Taste of 8th Saturday, April 28th, 1-4PM
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2012 Taste of 8th: 21 Barracks Row Restaurants Plus Zagat
 Join us this Saturday on Barracks Row for Taste of 8th 2012 from 1-4PM. The forecast for Saturday, April 28 is sunny with a high of 68 degrees! This year 21 restaurants will offer a round-the-world selection of cuisines.
Zagat Surveys, LLC and CSX, are the signature event sponsors.
Universally respected for their easy-to-use Zagat pocket guides containing balanced reviews of local restaurants and entertainment, Zagat will be conducting laptop surveys of DC night clubs during Taste of 8th at Tabula Rasa, the new boutique event space located at 731 8th Street, SE. CSX, the predominant freight rail line east of the Mississippi River and one of the largest freight rail lines in the United States is planning the modernization of their tunnel line through southeast Capitol Hill.
Belga Cafe, is ticket sponsor of Taste of 8th. On the reverse side of all Taste of 8th ticket stubs is an offer by Belga Cafe to provide the holder with one Stella Artois free with the purchase of dinner until Labor Day. Chat's Liquors and Coldwell Banker are neighborhood sponsors of Taste of 8th.
Restaurants participating in Taste of 8th 2012 include: Banana Café; Belga Cafe; Café 8; Cava Mezze; Capitol Hill Tandoor; Chat's Liquors, The Chesapeake Room; DC3; Fusion Grill; Hello Cupcake; Las Placitas; Lavagna; Matchbox; Old Siam; Senart's Oyster and Chop House; Spring Mill Bread; Sweet Lobby; Ted's Bulletin; The Ugly Mug; Trattoria Alberto; and Zest Bistro.
Tickets are $5.00 each or 4 for $20.00. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.barracksrow.org or during the event at the ticket booth at 8th and G Street. Online tickets purchase is encouraged, in the past this event has sold out quickly!
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Mural Nearing Completion
Mural Under Freeway Reflects History of 8th Street, SE
 
Above left, is one of the images on the final panel of the 8th Street, SE, tunnel mural. In the center of this panel DC Fire Department, Engine 18, 414 8th Street, SE, is depicted driving a fire truck along 8th Street with an American flag flying from the rear of the truck. The large buildings depicted on the panel are Shakespeare Theatre Administration (former Odd Fellow's Hall) to extreme left, and Banana Cafe to extreme right. Look closely and you'll discover many other familiar landmarks.
Above right is one of the "waterfall" panels mounted to the upright columns on the 295-395 freeway facing I Street, SE. The mural process began five years ago. In 2010 and 2011 permits were finally received from the Federal Highway Administration, District Department Of Transportation and the Commission on Fine Arts, and work progressed as weather permitted. The mural is expected to be completed next week with a ribbon cutting in mid-May.
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