You’d last about one day in London, where it costs £30 a day just to drive in the central business district. Not park — that’s extra— it’s £30 to drive around town.

> I've read a story a few months back about a restaurant in SE near nats stadium that was forced to shut down street operations and the owner was all sad about it because he was losing his free extension that I guess he felt he had a right to have. Any others that have been shut down or removed?

This was a bar (Walter’s) that had been lucky to survive the pandemic and had done a huge service to the neighborhood by becoming a pop up grocery store during the early days of the pandemic lockdowns. There was no grocery in the neighborhood at the time. This owner did everything the city asked to get their streatery set up and had been operating it for over a year, when the city gave three days notice of required removal during Nats games, just a few days before the season. For a sports bar across the street from the ballpark in the weeks when fans were first allowed back into the ballpark, this was a devastating blow, especially on such short notice. Your shitty, snarky attitude is duly noted, but from my point of view, that bar has a thousand times more right to the space in the street than an out-of-city bar hopper who comes into town every now and then.

Fortunately, Walters and their neighbor Mission were able to reach a compromise with the city and I hope their streateries continue to prosper.