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article about:
http://jewishfoodexperience.com/comet-liquors-deli-brightened-neighborhood/ https://archive.is/iHSdC

article excerpts:

Do you remember Comet Liquors in Adams Morgan? Located on Columbia Road between 18th and 19th Streets, it had a distinctive neon sign. Most who remember the business don’t realize it was opened by a Jewish immigrant in 1940 and continued to be Jewish-owned throughout its existence.

When Oscar Gildenhorn opened Comet Liquor, the neighborhood was not yet called Adams Morgan, but the name had caught on by the time Gildenhorn’s son-in-law Howard Speisman took over management 25 years later.

Sidney Drazin bought Comet in 1980. Drazin, a native Washingtonian, had served in World War II and then run a few different businesses before buying Comet. - Drazin was a popular neighborhood personality. One regular told the Post that “Sid was the surrogate parent to all the lost souls of Adams Morgan, all the single people who needed a confidence boost.”

the sign is a historical item --- The iconic neon sign was purchased by a local restaurateur and now hangs at his restaurant, Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Avenue NW. -

there is also a comet liquor store in dublin http://www.thecometbar.ie/off-licence/

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