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Notice Given of Request for Special Exception and Variance for &Pizza on Barracks Row

Barracks Row Streetscape, Wednesday Morning, Outside Proposed &Pizza Location

Commissioners Frishberg, Peisch, Campbell, Oldenburg and Garrison Vote No on Special Exception for &Pizza

ANC Committee Again Rejects &Pizza for Barracks Row

Over-Saturation and “Near Universal Opposition” of Neighbors Cited

by Larry Janezich

At ANC 6B’s Planning and Zoning Committee meeting last night, Steve Salis of & Pizza made a last ditch effort to appease the ANC and overcome the opposition of nearby neighbors opposed to his plan to open up a mostly carryout pizza place at 405 8th Street, SE.  He made his case during a re-consideration of Salis’ request for an exception to the ban on fast food restaurants on Barracks Row.

CHC has reported previously on the Committee’s vote to oppose the exception and on the full ANC’s decision to allow additional time for Salis to negotiate with the neighbors before taking a final vote on the issue.  See here:  http://bit.ly/1oRbMrK  and here: http://bit.ly/Rsr1Mj

Salis came to last night’s meeting armed with legal counsel and an extensive and detailed list of proposed operating conditions which he offered to make part of a Board of Zoning Adjustment order granting a fast food exception.  The list included conditions Salis said his proposed restaurant would address regarding trash, rodents, noise, odor and cleanliness.  Salis said his list was not exclusive and he remains open to additional conditions.  The application for a special exception was accompanied by a request for a zoning variance necessary for construction of an extension of the building to provide interior space for holding trash, regarded by experts as an essential component in fighting the rodent problem.  Under DC Code, a variance can be granted if the building site has unique features which impose hardship.  A hearing before the Board is scheduled for June 17 on the applications for an exception and a variance.

Nearby neighbors opposed to the exception came with a petition signed by 92 Capitol Hill residents declaring opposition to any more fast food restaurants on 8th Street.  The petitioners also demanded that all new restaurants meet best practices standards (indoor trash storage, state-of-the-art sound proofing of mechanicals, odor mitigation, food delivery from 8^th Street).  Fifty-nine of the 92 signers indicated support for a moratorium on liquor licenses for Barracks Row, an indirect method to effectively put a stop to new restaurants.  A spokesperson for the signers expressed how upset the neighbors are “about conditions which have resulted from the Barracks Row Food Court…a destination attracting suburban residents who are followed by criminals.”  Another resident said, “Conditions are already objectionable – adding any more fast food restaurants is just crazy.”

A list of the restaurants and food outlets on the block in question includes:  Starbucks, Popeye’s, Chipotle, (Kraze Burger – currently not in operation), Pizza Bolis, Tandoor Grill, 7-11, Subway, Old Siam, The Sweet Lobby, and Baskin-Robbins.  Arguably, 9 of these 11 spots depend on carryout food for a large portion of their revenue.

Once commissioners started asking questions, it became clear that the application was in trouble.  Commissioner Ivan Frishberg expressed concerns about issues which Salis’ proposed conditions did not and could not address – front of the house issues about what happens to food and containers after they leave the restaurant – and the difficulty in getting the city to enforce provisions of agreements such as Salis proposes.

Commissioner Dave Garrison supported Frishberg’s concern that notwithstanding any agreement another fast food restaurant is “an inappropriate use of the space, given everything else that’s going on up there.”  Garrison also doubted that the case presented by the applicants demonstrated that the site meets the uniqueness and hardship criteria needed for a variance; instead, Salis’ uniqueness and hardship claim is founded on the proposed use of the building for a fast food outlet, and – “[T]he hardship can’t flow from use.”

Commissioner Phil Peisch, in whose Single Member ANC District the address falls, moved to oppose the application for the exception.  He said Salis’ proposal was a good effort but “it has gone as far as it can go,” and leaves too many outstanding issues.  Peisch said, “I started out deeply skeptical that the block could support another fast food restaurant and that’s where I end up.”  He cited the trash problem and the objections of neighbors, telling Salis, that there was effectively nothing Salis could do to address carelessness and human error or provide any guarantee that a subsequent manager of a franchise operation in that location could be held accountable.

