Twitter:
Media:
- "ANC 5C Votes Against Big Bear Cafe Liquor License"
- "Big Bear Cafe with Booze? Not in my backyard, says ANC 5C"
- "Morning Roundup: Busy As A Edition"
- "ANC5C: Big Bear Cafe Has Been 'In Operation Illegally Since 2007'"
- "A Little More on Big Bear’s Situation"
- "Emails Reveal More Details in Big Bear Cafe/ANC Quarrel"
- "Big Bear Cafe Mauled By Angry ANC Members"
- ANC 5C votes unanimously *not* to support the Big Bear Cafe liquor license at this time
- Bloomingdale’s Firehouse Plans on North Capitol St, NW – Big Bear Cafe Alcohol Application not supported by ANC5C
- Breakfast links: Bears and hogs
- from anc5c meeting, my comments
- Stu's response
- ANC 5C vote on Big Bear's Liquor License
- Deeply Disappointed in Gigi Ransom and ANC 5C
- Fw: [Brookland] Re: ANC 5C on Big Bear Cafe
- RE: Big Bear Cafe
- Fwd: Big Bear Cafe
- Fwd: Big Bear Cafe: Now Including Occupancy Permits- 2006 & 2010
- ANC 5C votes not to support Big Bear Cafe liquor license *at this time*
- Big Bear, Stu's response & why on Brookland List
14 comments:
I can finally breathe easy now that there won't be any of the corrupting influence of liquor in Bloomingdale!
Isn't it great to live in a dry neighborhood?
Good grief, if the ANC won't support a home-grown resident like Stu Davenport and his non-chain coffee shop, who has brought a healthy farmers market into the neighborhhod, then who the hell will it support? I keep hearing about how the neighborhood supports development, even a lot of it like proposed for McMillan, but then the ANC won't support a liquor licens for a tiny corner cafe. This is NOT conducive to businesses coming here!
Stuart is a bully and a luar
The ANC did what it was elected to do. Is the Stu above the law? I think not. The actions of the ANC 5C are commendable. It stood up for the neighbors in the community that are already suffering and would suffer even more if BBC had a liquor license.
One really has to wonder about commenters who make this personal by attacking Big Bear's proprietor for being a bully or liar.
I don't know him, nor do I think one needs to in order to have good judgment about this issue.
I do enjoy Big Bear, and wish it could succeed in other ways. The arguments against that -- parking, trash, etc. -- are trivial and utterly unconvincing.
There seem to be deeper resentments at play here, and to anyone who believes in a tolerant society, it should be deeply disappointing.
I finally went to this Big Bear you speak of in the past couple of weeks.
As a long-term resident of Ledroit Park (being here since the 60s), I really didn't like this place.
The first time I went, there were a bunch of what people call now, "hipster" mid-20 year olds taking up all of the places to eat, while only half of them were actually eating or drinking something.
The second time I went in, the music being played was such a detractor, that I couldn't concentrate on reading my morning paper.
The third time, I basically had enough. Just like the previous two times, there weren't anyone who looked like me, black.
It amazes me how this type of establishment isn't questioned about this. How do you help a neighborhood if you're not a direct reflection of it?
To me, it looks more like a haven for closeted racism, than a place for all individuals who live in this neighborhood to partake in food.
Also, what's with the fascination of taking your laptop out with you? Can't you listen to music at home?
This place isn't for me, and after speaking with my neighbors on V Street, many of us have decided that we certainly don't support this type of establishment that doesn't give back to the neighborhood. Also, we do not like the suburbanization of our block. Somehow, there have been speed bumps placed on our block without the support of many of our residents.
Who is calling these shots? Lifetime residents or people who have just moved in during the past decade?
Since you need at least 70% of the residents on a street to sign a petition before DDOT will put in speed bumps, your comment about the traffic calming being enacted without your or 'many' of your neighbor's consent is simply not true.
Why don't you just come out and say that you don't want anyone moving to Bloomingdale and you'd prefer it to be a crack infested hellhole? That's pretty much all I'm getting from your post.
"Who is calling these shots? Lifetime residents or people who have just moved in during the past decade?"
The neighborhood wasn't doing so well until the influx of yuppies, buppies, hipsters and blipsters.
From DDOT's Speed Hump Request Procedures and Engineering Guidelines, in section IV, part A, no. 1:
"The agreement shall take the form of a petition demonstrating that seventy-five (75) percent of the households of the candidate block or street segment support the installation of speed humps."
But fear not, anon @ 4:01 PM! In section VII, DDOT states:
"Citizens may petition to have traffic calming measure modified or removed and must submit a formal request for the removal."
The petition requires the same threshold of seventy-five (75) percent. Since you feel strongly about the speed humps, I hope to see you out and about on our block collecting signatures for their removal.
anon 4:01 resident that has been here since the 60's,
what are examples of neighborhood businesses that give back to the community in ways in which you approve?
also, i agree with you about speed bumps. long term residents on my block got speed bumps and i hate them. newer residents were not even asked or given the opportunity to protest them.
anon 4:54,
why do you say that the neighborhood wasn't doing so well before hipsters blipsters ( whats that?) yuppies and buppies?
when is it that you think these people influxed and saved the neighborhood?
Also, what's with the fascination of taking your laptop out with you?
"In addition, I object to your crazy clothes, outrageous hairstyles, and loud music, which to me sounds like 'just noise.'"
Well played, good sir: you treated us to an excellent cranky-old-man rant.
YuppieSCUM - I think the Anon meant something along the lines of 'what's the point of pulling out your laptop and listening to music while you eat food? I mean, YOU CAN, do that at home, right?
I actually agree with most, if not all of what the Anonymous poster said.
ward 5 is used to unsustainable public services paid for by residents of healthier areas. an actual business is treading in unfamiliar territory here.
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