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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Cologne Cafe, Air Conditioned

The last time I was in town, I walked around my old neighborhood--Bevo.

In the stretch of the neighborhood where all the street names turn German--Gertrude, Dresden, etc.--sits a fairly innocuous street named Cologne.

I don't know why, but this small house with an adjacent storefront really caught my eye. Maybe it was the matching green-glazed brick courses at the bottom. The window on the storefront reads "Cologne Cafe, Air Conditioned". Was this once a bar and grill? It would appear so.


The city is littered with the remnants of neighborhood commerce. They each tell a story about their respective neighborhoods. Does any reader know the story behind this one?

2 comments:

miguelito said...

Did your phone die? MP

Matt M. said...

Haha...you use the blog as a contact. Yes, phone is dead. I'm at Tryst in Adams Morgan. Suddenly this blog has turned to Twitter...

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