New Pub Planned for Shaw - "District Lost and Found" at 1240 9th Street NW.

The Blagden Alley/Naylor Court Association  (BANCA) has announced a new pub coming to 9th Street NW. The pub will be located at 1240 9th Street NW, the building sits between the Long View Gallery and The Colonel - the new construction condo/apartment building  9th and N Streets NW. The floor load will be 99 seats, so it is not a huge establishment.

9th Street View of the new District Lost & Found location

Blagden Alley. Rear/Alley view (property next door is LongView Gallery, you can see skeleton of "Gang of Three" extreme right.)

Below is the statement from Geoff Dawson and Brian Leonard, who own and will run "District Lost and Found". NOTE: This is still early days, much permitting/ABRA etc needs to be done, but the concept looks really cool.....well I think so.

"District Lost and Found (DL&F), locating at 1240 9^th St., NW, will be a neighborhood gathering spot very much in the same style as Nanny O’Brien’s in Cleveland Park. We hope to build a core business that primarily serves our nearby residents. While we will not have a full service kitchen our aim will be to provide a robust selection of snacks and appetizers. We also intend to use our food capabilities from sister businesses such as Ripple and Nanny O’s to provide unique menu items. We will focus on offering a hardy beer and wine menu, with particular focus on the craft beer market.

DL & F will be a perfect place to play board games, meet for a birthday celebration, watch a Nat's game or catch a local jazz, bluegrass or acoustic set.  With a front door that faces the DC Convention Center on 9^th St., we do not believe there will be any noise issues for residential neighbors. We will be sensitive to our neighbors in scheduling trash pickup, keeping our sidewalks clean and responding in a timely way to any issues that may arise.

District Lost and Found, as its name suggests, will recycle, re-purpose and reuse as many items as possible in our eclectic build-out and décor and become a neighborhood resource for recycling batteries, fluorescent bulbs and cell phones. We envision organizing local recycling efforts in areas where the DC government falls short. We will be inventive and creative in finding fun ways to entertain our neighbors—maybe a pop-up flea market Saturday mornings or a donut and beer pairing with Astro Donuts Sunday afternoons. We plan on displaying work from emerging local artists as Bedrock Billiards has done for years, giving 100% of sales to the artists. We look forward to hosting any neighborhood groups in need of meeting space. And we plan to have DC’s first bike valet!

District Lost and Found will be owned and operated by DC residents Brian Leonard and Geoff Dawson.

Brian Leonard has been in the bar and restaurant business for 10 years, beginning at Rock Bottom in Bethesda and moving to Nanny O’Brien’s as the general manager in 2007. At Nanny O’Brien’s, Brian has become a part of the Cleveland Park neighborhood and has operated the business in a sensitive and professional fashion. He is committed to becoming a positive member of the Shaw community.

Native Washingtonian Geoff Dawson has been a bar and restaurant owner in DC since 1992, opening and operating such neighborhood fixtures as Nanny O’Brien’s, Atomic Billiards, Buffalo Billiards, Bedrock Billiards, Iron Horse Taproom, Laughing Man Tavern and Ripple. He has a long-standing record of doing the right thing within the communities in which he operates. Geoff’s late uncle Phillip Abraham was a longtime denizen of Blagden Alley who loved the potential of this wonderful city gem; Geoff is a believer too. Geoff is on the board of Think Local First DC."

Streetscape along 9th Street, from M Street towards N Street, Longview Gallery, DLandF, and The Colonel(under construction)