Before the vote on the Peisch’s motion to oppose, Brian Flahaven moved to amend the motion by offering a motion to support the exception with the Salis’ conditions attached.  Flahaven said that Salis had “bent over backward” to accommodate neighbors’ concerns, citing the level of detail in the proposed operating conditions.  He worried that if the ANC failed to approve the exception, the building’s owner will put a restaurant in there as a matter of right.  Flahaven said, “It is in our best interests to support a restaurant who will work with us as opposed to one who is under no obligation to at all.”  The vote on Flahaven’s motion to support the exception failed, 3 – 5 – 1.

Peisch’s motion to oppose the exception subsequently passed, 5 – 3 – 1 with Commissioners Campbell, Peisch, Frishberg, Garrrison, and Oldenburg voting to oppose the exception. Commissioners Flahaven and resident commissioners Brynn Barnett (SMD 10 – Campbell) and Nicholas Burger (SMD 6 – Opkins) voted to support the exception.  Commissioner Nichole Opkins abstained.

A subsequent Peisch motion to support the variance to extend the building for trash containment passed 6 – 2 – 1.  The Committee’s recommendation now goes to the full ANC for consideration at their June meeting next Tuesday, where only the ten elected commissioners will vote.

Gary Peterson, Chair of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society’s Zoning Committee told CHC regarding the exception “we are opposed.  We will wait to send a letter (to BZA) in case the applicant does something to correct the application.  In any event we would want the special exception for only two years to make sure he lives up to his promises.”  As readers may know, the CHRS weighs in on all zoning applications that come up in Capitol Hill’s Historic District.

At the root of much of the ongoing tension between the neighbors and the restaurants of Barracks Row is the tendency of some landlords – not all – to squeeze every last dollar out of their properties regardless of the impact on the community.  Frishberg spoke to this issue last night, correlating the high rents on Barracks Row with low wage and high volume requirements that make all the problems worse.  Flahaven’s admonition about a future restaurant going into 405 8th Street as a matter of right – and the wisdom of working with the devil you know – should not be disregarded, especially in light of DC’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) willingness to overlook ANC objections and voluntary agreements and grant liquor licenses liberally.  On the other hand, moratorium discussions have had traction before and they may well do so again, and it would be wise for Barracks Row landlords to take heed before blunt instruments are applied to resolve the issues of a complicated and evolving commercial corridor.

Two Ways to Ride – Saturday Morning.  (Click to enlarge)

The Past Week and The Week Ahead…..

Bowser Signs Petition to Put Legalization on Ballot, More Bankruptcy Drama, MPD Pull Back

by Larry Janezich

The Past Week

Bowser Supports Putting Legalization of Marijuana on Ballot:  Saturday, DCMJ – the group campaigning to legalize marijuana here – reported that Democratic Candidate for Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilmember Tommy Wells had signed the petition to put the issue on the ballot this fall.  On Sunday, Wells and Councilmember Dave Grosso attended a rally in Stanton Park in support of legalization.  DCMJ reports having more than half of the 23,000 signatures required.  In a related matter, the decriminalization of marijuana (as opposed to legalization) is set to become effective July 17, barring any unexpected recess of Congress.  For more on that, go here:  http://bit.ly/1kQGkd2

More Bankruptcy Drama for the Cervera Restaurant Group:  Katy Stech of the WSJ reported last week that Richard (Ricardo) Cervera misled a bankruptcy court about his personal holdings when he filed for personal bankruptcy last year after a group he was a member of bought the nine Capitol Hill restaurants co-owned and managed by his brother, Xavier Cervera.  For the WSJ story go here:  http://on.wsj.com/1hO1vIn

MPD appears to pull back after ten days of intense deployment on Capitol Hill following two slasher/robberies in mid-May:  Saturday night and during the day today there was little evidence of MPD on Barracks Row or around Eastern Market Metro following the slasher/robberies on May 15 and May 19.  Lt. Eddie Fowler will hold a PSA 109, on Thursday, June 5 at 7:00pm in Southeast Library if residents want to follow-up.  There was a community crime meeting last Wednesday night where residents expressed general dissatisfaction with several aspects of MPD performance.  Rather than focusing on that, several news organizations which covered the event focused on the call for increased street lighting and on advice police gave on ways residents can protect themselves.  For the post on that meeting, go here:  http://bit.ly/1tTTI2N

The Week Ahead:

Monday, June 2

Correction:  June 9,  The ANC6B PUD Subcommittee on the mixed use development at 1333 M Street, SE, meets at 7:00pm on Monday in Hill Center.  The Subcommittee will negotiate a package of benefits and amenities on behalf of the community in exchange for supporting the developer’s request for a change in zoning to accommodate the development.

