Panam on 14th street north of columbia heights!!

I mean I personally don't think the pastries are bad, I can't really remember. They might be great. But I know the bread is great (if sometimes very expensive)

maybe, I was at an age where a bagel place was way more interesting than a coffee place...

i think of the coupe as being more in columbia heights (or 11th street if you consider that its own neighborhood). But if you're at the southern end of petworth then it's pretty close by.

They're on the list but I don't really trust that everyone on the list really opposes bike lanes. I think the anti-bike lane people bullied or just lied to places to get them to sign. I'm planning to call a few places to check.

Are you thinking of Whatsabagel? They were around in the park and shop in the 90s. Same owners I think as Bethesda Bagels.

i feel like the odds are pretty good one moves into the Philz space. I have no evidence this will happen, of course. Just a feeling.

They sell coffee but it is definitely not a coffee shop! It's too weird drinking coffee out of a paper cup while sitting at a table with a tablecloth! I mean I am glad they have coffee but it doesn't serve the same function as a coffee shop

Last I heard they were considering staying in Cleveland Park too if they could work it out -- have you heard anything about that?

I consider that block to be Van Ness...I suppose it's just as close to the Tenleytown Metro but being situation around CT ave rather than WI means I think of it as an extension of the rest of van ness. Definitely its own thing (with lots of housing / no retail separating it from the part of van ness near the metro) but until it gets its own name, I call it van ness. Or I call it "the area by politics and prose"

I think the bread is the appeal more than the pastries

Well, they might enjoy working in a restaurant more than working at a grocery store, even if the pay was identical. But I think many restaurants will still pay better and hire more professional staff than a convenience store or a minimum wage employer. And I think many patrons will still continue to tip. Keep in mind that there's nothing forcing restaurants to charge a service fee -- that's just something they came up with during the pandemic (which was justified, I know) similarly to how airlines realized they could charge you for carry on bags. Lots of restaurants won't do it (and many who do it now may cave under pressure to get rid of their fees).

Of course ultimately the voters have set the law and we'll just have to see what happens!

I-82 hasn't gone into effect yet (and when it does, it will be very gradual over a few years). When it is in effect, it will be very reassuring to know that even if a restaurant charges a "service fee" that doesn't go to staff, and if patrons choose not to tip because of that, the waitstaff will still earn a living wage like all other workers in the city.