Beer Tasting and Fundraiser at Beau Thai

A local restaurant is helping out a local non-profit and the end result is that you get to drink great beer. Beau Thai at 3162 Mount Pleasant Street NW is extending a helping hand to Mount Pleasant Main Street. Next week on November 21, Beau Thai's happy hour will benefit MPMS. If you are not familiar with Mount Pleasant Main Street, they host neighborhood events (like the popular movie nights) and organize other initiatives that foster community development or otherwise better the physical and economic state of Mount Pleasant. So, pretty much any idea that makes the neighborhood a better place to live, they've considered working on it.

From the organizers:

Beau Thai Mount Pleasant is hosting a happy hour and fundraiser with Mount Pleasant Main Street on Thursday, Nov 21 from 5 to 7. Come join us for drink specials, flights of local beer and Pleasant Punch. (Facebook Event Page)

Beau Thai Adds Sidewalk Seating

Beau Thia recently added a small outside seating section in front of its restaurant at 3162 Mount Pleasant St NW. They join other neighborhood restaurants with outdoor seating options including Don Juan, Haydee's, Dos Gringos, Pupuseria San Miguel (at least they used to), and soon to be LIA Cafe. Should be really nice this fall, or even later this week once this sweatbox weather breaks a bit.

Beau Thai Opens in Mount Pleasant

Beau Thai restaurant opened on Mount Pleasant Street NW last Saturday. I haven't eaten there, seen the menu, or heard any first person testimonials: I'm just glad to see a new restaurant option for the commercial strip in Mount Pleasant. I did briefly peek inside on Sunday and the interior appears to posses a modern simplicity, which I appreciate. And the entire block smelled great. A good sign.

Beau Thai's Mount Pleasant restaurant is located at 3162 Mount Pleasant St NW - yes, the former site of the temporary library and beloved Super Save Market. They're serving lunch and dinner 7 days a week.The original Beau Thai location is still up and running at 1700 New Jersey Ave NW.

Good luck to the owners and welcome to he neighborhood. Expect a visit soon!

Thai Restaurant Will Open in Mount Pleasant

3162 Mount Pleasant St NW -- Beau Thai will take over the space this year

Big news for Mount Pleasant: The owners of Shaw's Beau Thai restaurant have signed a lease for 3162 Mount Pleasant Street NW. This is the current site of the Mount Pleasant Interim Library.

The city is renovating and expanding the 85+ year old Mount Pleasant Branch Library at 1600 Lamont St NW. That work is scheduled to be finished before summer's end. After the library reopens on Lamont St, 3162 Mt P Street will be made available for Beau Thai. Owners hope to open before the end of 2012. Before becoming the interim library, 3162 (then 3164) was the site of my favorite bodega, Super Save Market.

Beau Thai will join an already eclectic mix of restaurants in the neighborhood including Korean, Salvadorean, Mexican, American, Italian, Guatemalan, and Chinese. The 2012 opening will come just two years after the original location opened at 1700 New Jersey Ave NW. The Mount Pleasant location will serve lunch (yessss) and dinner, include a full bar, deliver to a limited area, and offer "Thai Sunday Brunch." Here's the Facebook page and menu. Looking good for vegetarians, too. 

Great news for the neighborhood.: getting our beautiful library back and a new restaurant as well. Very cool.