A party was happening in historic Anacostia, Marion Barry’s old domain, on what would have been his 83rd birthday. It was celebrating what he wanted for decades, for Ward 8 to have a piece of what the rest of the nation’s capital had.
By Petula Dvorak Petula Dvorak Local columnist Email Bio Follow Columnist March 7 at 1:10 PM It was yet another fancy-pants event in Washington — red carpet, velvet ropes, fur coats, earpiece guardians of the guest list.“We’ve waited a long time, a long time for this,” said Barbara Clark, in her full-length fur coat, just outside the party room in Southeast Washington, where guests were chanting “Barry! Barry! Barry!” nearly five years after Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry’s funeral.
Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal at Ancient Rivers, a Middle Eastern restaurant he opened in 2017. In this case, it’s the newest Busboys and Poets, a local restaurant chain that is known not only for its vegan tofu coconut bites, but for the coffee house music, open mike events, poetry slams, party spaces and book store.
Every year or so, there’s a story about changes in Wards 7 and 8. More development! More condos! More Airbnb listings!I asked Shallal five years ago when he was running for mayor himself when he was going to bring one of his restaurants east of the Anacostia. He said it wasn’t time. By then, Shallal had already signed a lease for a space along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, in the heart of the historic part of Washington that has long struggled to attract development and commerce. He endured five years of delays and issues with the building to get the restaurant ready for its debut.
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