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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Tommy Joe's installs signage at new Bethesda location (Photos)
The signs and awnings are up at the new Tommy Joe's Bar and Grill location, at the corner of Norfolk and Cordell Avenues in downtown Bethesda. Here they are lit up at night. Tommy Joe's will open in March.
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How come seeing a sign is "breaking news" but seeing a Facebook post is not?
5:16: I wouldn't call this breaking news, and I didn't. But Woodward and Bernstein didn't exactly get their information from the White House Facebook page.
Their signage may be installed but they can't make it in this spot. It's a horrible setup and Smash burger certainly isn't a draw it's a deterrent if anything. Plus, it's nearly out of business. A second floor bar/restaurant doesn't work that well usually. The two or three prior failures here are evidence of that.
I like that they put the awning over the entry doors to the second floor space, that will be a big help in people being able to figure out how to get up to the bar. It's a small detail, but an important one that the previous two tenants didn't care to do.
5:55: I am in comparison to the other local news outfits, including the Gazette. They've never exposed a single thing, whereas my greatest hits include uncovering an underground fuel spill in Bethesda that was covered up by County and state officials.
The Watergate era was truer journalism in another respect - an outlet had to deliver news to gain readers, rather than simply buying readers through Facebook or Twitter.
That would be better to lease the burger spot as well but their timing won't match up. That building is really not ideally suited for this purpose anyway with the second floor space. It's really not a great design. And the three prior failures (or is it two) in such a short time doesn't bode well for them. If they open and the burger place closes with a big For Lease sign on the window, the public will dismiss the entire building and they're done.
8:41: Very simple - you buy a verifed Twitter account, which costs about $15000, which alone gets you a ton of subscribers through the user sign-up process and fake stature bestowed.
And you drop big bucks into Twitter and Facebook to have them promote your posts and account. At the same time, both platforms make my accounts and posts harder for users to find, because I don't buy followers.
When you hear Buzzfeed or Daily Moron has received $90M in investment capital, that money doesn't go to hire top reporters and fund investigative reporting. It is used to ram their content into the "mail slots" of American social media users, literally as if a newspaper you didn't ask for was put into your mailbox each day.
Well it's a bit tough to knock down a newly built building now. It's got a lot of flaws but it's certainly a lot better than most of the Greenhill Karr one floor renovated spaces.
Perhaps but it wasn't well designed for restaurants in my view. You can't have burger joint or sub shop or whatever on ground floor and nice restaurant, spots bar, whatever on second floor
20 comments:
How come seeing a sign is "breaking news" but seeing a Facebook post is not?
5:16: I wouldn't call this breaking news, and I didn't. But Woodward and Bernstein didn't exactly get their information from the White House Facebook page.
You're neither Woodward nor Bernstein, nothing you've published is comparable to their reporting on Watergate, and Facebook didn't exist at that time.
Their signage may be installed but they can't make it in this spot. It's a horrible setup and Smash burger certainly isn't a draw it's a deterrent if anything. Plus, it's nearly out of business. A second floor bar/restaurant doesn't work that well usually. The two or three prior failures here are evidence of that.
I like that they put the awning over the entry doors to the second floor space, that will be a big help in people being able to figure out how to get up to the bar. It's a small detail, but an important one that the previous two tenants didn't care to do.
5:55: I am in comparison to the other local news outfits, including the Gazette. They've never exposed a single thing, whereas my greatest hits include uncovering an underground fuel spill in Bethesda that was covered up by County and state officials.
The Watergate era was truer journalism in another respect - an outlet had to deliver news to gain readers, rather than simply buying readers through Facebook or Twitter.
How does one go about "buying readers through Facebook or Twitter"?
When John Ashcroft ran in an election against a candidate who had died earlier but who was still on the ballot, the voters chose the dead guy.
Kind of like what happens when MoCo residents compare you to the Gazette.
The awning is a good idea but it looks terrible! McDonalds color scheme with a crappy design. The stickers in the window are disgusting.
Definitely will help people figure out the entrance whereas before it was hard to spot and didn't stand out.
TJ should takeover the Smashburger lease and use all three levels.
That would be better to lease the burger spot as well but their timing won't match up. That building is really not ideally suited for this purpose anyway with the second floor space. It's really not a great design. And the three prior failures (or is it two) in such a short time doesn't bode well for them. If they open and the burger place closes with a big For Lease sign on the window, the public will dismiss the entire building and they're done.
TJ regulars will move over to the new place and Woodmont Triangle residents looking for a nice bar with a great rooftop will also go here.
Hope so! Would be nice to see a place succeed and stick around Bethesda.
This whole building needs to be knocked down - terrible all around!
A total knock down is the only way to stop the bloodletting.
8:41: Very simple - you buy a verifed Twitter account, which costs about $15000, which alone gets you a ton of subscribers through the user sign-up process and fake stature bestowed.
And you drop big bucks into Twitter and Facebook to have them promote your posts and account. At the same time, both platforms make my accounts and posts harder for users to find, because I don't buy followers.
When you hear Buzzfeed or Daily Moron has received $90M in investment capital, that money doesn't go to hire top reporters and fund investigative reporting. It is used to ram their content into the "mail slots" of American social media users, literally as if a newspaper you didn't ask for was put into your mailbox each day.
Well it's a bit tough to knock down a newly built building now. It's got a lot of flaws but it's certainly a lot better than most of the Greenhill Karr one floor renovated spaces.
Dyer is in bed with Karr architecture and wont admit to the flaws of this buildings design.
Perhaps but it wasn't well designed for restaurants in my view. You can't have burger joint or sub shop or whatever on ground floor and nice restaurant, spots bar, whatever on second floor
Wow this sign is ugly. But definitely better to highlight the entrance than what Roof or Urban Heights did(n't) do. What a bad design by Karr.
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