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> 
> The most unfortunate thing about Polly's Cafe would have to be its terrible
> location.  U Street is a pit.  It's got more than its share of the city's
> rat population dwelling there, which are only outnumbered by the abandoned
> warehouses/condemned buildings which line this street.  Eat a meal there? 
> I'll stick to the outstanding (and award-winninig) 5 Guys.
> 
> The First Paul

Spoken from the mouth of a true suburbanite in George Allen country, who's
idea of fun is probably staying at home on a Friday night, renting some
stupid Julia Robert's movie, and ordering out for pizza from some mediocre
northern VA grease kitchen. Yes, the U Street corridor is being revitalized
and still has a ways to go. However, it is the hippest part of D.C. right
now and has some cool new restaurants, including the above mentioned
Polly's, Coppi's pizza (which Phyllis Richman loved), Utopia, Republic
Gardens (in which "The First Paul" recently gorged himself with glee on
large quantities of good southwest cuisine), and soon to be opened Nero's
(Italian with an attitude). I have never once seen a rat on U Street, but
did recently see some confused looking suburban boys wondering how to get
to the Source Theatre.