If you haven't already, take the time to go to Vegetate, as the Convention Center Community Alliance blog reports that the restaurant will be closing at the end of the month.
We're writing with some unfortunate news. Vegetate on 9th Street is going to be closing at the end of this month. Our lease is up and we've decided to look for a new location.
We will let all of you know once we've found a new space. In the meantime, we'll be doing select catered events.
Thank you for all your support over the years. Those of you in the area, please stop by for one last dinner at Vegetate's 9th Street home.
Best,
Dominic & Jennifer
Wouldn't it be great if they could relocate to Bloomingdale? The big yellow building on the corner of First Street NW and Seaton Place NW is just crying out for a restaurant to occupy the ground-floor space.
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That would be an AMAZING space for a restaurant. Cool historic building and tons of potential for outdoor seating. Hope Vegetate or some other entrepreneurs are interested. There is a ton of pent up demand for restaurants in bloomingdale/ledroit area.
The scuttlebutt used to be that the owner of that building wanted to be made part-owner of any business that went in (in addition to landlord!) If true, yet another reason why Bloomingdale remains under-developed...
- N Bloom
People who put their financial future on the line by opening and operating a small business tend to avoid the 20001 and 2002 zip codes. Business management is a formal field of study, and the fact that area residents *feel* that a particular location is great for small business has nothing to do with economic reality.
Stu and Lana at Big Bear certainly proved that it can be done. But that doesn't mean that it makes sense for other small businesses.
I think area residents who want services create an economic reality. We want businesses to come here because we're here.
I would argue that a restaurant is the next logical step in filling in the gaps in Bloomingdale's local business community.
Big Bear Cafe is very racist by the way and certainly alienates people of color.
Why don't they have people of color as workers? Really? In a neighborhood that's majority black? NO BLACK WORKERS?
I feel uncomfortable even walking in there, the eyes that everyone gives me just because I'm black. The fact that the person behind the counter does not approach me in the same manner that they do everyone else, asking what they want.
It's very racist, but you all don't care, you're white and didnt' grow up in this neighborhood.
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