Shuttered: Hun(over) for Atillas
30 10 2007
It’s a bad sign, literally, when a hastily scribbled sign announces to passers by that your restaurant is closed for renovations.
Atillas restaurant by the Courthouse Metro station is in a prime location, next to packed neighbors like Ireland’s Four Courts and Gua-Rapo, which often have 20 min waits each night, but strangely we have never even seen a single soul in Attilas. Maybe a new restaurant concept in the location is long over due.
We noticed this “Closed for Renovations” sign about a week ago, minus the last line which now proclaims one more week. We will keep you posted, but things aren’t looking good! We put the odds at 50/50 stay tuned!
There seems to be quite a few Ethiopian restaurants in my neighborhood (the Dynasty on 14th St. NW) that never have a customer in them? How do they stay in business? Money Laundering?
Must be a front for something, but I don’t think it is limited to Ethiopian. Near by to you JNo is “Mijet Ethiopian Restaurant” on U street which is actually very good and authentic.