of Fresh Off the Roast here. Sorry that I cannot be more forthcoming about the opening date, but I have learned not to try to estimate the pace of DC bureaucracy. Be assured that construction is moving along well and should be done within a couple of weeks. More than that I cannot say at this point.
While it is my hope to meet the needs of the community, I also aspire to build the best coffee house in and around DC,. a place to truly raise the level of coffee appreciation and understanding. That takes patience and thought and lots of input from customers. So feel free to email me with your ideas and concerns: joel@freshofftheroast.com