Monday, June 2

CHRS Historical Preservation Committee meets at 6:30pm at Kirby House, 420 10^th Street, SE.

Tuesday, June 3

ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee meets at 7:00pm, at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Avenue, SE.

Among items on the agenda:

Public Space Permit for Capital Teas, 731 8th Street, SE.

EnvisionCare Health Services, 1426 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, certificate of need to provide home health services.

&Pizza – Special Exception to allow a fast food pizza restaurant – 405 8th Street SE.  (An ABC notice in the window of OXXO Cleaners at this location indicates the owner of the building anticipates ANC approval of the &Pizza request for the exception, or indicates his intention to locate another restaurant at that location by matter of right.)

Wednesday, June 4

ANC6B Transportation Committee meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center

On the agenda:

Discussion of District Department of Transportation’s Performance Parking Community Benefit. Program awards for Capitol Hill/Ballpark District.

Discussion of Office of Planning’s Neighborhood Study on Southeast Boulevard.

Discussion of dangerous and/or problematic 6B intersections.

Wednesday, June 4

ANC 6C Planning, Zoning, and Environment Committee meets at 7:00pm in Capitol Hill Medical Center/Kaiser Permanente, 700 2nd Street, NE.

On the agenda:

Heritage Foundation application for continued use of accessory parking lot.

Concept application for roof top HVAC at 700 Constitution Avenue, NE

Wednesday, June 4

CHRS Summer Membership Meeting and Forum on DC Zoning Regulation Rewrite.  6:45pm, Hill Center.

Wednesday, June 4

Eastern Market Metro Community Association meets with Democratic Ward Six Council Candidate Charles Allen at the Southeast Library, 403 Seventh St., SE, on Wednesday, June 4, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  The meeting is open to anyone who wants to come.  This community meeting is to initiate discussions with our probable councilmember about neighborhood interests and concerns.  EMMCA does not intend for this to be a political forum.

Wednesday, June 4

Watkins Farmers’ Market resumes, 4:00pm – 8:00pm at 13^th and E Streets, SE.

Thursday, June 5

ANC 6B Alcohol Beverage Control Committee meets at 7:00pm, the Hill Center

On the agenda:

John Neal, 1360 G Street SE, 6B06

Thursday, June 5

PSA 107 meets at 7:00pm, Southeast Library, with Lt. Eddie Fowler

Thursday, June 5

CHRS Zoning Committee meets at 7:30pm at Kirby House, 420 10^th Street, SE.

This Empty Pit on 15th Street, a Few Feet North of Independence Avenue, SE, Has Been A Blight on the Neighborhood in the Eyes of Nearby Residents (Click to Enlarge) 

DHCD Director Michael Kelly Takes Responsibility for the Delay in the Project Construction – “My Project Managers Were Asleep at the Wheel.”

The CAG Project’s Nearby Neighbors Came To Voice Their Concerns About the Project

Long-Stalled 15^th Stree,t SE, CAG Project Receives Funding/ Green Light from City Council

Director Michael Kelly of DC’s Housing Agency Accepts Blame for Construction Delay before Group of Frustrated Neighbors

by Larry Janezich

Last night, a meeting of ANC6B’s Hill East Task Force, convened to receive an update on the stalled Community Action Group (CAG) project, started on an ugly note, with hostile questions and aggravated interruptions from nearby neighbors of the CAG project at 124 15^th Street, SE.  In the eyes of these residents, the inactive construction site has become a blight on the community, and they came ready to confront CAG organizers, expressing their lack of confidence in new plans to complete the project and outrage at CAG’s failure to live up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2011 – especially CAG’s failure to engage and communicate with the community.

