Please let it not be yet another pizza joint.

ha ha ha. Sit-down Chinese food joint in Bloomingdale. Ha ha ha.

Just wait for them to start installing the bulletproof glass and neon.

I would love nothing more than to see any type of restaurant move in that would allow people to come together. Love the Big bear Cafe and Windows, but we need something a little bit more substantial than a coffee/sandwich shop.

Another Chinese take-out….ugh. That ranks right up there with liquor stores. I think it would be much better to have people stay in one place to eat and interact rather than just take-out.

I wanted to purchase this place to open a NY style – real NY style – pizza sit down joint. But 250K is a lot of money for this shell and out of my budget when you add costs of renovation, etc.

I live a few blocks away and it’s unfortunate that this will turn into another scummy Chinese takeout.

Well there’s not much to go on, but the phrasing “Chinese food spot” would lead me to believe its a take out. Were the phrasing “Chinese restaurant” then I might think its a sit down place. If its a take out, that will be somewhat sad I think, there are many of those already and they tend to be the hallmark of ghetto life. Full disclosure: I have several near my part of GA ave, I do get cheeseburgers at one of them every so often.

On the other hand, I’ve always loved the idea that all over China and S. Korea, business schools are teaching people how to get wealthy by selling substandard foods to fat ignorant Americans.

HipChick, nice skeleton picture, yikes.

I wish that I could say anything would better than nothing, but that just isn’t the case when we’re talking about a stereotypical take out ‘food spot’. I hate to sound like a snob about this, but such a place with bullet-proof glass and giant neon signs would be a step backward for the neighborhood. I hope I’m just overreacting.

I don’t think it’s ignorant to believe that after the failure to develop the firehouse-based restaurant on North Capitol, ridiculous delays in getting Baraki off the ground, and the current ratio between sit-down restaurants and takeouts in the area that a dilapidated corner being transformed into a “chinese food spot” is more likely to serve up mumbo sauce than a fine dining experience.

If I could ask Santa just for one thing…it would be a nice restaurant/bar that my friends and I could walk to in our neighborhood. Having better establishments should also help cut down some of the crime. Hopefully by having more people walking about, people will think twice before trying to take advantage of someone walking alone.

On a side note, I can’t wait for the new bag law to go into effect. Just imagine the outrage that some of people are going to have when buying their singles. Wonder if we are going to see a lot more fashionable homeless bags instead of the usual black plastic liquor bottle cozies that I seem to be picking up constantly. Ore maybe this will cut down on the homeless drinking and littering in general…most likely not.

Beginning January 1, 2010, District businesses that sell food or alcohol must charge you 5 cents for each disposable paper or plastic carryout bag.

The business keeps 1 cent, or 2 cents if it offers a rebate when you bring your own bag.

And the remaining 3 or 4 cents go to the new Anacostia River Protection Fund. DDOE will administer this fund. We will use it to provide reusable bags, educate the public about litter, and clean up the river.

Upon turning from my alley opposite this property I encountered the supposed agent who had just closed on the property. I inquired about the Chinese restaurant rumor and while the agent could not confirm the new owner’s intent there was a suggestion that a dry cleaner could be in the works.

By the way, the new owner is apparently Asian (or, ‘Chinese’ as they’re known in many parts of our Chocolate City…)…