Comments on: Finally Some IHOP News – And It’s Good News!

By: weltschmertz

weltschmertz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:07:26 +0000

Sherman Ave, try Oasis Salon (men,s and women’s hair cuts) in the 1300 block of Park Rd opposite the Giant, locally owned, independent . It is next to El Rinconcito – the very first sit down restaurant in CH in 30 years. There is also, I think, still another salon in the 1400 block of Park, one of the upstairs shops. Seems like you may not stray off 14th Street.
CH is more bougie than hip. Unless its hip to be afraid of teenagers.

By: Call me Grammar Fag*

Call me Grammar Fag* — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:10 +0000

Trouble in River City,

The POP comments section is not nearly good enough for your stellar references to musical theatre, linguistic etymology, and sentence structure.

Given that you made me snort multiple times in one comment thread, I’d say you deserve a POP t shirt.

*I’m gay; I can call myself that.

By: Petworth Newbie

Petworth Newbie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:31:15 +0000

There’s an IHOP just over the MD border up Rhode island Avenue in Cottage City (Mount Rainer) at the intersection of 38th & Bladensburg Road. It’s got the worst service on earth (can you interrupt your argument long enough to bring us some menus? Also, there are dead flies in the syrup) The lines at the IHOP in Arlington were blocks long on Sunday morning, back in the days when the only places to go in Clarendon were Rarotonga and Whitey’s (‘91?)

By: Petworth Newbie

Petworth Newbie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:24:00 +0000

I gotta agree that the hipster/disposable income demographic is NOT as strong in CH as, well, a fellow hipster AND homeowner would like it to be. For every 1 hipster reluctantly taking their brunch at the Heights (because it’s not quite hip enough) there are 10 non-hipsters waiting for the 52 bus.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:46:32 +0000

dan,
local business tend toward hipster demographic? whaaaat? think about that good and hard for a while and realize how wrong that is.

i’ll start you off with an easy rebuttal…. nail salons. you think of some more.

By: Dirty

Dirty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:53:38 +0000

Why I even waste my time with you… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Washington,_D.C._riots

South Side Chicago and Baltimore are glowing examples of vibrancy… the parts of these cities that went untouched are still full of the businesses that existed prior to the riots… in DC, massive divestment in 3/4 of the city, obviously the Federal government isn’t going to pack up and move, but nearly everyone else that could, did. Are the before and after pictures of just 6 years ago not telling enough? Can you really not grasp what these neighborhood’s looked like for the 30 years prior to the arrival of the metro? Yet you still expect for old homegrown businesses to be thriving.

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:48:58 +0000

Dirty, just about every city in the country had a race riot in the 1960’s: Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, Memphis, Milwaukee, Detroit, and yes DC.

Using the riot as an excuse is old, tired, and doesn’t fly.

By: Dirty

Dirty — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:11:24 +0000

Do you really frequent areas of other cities that were devastated by the ‘68 riots? Please provide a list of those particular neighborhoods which were devastated then and are vibrant now?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:09:38 +0000

IHOP will probably be nice for people with kids–many DC restaurants don’t even have high chairs. Notwithstanding local is superior to chains sentiment, the local shops tend to be anti-kid, and tend to the hipster demographic. I love hipsters, but families seem like a necessary if you want a real community.

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:48 +0000

Somehow a handful of eatery/drinking places makes a city a mecca for small businesses?

I feel like many of you haven’t lived in other cities, or even visited them. Or are just too defensive about DC out of hometown pride. DC opens chains, and bars/restaurants. That’s pretty much it, with a few exceptions. There’s no foot traffic in some of these places because why would anyone walk there? There’s nothing to even look at, let alone buy. People come for dinner and drinks, and that’s it. Unless they are going to the Mall (DCUSA).