A 2008 renovation project for an existing building at the site devolved into a collapsed wall.  In 2011, a plan to construct a new structure and a signed MOU with neighbors failed to lead to any construction and, as became clear last night, this stall was the result of nonfeasance of officials at DC’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), a fact which Director Kelly acknowledged in forthright terms.

Kelly, who arrived at the job in July, 2012, nevertheless told the group gathered in the basement of Holy Comforter church that he accepted the responsibility for the delay in the project: “Nine out of ten of the reasons for the delay were my responsibility – and I’ve fixed them.  My project managers were asleep at the wheel.”  The project, he said, is back on track, and his office has committed $3.6 million for construction and “we are ready to cut checks.”

A rough timeline was revealed last night which anticipates two or three months to get the contractor geared up to begin work and a construction period of up to eight months.  A factor which that timeline did not take into account is the need to reapply for building and other permits, which can be a lengthy process.  It is not clear why CAG officials were not aware of this lapse in permits, nor was it clear why their new contractor did not appear at the meeting.  Despite their complaints that they did not receive an agenda prior to the meeting, it should have been obvious what the community was gathered together to hear.

By way of explanation of their failure to live up to the MOU with neighbors, CAG officials told those attending the meeting that they are a small organization with limited resources and the failure to communicate with neighbors was partly the result of their inability to get information from DHCD, as well as a reluctance to pressure an agency that they were depending on for future construction funds.  Former graduates of CAG testified to the benefits of the program and the effect it has had in helping them become contributing members of the community.  The testimonial of one client and several staff members had an emotional resonance that seemed to shift the tenor of the meeting, which featured fewer interruptions after that point.

The Hill East Taskforce resolved to formulate a letter requesting an accounting of expenditure of city funds on the project since 2008 from both DHCD and CAG within 30 days after the full ANC signs off on the letter, anticipated to occur at the June 10 ANC6B meeting.  In addition the letter will address the necessity for revising the existing MOU.  There was consensus that the Hill East Task Force will convene another meeting in six weeks for another update and an examination of updated plans for the building.  The attitude of ANC 6B Chair Brian Flahaven, who ran the meeting and called for order at several points early on, suggested that, while acknowledging the project was going forward, and extolling the important work that CAG does, the community still wanted more answers about the past and the future of the site.

Councilmember Wells Calls on Resident at Last Night’s Crime Meeting

First District Commander Jeff Brown and Councilmember Wells Address Community Concerns on Crime

Some 200 Residents Turn Out for Crime Meeting – the Overflow Stood in the Hall or Watched a Live Video Feed in an Adjacent Room

More of the Residents Who Attended Last Night’s Meeting

MPD Hears from Residents at Wednesday Night Crime Meeting

More Details on MPD Alert “Lapse”

by Larry Janezich

An overflow crowd of some 200 district residents turned out last night for a community crime meeting called by Councilmember Tommy Wells to address concerns about recent violent robberies on Capitol Hill.  Police have linked two and possibly three robberies, the first two being slasher/robberies near Eastern Market and the third a robbery near the NOMA-Gallaudet Metro stop.

Responding to public criticism of lapses in police procedure/technology that resulted in failure of  MPD to alert the community to the first incident on May 15, First District Commander Jeff Brown took  responsibility at the start of the meeting.  He explained that the failure to issue an alert immediately was because the incident, initially reported as an aggravated assault, failed to meet criteria for posting to listservs.  When it was determined later that night that it was an assault/robbery, it still failed to meet the criteria for posting because of the vague description of the assailant.  Human error was involved in the failure to list the event on the Daily Crime Report after an officer completed a review of the data for the report before the data was refreshed.

Brown said that measures had been taken to assure the failure would not happen again, and that a review of the criteria for posting crime incidents to the listservs was underway.  Currently, violent felonies that meet the criteria for tweeting to listservs include robbery, shootings, and stabbings.  It is unclear whether the MPD understands that the community receives such alerts not only, or not even primarily, to keep watch for potential assailants who match a description, but also to discern certain patterns in crime (time, place) in order to alert friends and neighbors and possibly alter their own decisions about how to get home during a certain time of night, etc.

