Author Topic: The Fairgrounds (formerly The Bullpen/Das Bullpen) (Read 3988 times)

e44green · « **Topic Start:** April 09, 2012, 01:32:24 PM »

I was just wondering if anyone got the chance to check this place out before the Red Sox exhibition game on 4/3:

http://foodtruckfiesta.com/fairgrounds-dc-site-photos/

Seems like a much better concept then "Das Bullpen." My pregame spot of choice will always be Justin's Cafe but just was just wondering a few things:

Has Bo Blair expanded the beer selection? I know they have Stella and Boddingtons cans at The Bullpen but was wondering if they may try for a little more variety among import beers.

How were the food trucks? Are prices in line with what they regularly charge or do they jack them up because of their proximity to the stadium?

Thanks in advance for your help.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1:** April 09, 2012, 01:34:44 PM »

I'll be riding past there tomorrow morning and afternoon, but right now it looks like some dump in New Jersey.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #2:** April 09, 2012, 03:20:27 PM »

I was there on 4/3 and it shows real potential. Much more wide open and will have more diverse food offerings with all the food trucks and all. Didn't stick around to see their beer offerings because I had young son in tow.

But it was a work in progress on 4/3. They are still expanding it, you can tell.

But don't get attached to it. I think it's only for this year before development begins on that lot by the end of the year.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #3:** April 09, 2012, 03:21:32 PM »

And the food prices on the trucks seemed in line with what they usually offer.

e44green · « **Reply #4:** April 09, 2012, 03:22:14 PM »

Quote from: Baseball is Life on April 09, 2012, 03:20:27 PM

I was there on 4/3 and it shows real potential. Much more wide open and will have more diverse food offerings with all the food trucks and all. Didn't stick around to see their beer offerings because I had young son in tow.

But it was a work in progress on 4/3. They are still expanding it, you can tell.

But don't get attached to it. I think it's only for this year before development begins on that lot by the end of the year.

Thanks for the response, yeah the Food Trucks seem like they will be a real plus.

The whole area was certainly a very saavy investment for Bo Blair. He will never have to work again once he sells that land.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #5:** April 09, 2012, 03:24:33 PM »

Quote from: e44green on April 09, 2012, 03:22:14 PM

Thanks for the response, yeah the Food Trucks seem like they will be a real plus.

The whole area was certainly a very saavy investment for Bo Blair. He will never have to work again once he sells that land.

Who is Bo Blair. I thought the land was owned by Ackridge.

e44green · « **Reply #6:** April 09, 2012, 03:25:51 PM »

Quote from: Baseball is Life on April 09, 2012, 03:24:33 PM

Who is Bo Blair. I thought the land was owned by Ackridge.

Bo Blair: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/16/AR2009051600058.html

My mistake, according to this article from 2009 he is leasing the land.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #7:** April 09, 2012, 03:27:45 PM »

And here's a Post blog about the Fairgrounds.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-gurus/post/fairgrounds-opens-outside-nationals-park/2012/04/04/gIQAxvzhvS_blog.html

Kevrock · « **Reply #8:** April 09, 2012, 09:35:58 PM »

So is this run by the same clowns that ran the bullpen or no? I'll never support those assclowns after they had a Phillies band a couple years ago.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #9:** April 09, 2012, 09:44:19 PM »

Quote from: Kevrock on April 09, 2012, 09:35:58 PM

So is this run by the same clowns that ran the bullpen or no? I'll never support those assclowns after they had a Phillies band a couple years ago.

Not sure but it looks like total crap. I'll take some pictures tomorrow since I'll be over at that office. It looks like something out of the shipyards of New Jersey.

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #10:** April 09, 2012, 10:01:16 PM »

Quote from: Kevrock on April 09, 2012, 09:35:58 PM

So is this run by the same clowns that ran the bullpen or no? I'll never support those assclowns after they had a Phillies band a couple years ago.

Same owners. I'd boycott them too if I ever went there to begin with.

CALSGR8 · « **Reply #11:** April 09, 2012, 10:33:34 PM »

Akridge owns the property but I think they rented it out to the guy that ran the Bullpen.

Kevrock · « **Reply #12:** April 10, 2012, 10:59:42 AM »

Quote from: CALSGR8 on April 09, 2012, 10:33:34 PM

Akridge owns the property but I think they rented it out to the guy that ran the Bullpen.

Okay, well head over there if you guys are Phillies fans.

Quote from: PowerBoater69 on April 09, 2012, 10:01:16 PM

Same owners. I'd boycott them too if I ever went there to begin with.

lol, pretty much this. They'll really miss my $10 a year I may have spent there.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #13:** April 10, 2012, 11:22:35 AM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on April 09, 2012, 01:34:44 PM

I'll be riding past there tomorrow morning and afternoon, but right now it looks like some dump in New Jersey.

hahahahahaha awesome

PebbleBall · « **Reply #14:** April 10, 2012, 12:17:05 PM »

Maybe I'm high on baseball, but I kind of like the looks of it from JD's pictures. I think it's a cool nod to the neighborhood.

http://www.jdland.com/dc/quickgallery.cfm?qd=120403

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #15:** April 10, 2012, 12:35:03 PM »

I'll post some pictures on the ride home today, but when I rode past it this morning it looked like they were installing glass in some of the empty shipping containers.

jdland · « **Reply #16:** April 10, 2012, 01:05:22 PM »

More info on what the Fairgrounds is going to be here:

http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/3633/Half-Street-Fairgrounds-Shipping-Container-Market-Events/

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #17:** April 10, 2012, 05:41:37 PM »

I'll post the others once I get home but that just shouts poverty tourism/Welcome to New Jersey to me.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #18:** April 10, 2012, 05:44:51 PM »

i never made it over to the other bullpen, but i did make it over to the one right on the corner when you get out of the stadium (original bullpen ... i liked that place). so they are making both bullpens into the fairgrounds ... interesting.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #19:** April 10, 2012, 05:45:22 PM »

Maerskland, USA!

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #20:** April 10, 2012, 05:46:57 PM »

The other one (biergarten) was for grown ups...but any port in a storm, I'd pop in the pop-collar bullpen for a Becks or two while the metro cleared out if the former was closed.

Quote from: hammondsnats on April 10, 2012, 05:44:51 PM

i never made it over to the other bullpen, but i did make it over to the one right on the corner when you get out of the stadium (original bullpen ... i liked that place). so they are making both bullpens into the fairgrounds ... interesting.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #21:** April 10, 2012, 05:48:54 PM »

I'm sure the yuppies will eat it up. Red blooded Americans not so much. Like the Nats, the home opener snuck up on whoever is putting this abortion together.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #22:** April 10, 2012, 05:50:31 PM »

So...WTF is it?! Vegetable or mineral? Food? Booze?

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #23:** April 10, 2012, 05:54:03 PM »

I'll post the other pics once I get home but it currently looks like a giant flea market made of shipping containers, except without anything finished.

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #24:** April 10, 2012, 06:34:52 PM »

The place actually looks kind of funky and original in real life. You will like it when all the food trucks and people roll in.

Don't listen to MDS. He doesn't like anything except Giant Giancarlo Stanton.