Anti-crime programs in the District are heavy on government bureaucracy and short on human interaction, according to a new coalition of neighborhood leaders who see mentoring and directly intervening with troubled teens and young people as more effective.
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Some off-premises programs will fade away, but other new strategies are taking hold
With bars and restaurants around the country severely limited in their onsite offerings for much of the last 18 months, operators tried a variety of strategies to generate revenues from the traditionally profitable alcoholic beverage side of the business.
A handful launched virtual wine tastings and other events; some added food to their menus to comply with local requirements; many tried selling cocktails to go; still others merely discounted their alcohol inventory to move it out the door in bottles.
What many operators have discovered, however, is that consumers are eager to return to their pre-pandemic socializing routines in bars and restaurants in the wake of widespread vaccinations and the decline in COVID-19 infections.
The Point, a huge indoor/outdoor waterfront restaurant, opens in Southwest DC. Photography by LeadingDC.
Most restaurateurs visit their businesses by car or foot. It’s only fitting that Greg Casten, co-founder of the seafood-centric Fish & Fire Food Group, commutes to his brand-new Southwest DC waterfront venture, The Point, by Boston Whaler (and he hopes other river-faring guests will do the same). The massive indoor/outdoor, 500-seat seafood restaurant the first to open at the burgeoning Buzzard Point development is perched at the intersection of the Anacostia and Potomac rivers and flanks a large marina. It’s a quick hop by water or land from Navy Yard, the Wharf, and further down the way, the Georgetown waterfront, where Casten and uncle/business partner Tony Cibel have operated Tony & Joe’s and Nick’s Riverside Grill for over 30 years.