Shaw "Triple Play" Gallery

With a multitude of photographs its difficult to know the best way to showcase and write about yesterdays Shaw restaurant event. Kudos go out to Alex Padro and Shaw Main Streets for putting on a great and unique event. I decided that just a gallery of pictures will give the best vibe of an exciting day as the city's politicians strolled the neighborhood, and introduced DC to three new diamonds in Shaw's (restaurant) crown. Hopefully the pictures speak for themselves;

Alex Padro, Shaw Main Streets, welcomes Mayor Gray and Vincent Orange to Baby Wale

DC's Longest Bar??

Certainly one of the most unique chandeliers in DC, at Baby Wale

Invited guest???

ANC 2F04 Commish John Fanning

Tom Powers, Owner/Chef of Baby Wale does the rounds

And then the speeches (Mayor Gray & Alex Padro, who is also ANC6EO1 Commish)

Council Member Jack Evans

Council Member Tommy Wells

Council Member Vincent Orange

Ribbon Cutting complete - off to the next stop, Thally

GM/Co-Owner Sherman Outhuok of Thally greets Jack Evans and Tommy Wells

Alex Padro and Vincent Orange join the group outside Thally

Then the Mayor, and Gregory A. O’Dell (CEO Events DC) arrive with the main body of crowd

The Mayor brings out the scissors

Ribbon cutting complete. Tasty treats await the guests inside Thally

Then its off to the final ribbon cutting at Mandalay

 

The Mayor stops to talk with Nicole Mires, owner of Pekoe Wellness Center, another new business on 9th Street

By the time Mayor Gray gets the scissors out the crowd has swelled to its largest

Ribbon cutting complete at all three new restaurants

Rachelle Nigro ANC6E04 enjoys seeing the neighborhood grow (and grabs a souvenir)

Balloons and......

Tasty Treats.....

and the days final photo ops

The day ends with a real family vibe at Mandalay. And a very successful day for the neighborhood, Shaw Main Streets and Alex Padro