Okay, I just spent that last few fcking hours tracking this down and I could have used the time to make actual money, but what the hey? I'm going to put everything down and don't fckng care if some of this has been said before. Just take what you will out of it. So I started with the square footage of Comet which I found here:
http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/11881126/5037-Connecticut-Ave-NW-Washington-DC-20008/
It has 3925 square feet. That would be equivalent to this two story home for perspective:
https://www.houseplans.com/plan/3925-square-feet-4-bedrooms-3-5-bathroom-french-country-plans-3-garage-8851
I'm thinking that house looks pretty damn big, but I need to confirm this two story info. I'm dicking around until I stumble across a site that has CONSTRUCTION HISTORY!!!! Yes, this is what I want. Here it is:
http://commercial-real-estate.findthedata.com/l/113710/5037-Connecticut-Ave-NW-Washington-DC-20008
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
Number of Floors 2
This site gives a lot more information, but it pulls info from County Records so the original construction was two floors and that's where it's stayed. I was thinking maybe the two floors didn't include the basement, but the original construction included a flat roof which it has, and no change in the real estate info. It would seem that if a top floor were taken off, the real estate price would reflect that because the square footage would drop which it hasn't.
As I said this site has more info and includes previous owners. I don't see the Thai Room which was the restaurant before Comet Pizza took over. Not sure why. But it does show Big Cheese LLC and Comet Pizza at the location. Big Cheese LLC is the name of the business, and Comet Pizza is the name they're doing business as. It's confirmed by the liquor license application signed by James Alefantis. The profits are split between the two names. Again, not sure why, but maybe it's a business thing that makes sense to them.
http://anc3f.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5037-Conn-Ave-NW-3-12-2014-Comet-Pizza.pdf
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HomeboyChris ago
The back entrance to this place is so perfect for coming and going discretely. They frequently close down the whole restaurant for private events i guess too. Which i dont get how practical that is, seems like you would piss off customers who show up during business hours and youre closed.
pizzahthrowaway ago
Most low-margin pizza/family places couldnt afford to do that, good thought.