Hank’s Oyster on the Hill?

Looks like the outstanding Jamie Leeds will open a third rendition of her popular Hank’s Oyster Bar on Capitol Hill.  Perched between Remington’s, DC’s only country gay bar and Mr. Henry’s, Capitol Hill’s long-serving gay restaurant, the new Hank’s will locate in the spot that formerly housed Ba Bay, the contemporary Vietnamese restaurant which closed its doors back in November.  Ba Bay was only opened a year.

Before Ba Bay, the space housed Locanda.  So there is not a good track record with this space and restaurants.  I am sure Jamie will break that curse.  It’s a shame I don’t live on The Hill anymore.  Best of luck to Hanks!

More on Hank’s Oyster Bar

Earlier this month, I wrote about Push Back Against Hank’s Oyster Bar.  Last week, I was alerted to an op-ed by my friend, ANC Commissioner Jack Jacobson, regarding the expansion of Hank’s Oyster Bar.  This piece ran in the Dupont Currant and can be found on his website.  I would like to point out that Jack is the commissioner for ANC 2B04, whose jurisdiction includes Hank’s.

It is a must read!  Double Standards for 17th Street Liquor Licenses

Push Back Against Hank’s Oyster Bar

Yesterday, Tom Hay over at Borderstan.com posted a great piece on push back against Hank’s Oyster Bar wanting to expand to their immediate right, into an empty building.  At first, this sounds eerily familiar to when JRs wanted to expand over at 17th & Church.  But at closer look, it’s a little different.

When Leeds the Way, LLC, the company that owns Hank’s, appeared before the Dupont ANC back in June, to petition terminate their Voluntary Agreement, the ANC took no action.  No action was taken again at the July ANC meeting.

Now, a group of 23 Dupont residents have filed a protest with the Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration opposing the expansion, citing, among other things, the 17th Street moratorium that took effect years ago, and renewed back in 2006.

It will be interested to see which sides prevail.  I say go HANKS!

One last thing — there’s no agenda item on Hank’s so far set for the Dupont ANC’s next meeting, which is next Wednesday.