ANC Commissioner Brian Pate has suggested to Councilmember Wells that he call for an Inspector General inspection of 911 call-handling and an internal audit of MPD report-taking procedures/errors.  Pate says, “We’ve heard too many anecdotes about botched reports and 911 calls – quality is inconsistent.”

The meeting received heavy coverage from the local media outlets, including the Washington Post and local television stations.  What was not reported by most of these outlets was the series of complaints issued by residents concerning MPD operations, including racial profiling, police inattentiveness to resident concerns, police focusing on traffic violations, and a wrenching description from a young female resident of Hill East who described the failure of MPD to return phone calls or emails after she was the victim of a hit and run accident near 18^th and C Streets, SE.  Wells termed her account “extremely troubling” and he and Brown assigned personnel to get a fuller account from the woman.

Residents voiced a series of ideas about what could be done to address safety concerns.  These included additional lighting, reactivation of the Orange Hat Patrols, and greater community cohesiveness.  In the latter case, community activist Peter Bug Matthews made an impassioned plea for residents coming together as a community and looking out for each other.

In previous community crime meetings on Capitol Hill, two elements have been routinely aired, and last night’s gathering was no different.  The first was an overview of MPD’s cyclical strategy of devoting extra resources in the wake of community outrage of recent crime, which one resident called “reactive rather than proactive.”  That resident summed it up as follows:  crime spike, community crime meeting and police deployment, reduction in crime, reduction in deployment.

Wells admitted that “deployment is data driven and responds to trends” and said that after a period of decline, the neighborhood is seeing an uptick in violent crime.  Brown said that when he took over the First District earlier this year, one of his first acts was to ask his lieutenants to formulate crime prevention plans.  It is not clear whether these lieutenants will share these plans with residents at the monthly PSA meetings.  PSA 107 (6^th Street to 13^th Streets, SE and East Capitol to Navy Yard) meets at 7:00pm on the first Thursday of the month in the Southeast Library with Lieutenant Eddie Fowler.

The second standard element of such meetings is police admonitions to stay aware of surroundings, avoid making yourself a target through inattentiveness and carrying multiple bags, and don’t hesitate to call 911 in response to any behavior which seems unusual or suspicious.  Also unclear at the meeting was how this squares with resident complaints about MPD behavior when they followed this advice to the letter.

Solar Powered Security Cameras Installed Last Week by MPD Keep an Eye on the Corner of 9th and C Streets, SE, Close to Where Two Slasher Robberies Have Taken Place Recently

The Week Ahead…….Wells Hosts Community Meeting on Crime on Wednesday

by Larry Janezich

Tuesday, May 27

ANC6B Executive Committee Meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center to set the agenda for the monthly meeting of ANC6b on June 9.

Tuesday, May 27

Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) meets at 7:00pm in the North Hall, Eastern Market.

Among items on the agenda:

Market Manager Barry Margeson reports on:

Parking enforcement in the alley behind Eastern Market

Status of Fresh Tuesday

Progress on the off-site parking plans

Progress on hanging a plaque to commemorate the contributions to Eastern Market of John Harrod, founder of the Market 5 Gallery and Kumba Center, originally located in the North Hall. (Eastern Market’s outdoor vendors raised $1600 to have the plaque cast in 2010, and have been pressing the city to mount the plaque in an appropriate space on the wall of the Market since then.  Recently community activist Peter Bug Matthews has joined their effort.)

Wednesday, May 28

Councilmember Tommy Wells and MPD will hold a public community meeting at 6:30pm at Hill Center in response to the recent violent robberies in Ward 6.    QUESTIONS: Contact Kouri Marshall, Senior Advisor & Director of External Affairs at 202.727.8272 orkmarshall@dccouncil.us

Thursday, May 29

ANC 6B Hill East Task Force Meets at 6:30pm at Center City Public Charter School, 1503 East Capitol, to discuss the status of the planned Community Action Group (CAG) building at 124 15^th Street, SE.  Michael Kelly, Executive Director of the DC Housing Authority, is expected to participate in the discussion.  The long-stalled project and conditions at the building site has been a sore point among the nearby neighbors of the project.

