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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:33 PM Apr 2020

Prince of Petworth: Fado will probably not reopen



https://www.popville.com/2020/04/fado-dc-chinatown-closing/

Yesterday two very close sources told me that Fado would be closing permanently. I haven’t seen confirmation yet on Fado’s social media or website but this afternoon someone shared the following public Facebook post from someone seemingly very much in the know:

“FADO

22 years to the day that Fado opened in Chinatown DC (March 16, 1998), we closed our doors to Coronavirus on March 16, 2020. This week, that closing became permanent.

I’ve sat down to write this and started about 36 different sentences and deleted them all. I kept referencing Coronavirus, when really, Coronavirus has nothing to do with why we closed. Years of dealing with scumbag landlords and untenable real estate laws here in DC is why the pub has closed. But I think the predominant feeling through this pandemic has been grief. Every stage of grief like waves crashing down all times of the day and in different sizes and often unexpectedly. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and for some, acceptance of at least the lack of control and information and acceptance of the unknown.”
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Prince of Petworth: Fado will probably not reopen (Original Post) Recursion Apr 2020 OP
"Years of dealing with scumbag landlords" IronLionZion Apr 2020 #1

IronLionZion

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1. "Years of dealing with scumbag landlords"
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:41 PM
Apr 2020

Douglas Development is one. Rent increases are out of control.

I live here and this is a tough neighborhood for independent small businesses that are not chains. And these issues were long before COVID-19. There are many vacant buildings and storefronts here. Good businesses have closed down and not for a lack of customers.

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