Comments on: Judging Restaurants – Sangria Cafe

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:35:36 +0000

Almost lived in the Woodner. Was set to move in but during my final inspection saw numerous freshly dead roaches and the big crack in the tub had not been repaired. Opted out and moved elsewhere.

Tried restaurant when it was Sangria and Cafe. Was decent then but not many people there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:37:39 +0000

Were there really shallow wading pools on the roof of this place? Judging from the various aerial photos out there, I don’t see any trace of even an old roof deck, much less some wading pools.

By: Nick F

Nick F — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:41 +0000

Sangria is a Tom Waits song. Perfection. Pick up a Tyler Perry flick on the way out and you have yourself an evening.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:31:08 +0000

Lived at The Woodner in 99 and used to love Fio’s and the pool but haven’t been back since.

By: DS

DS — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:56:22 +0000

I have lived near the Woodner for many years now. Sangria is pretty much alcoholics and MS13. No women seem to ever set foot in there if they don’t work there. The whole building has a creepy vibe. It has seen better days. The half-crazed Woodner sisters who are still rich and still own the place started a pretty major window renovation a few years ago. They never finished, but in classic, boneheaded Woodner fashion, they didn’t bother to finish the front, so it still looks like ass. The rest of the building is pretty much done.

They finally took out the massive satellite dish that was in the parking lot last year. Might have been part of the SETI project for all I know – did I mention the Woodners are strange?

By: vonstallin

vonstallin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:59:17 +0000

A couple of my interns use to live their and told me that UDC have somekind of thing work out so that students can live their for cheap (since UDC dont have dorms)…they have a shuttle system to vaness and my intern would use that to catch the train.

It have alot of potential if the right developer comes in…Nuke the bugs, gut and rebuild.

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:45:20 +0000

Lived there once upon a time. Ate there once when it was Fio’s, which was servicable. Sangria never held any appeal. Ran screaming from building when overwhelmed by the tide of roacheds and bedbugs. Hell on earth.

By: Otis Pl

Otis Pl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:33 +0000

Bedbugs will turn your world upside down and cost you more than the amount of money you save by renting here, trust me…

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:41:20 +0000

The Woodner is a really amazing building. Looks big from the street, but it’s four times as big as that. Check out the satellite view on maps.google.com, uploaded to my flickr: http://bit.ly/VGVob

I would LOVE to rent an apartment at the top of the building looking out on Rock Creek Park. Or maybe even on a middle floor. Hell, the lobby level is a middle floor by the time you get to the back of the building.

But if I were to rent the apartment, it would have to be 1960 again. Not today. No way, Jose.

By: Chris in Eckington

Chris in Eckington — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:38:33 +0000

I lived in the Wooder for over six years; It was a great value, great location, included all utitilities, and was rent controlled! Fio’s, the Italian restaurant that used to occupy the Sangria space, was owned/run by Fio Vasaio, who was indeed from the same family that ran AV’s (which stood for Augusto Vasaio). I went to Sangria a couple of times, last time being spring of 2002 or 2003. It had been opened by a couple, he from Spain, she from the US, and had serviceable Spanish food (comparable to Churreiria de Madrid). Not sure if they still own it becuase I’ve heard they now also serve Latin American food.