Anthony's Coal-Fired Pizza, the restaurant chain taking over the former Community space in the 7770 Norfolk apartment tower, has completed interior demolition. You can see where the counter in the previous restaurant was located on the floor. Now construction of Anthony's must begin, so opening day won't be anytime soon. They do have a liquor license hearing scheduled for September 19.
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Amazing that none of the previous restaurant fit out could be preserved or refurbished. Community had a nice retro vibe inside, but terrible food, and even worse service.
I concur.
Will BTB be invited to the "soft opening"?
Not going to eat there unless they switch to clean solar-powered pizza ovens. Where do they think they are, West Virginia?
Can someone who is familiar with the setup of a commercial pizza oven tell me if the smoke from the fuel actually comes in contact with the pizza - thus adding to the flavor, or only the air inside the oven? If the latter, this is just wasteful pretense.
I really miss the fragrance of the kitchen ventilator at Smashburger.
So I'm really looking forward to coal smoke permeating our building.
7770 has the best Bethesda apartment building review intro on Yelp:
"First of all, my neighbor fired an unregistered weapon and it penetrated two of my walls. A detective and a ballistics expert both told me that night that I almost died."
One vacant space filled and then we have two more vacancies- Tapp'd and Worldwide Tacos.
Looking forward to Yen Lo's Yak Dung-Fired Pizza!
Dyer - where will you be spending most of your time now that 8chan has been taken down?
Sadly, Dyer's GAB profile is no longer public. But he closed that barn door long after the horses were gone.
@ 9:32 - Did Dyer ever write a manifesto on 8chan? If so, time to get that conceal permit!
Ok for an older white dude to wear a "do rag"?
I’m guessing the county is doing the usual permitting run around. Opening a biz in the county is arduous for the best of tenants even with sophisticated professionals running the application process. And that’s one reason moco is discourages businesses from opening.
Lots of the lengthy permitting process is for health inspections and the validation of code compliance. I’m not sure I would be willing to risk food poisoning, or worse, to get a restaurant open a few weeks earlier. Restaurant kitchens and cooking ventilation and fire protection are very complicated, and require multiple tests after completion, usually with smoke bombs to measure ventilation. Refrigeration systems also require extensive testing to assure heath department approvals. Lots of developers underestimate this process, and can’t open as early as promised.
3:42 you are pontificating. You obviously have never suffered at the hands the lazy, extra fee charging, obfuscating bureaucrats who willfully
delay permitting. Small tenants barely has a chance , the process often takes 6 to twelve months.
And now the council wants investigate what impact the regs have on the system.
Speaking of which , Elrich the socialist is now contemplating taking over the cannibis business just the county runs the liquor program.
He will “F”” that up too. He is running out of areas to tax.
7:45PM speaking of pontificating....project much?
Anna, Not pontificating, accurate real life experience, howz about your experience?
I've never had any permitting problems, but I sure know they exist. From building repair to restaurant to medical offices they exist.
I'm just not sure I agree with your descriptive words, but from what I hear, the process you describe is often accurate.
I'm assuming the permitting delays 7:45pm describes is why it takes so long to see a new business open in MoCo.
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