The CAG meeting site , scheduled for Thursday May 29th , has been changed to the basement of the rectory of Holy Comforter St. Cyprian Church one block from the school at 1357 East Capitol Street SE. Same date & time. Enter to the right of the main entrance , down 2 steps , into the side entrance

Eastern Market Potluck. “Little Red and the Renegades” started early and played late. The popular regional band played a mix of Zydeco, New Orleans Funk, and World Beat. That’s band leader Little Red (Tom Corradino) on squeeze box.

More than two hundred neighbors turned out for the first of what will be an annual event.

Market Manager Barry Margeson’s pig roasted in a Caja China Roasting Box was well received.

Later that evening

The Week Ahead …..And Photos from Eastern Market’s Potluck

by Larry Janezich

Monday, May

ANC 6A Transportation & Public Space Committee Meets at 7:00pm, (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE) Maury Elementary School (1250 Constitution Avenue, NE).  Chair:  Omar Mahmud.

Among items on the Agenda:

Maryland Avenue, NE, pedestrian safety community meeting with DDOT to be held May 21, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Northeast Library

Request to install stop sign at 13th Street NE and I Street NE (convert intersection to a four-way stop)

Monday, May 19

ANC 6A Community Outreach Committee meets at 7:00pm at Maury Elementary, 1250 Constitution Ave NE (enter from 13th St.)   Chair Elizabeth Nelson.

Agenda:

Review of grant request: Miner ES PTO (athletic equipment)

Tuesday, May 20

ANC6A Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee meets at 7:00pm, Sherwood Recreation Center (10th and G Streets, NE).  Chair:  Jay Williams.

Among items on the Agenda:

Update on status of XII and Cusbah protest hearings.

Update on requests by Little Miss Whiskey’s, H Street Country Club, Rock N Roll Hotel, and Vendetta to terminate their Settlement Agreements with ANC 6A.

Discussion of new tavern license application for Mythology & Lore at 816 H Street, NE

Discussion of new license application for Gallery O on H at 1354-1356 H Street, NE

Discussion of application for later Summer Garden hours by Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar at 1104 H Street NE

Tuesday, May 20

CHRS Board of Directors meets at 6:30pm, Capitol Hill Townhomes, 750 6th Street, SE, second

floor.  Chair:  Janet Quigley

Wednesday, May 21

ANC6A Economic Development & Zoning Committee meets at 7:00pm in Sherwood Recreation Center 10th St, NE.  Co-Chair Dan Golden.

Agenda:

Historic Preservation Board application for placement of cell phone antennae atop existing church at 1301 North Carolina Avenue, NE

BZA approval for special exception from lot occupancy requirements and for variance from court width requirements, as well as HPRB approval for design of two-story addition to rear of existing row house at 1122 East Capitol Street

Wednesday, May 21

ANC 6B Outreach & Constituent Services Task Force Meets at 7:00pm at Hill Center.  Chair:  Brian Pate.

The Carriage House At Hill Center – Future Home of Bayou Bakery

Bayou Bakery To Bring Louisiana Cuisine to Hill Center Carriage, Fall 2014

Restaurant Will Serve Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner & Weekend Brunch

by Larry Janezich

The Washington Post reported this morning that celebrity chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery in Arlington will open a second restaurant in Hill Center’s Carriage House in late 2014 – a long awaited arrival, as the Hill Center has been trying to find a tenant for the building since it opened in November 2011.

The restaurant’s Louisiana cuisine menu will include buttermilk biscuits, beignets, muffuletta sandwiches and will expand beyond the offerings at the Arlington spot where venting regulations short circuit a number of fried dishes.  Counter Culture Coffee is the exclusive supplier for the Arlington outlet, and it’s likely the relationship will extend to the new restaurant.

Guas was an associate pastry chef at Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans before coming to DC in 1998 and to the pastry kitchen of DC Coast.  After a decade of developing dessert menus as corporate pastry chef for Passion Food Hospitality, Gaus opened the rustic and acclaimed Bayou Baker in the Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington.  He is the author of a popular dessert cookbook: DamGoodSweet – Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth New Orleans Style.  He and his cooking has been featured in numerous print and electronic media outlets.

For the menu of Bayou Bakery in Arlington, go here:  http://bit.ly/1nSYX2y

For the Washington Post article, go here: http://wapo.st/1vfnMYv