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> Couple months ago I noticed on 8th Street on Capitol Hill signs
> indicating a new Belgian restaurant was opening soon.  I don't know
> its name and can't find any mention of it in The Post or
> Washingtonian.  Anyone know what its status is?

I think I know what restaurant you mean, but for the life of me I'm
blanking on the name. (Maury's?) You'll find it on the west side of Eighth
Street SE, about 200 feet south of E Street SE. (Close to the Eastern
Market metro stop, and *very* close to the Marine Barracks.) I cannot
report on how good it is. But I can attest the renovation was elaborate.
(The space was not a restaurant in its prior life. Rather, it was a
fly-infested grocery store that sold little more than giant bottles of
malt liquor to the local street people.) So I figure at least the dining
room should be nice.  There is also a new Irish restaurant another 200
feet south on the same side of the street, across the street from the
house where the Commandant of the Marine Corps lives.  It would seem there
is a thriving restaurant district growing up around the Eastern Market
metro.

I think you're getting Maury's confused with another restaurant that is yet
to open ("French and Belgian cuisine").  We've been keeping an eye on it,
but haven't been able to learn much.  We did see that the door was cracked
open this past weekend and my wife said whe saw contractors in there working
away....

"Paul Michael Brown" <pmb@his.com> wrote in message
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> > Couple months ago I noticed on 8th Street on Capitol Hill signs
> > indicating a new Belgian restaurant was opening soon.  I don't know
> > its name and can't find any mention of it in The Post or
> > Washingtonian.  Anyone know what its status is?
>
> I think I know what restaurant you mean, but for the life of me I'm
> blanking on the name. (Maury's?) You'll find it on the west side of Eighth
> Street SE, about 200 feet south of E Street SE. (Close to the Eastern
> Market metro stop, and *very* close to the Marine Barracks.) I cannot
> report on how good it is. But I can attest the renovation was elaborate.
> (The space was not a restaurant in its prior life. Rather, it was a
> fly-infested grocery store that sold little more than giant bottles of
> malt liquor to the local street people.) So I figure at least the dining
> room should be nice.  There is also a new Irish restaurant another 200
> feet south on the same side of the street, across the street from the
> house where the Commandant of the Marine Corps lives.  It would seem there
> is a thriving restaurant district growing up around the Eastern Market
> metro.
>

I forgot to say, the French/Belgian place is definitely on the east side of
8th street....

-Matt

"matttt" <matttt@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
news:2vfcc.11364$I66.6255@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> I think you're getting Maury's confused with another restaurant that is
yet
> to open ("French and Belgian cuisine").  We've been keeping an eye on it,
> but haven't been able to learn much.  We did see that the door was cracked
> open this past weekend and my wife said whe saw contractors in there
working
> away....
>
> "Paul Michael Brown" <pmb@his.com> wrote in message
> news:pmb-2501042355390001@max1ka-20.his.com...
> > > Couple months ago I noticed on 8th Street on Capitol Hill signs
> > > indicating a new Belgian restaurant was opening soon.  I don't know
> > > its name and can't find any mention of it in The Post or
> > > Washingtonian.  Anyone know what its status is?
> >
> > I think I know what restaurant you mean, but for the life of me I'm
> > blanking on the name. (Maury's?) You'll find it on the west side of
Eighth
> > Street SE, about 200 feet south of E Street SE. (Close to the Eastern
> > Market metro stop, and *very* close to the Marine Barracks.) I cannot
> > report on how good it is. But I can attest the renovation was elaborate.
> > (The space was not a restaurant in its prior life. Rather, it was a
> > fly-infested grocery store that sold little more than giant bottles of
> > malt liquor to the local street people.) So I figure at least the dining
> > room should be nice.  There is also a new Irish restaurant another 200
> > feet south on the same side of the street, across the street from the
> > house where the Commandant of the Marine Corps lives.  It would seem
there
> > is a thriving restaurant district growing up around the Eastern Market
> > metro.
> >
>
>