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Busboys And Poets

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Busboys and Poets Headed to Takoma DC

The popular restaurant operates locations in Hyattsville, DC and Virginia.

It's not Montgomery County, but the just-announced Busboys and Poets location in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, DC is almost as good. (Don't hold your breath for a closer location, either—owner Andy Shallal said he is too peaceful to open up shop in Silver Spring.) The popular Washington, DC-based eatery just leased 6,500 square feet in Takoma Central, a mixed-use development at the corner of Carroll and Maple streets, according to a release from Federal Capital Partners and Level 2 Development, the developers of the $36 million rental-retail-restaurant combo.  The Busboys location in Takoma will be the company's fifth and is set to open in spring 2014, The Washington Post's "Capital Business Blog" reported. A location in Northeast…

Elizabeth Forbes Wallace

4:37 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

yeah! A new community center in Takoma Park! Hope they have open mike poetry, story slams, etc there.   more ›

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Busboys & Poets Owner Balks at Montgomery's Scrapped War Spending Resolution

Andy Shallal says he won't consider Bethesda and Silver Spring locations following Montgomery's withdrawal of controversial resolution, the Washington City Paper reports.

Following controversy surrounding the county council’s scrapping of a non-binding resolution petitioning Congress to direct war spending to social programs, Busboys and Poets owner Anas “Andy” Shallal says he won’t consider opening new locations in Montgomery County, the Washington City Paper reports. The peace activist, who opened a Hyattsville location this summer, told the City Paper he had been eyeing the closed Borders Books & Music space in Silver Spring and has also been approached by developers to open in Bethesda. Now, he says, those considerations are off the table. Critics of the resolution said supporting cuts in military spending could have a negative affect on the local economy in Montgomery County. In Bethesda, Lockheed …

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Welcome To Hyattsville, Busboys! (in Hyattsville Patch)

Corbin Dallas Multipass

9:52 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Did the reporter find out if Lockheed open a Military themed restaurant there if we pass a resolution to BOMB EVERYONE? Because I would go to that restaurant.   more ›

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