New Restaurant(s) in Petworth

So, I heard that Marvin, that great Belgian restaurant on 14th St, NW has applied to open another one in Petworth!!
There must be something to it there!
Those 2 brand new apartments right on top of the Metro may perhaps be a telling story about the neighborhood.
I also know that the owners of U Street Cafe and Tynan Coffee and Tea have also applied for permits to open a full service restaurant right inside Park Place, the New apartment building on the corner of Quincy and Georgia. The name has yet to be determined and this will be a new venture for them, since U Street Cafe and Tynan are not quite full service.
U street Cafe has made great strides in improving their menu items such as homemade Mac n Cheese, homemade Tuna salad, chicken salad and eggnog latte/chai.
If you like the improvements you will also like the new Restaurant.
The same GM at U Street Cafe, who is a former chef, will be designing the menu and overseeing the kitchen operations.
His stint at Mt Vernon Inn (9yrs), Black's Bar and Kitchen, Greenwood's, says a lot of the expected menu style: Updated southern cuisine.
His past favorites: Shrimp and Grits - well, he uses Polenta for smoother texture and shrimp in creamy succotash spiked with bacon bits.......yum! let's see if he will re-produce that.
Nut crusted fish, like salmon, Halibut and Seabass.
In any case the excitement is there for Petworth with Marvin and the Tynan group moving in.