Black plans on using the Takoma Park Farmers Market and to offer meatless options.
Jeff Black, owner of D.C.-based restaurants BlackSalt and Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, thinks Takoma Park is starved for restaurants, according to a Tom Sietsema story in The Washington Post. So Black and his chef, Danny Wells, plan on opening a restaurant at 6937-6939 Lauren Ave., in the space occupied by Video Americain, a longtime Takoma Park landmark, that will be closing. According to the Sietsema story: Still to be named, their modern American restaurant will embrace a dining room, two spots for drinking, a patio, live entertainment a couple times a week and — to absolutely no one’s surprise given Black’s multiple seafood-themed establishments — a raw bar. Wells said in the story he is eager to tap into the Takoma Park Farmers Market …
The video rental store, which has been open for 15 years, caters to all kinds of movie fans.
On a recent Friday evening, three employees at Video Americain discuss the trajectory of actor Joe Pesci’s career. Behind them is a sea of clear DVD cases and behind that is a wall of VHS tapes, which are hardly obsolete here, despite the changes in home entertainment technology. In the kids section of the store, 6-year-old Bella Tilford clutches a Barbie DVD and timidly retreats to a plastic Little Tikes playground sitting between the shelves. Her sister, Elli, 8, talks about the benefits of having Video Americain right down the street from Pizza Movers. She’s a big fan of “Harry Potter,” but she’s been getting into “Spy Kids,” too, she says. Bella and Elli’s mom, Monique Tilford, says she takes the girls to the video store weekly, but …
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11:03 am on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I am sooo glad this article was not going to say the video store was going out of business! (my first knee-jerk reaction on reading the title of the posting before reading the article). I used the store frequently, and encourage others to use it as often as possible to make sure Netflicks, et al (and I have nothing against Netflicks, et al) don't put it out of business. In fact, even if you are a… more ›
Jay Levy
8:22 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
I think Jeff Black is right. Takoma Park needs a higher class eatery than we now have and something like the other two he runs would do it .Or even a vegetarian/organic restaurant would make it big. more ›