sweetgreen bethesda – coming spring 2009

you may have heard that we are opening in bethesda – we found a great space right on bethesda row and we are really excited about it. construction will beginning soon and we will be opening in early 2009.
here’s how it looks now:
      
and here’s what it will look like – preliminary rendering of [...]

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homecoming

hope everyone had an amazing homecoming weekend – nice to see the alums back on campus and the students mostly recovered from noro
things got crazy at sweetgreen (in a good way):

 
hopefully the gorgeous weather will hold out for the rest of the month, already looking forward to halloween…
Kanye West – Homecoming (DiscoTech Remix)

The Virgins – [...]

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raindrops keep falling

if you managed to stay out of the rain on saturday count yourself lucky…after TS Hanna blew through though, sunday was gorgeous and sunny. in spite of M St. being closed due to flooding (guess we’ll have to venture down past wisconsin for our starbucks fix for a while), georgetown was full of people and [...]

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welcome back students

dear gtown,
we’ve missed you guys. the dinner rush feels lonely without the groups of 6 girls trying to sit together on our little bench, the sports teams coming en masse, and of course all the gocards. the crowds of tourists on the weekends just aren’t as much fun as having you all roll in for [...]

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three minutes//to save the world

Today, the 3-minute interview series on DC Examiner featured Nic – here’s the piece.

The 3-minute interview
WASHINGTON – Nicolas Jammet and two of his Georgetown University classmates cooked up the idea for Georgetown frozen yogurt and salad joint Sweetgreen when they were still undergraduates. Now, with business booming, the trio is [...]

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Sweetgreen in the Washington Post/Playlist of the Week

The Washington Post recently ran an article following the tart trend in frozen yogurt, featuring Sweetgreen and profiling some of the other shops that have moved into the DC area since we opened nearly a year ago.
Though statistics for restaurants were not available, national retail sales of frozen yogurt grew 3.5 percent, from $171 million [...]

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sustainability/playlist of the week

sweetgreen featured as a sustainable restaurant

The April issue of The New York Times Magazine was dedicated to taking “a few bold steps to make your carbon footprint smaller.” The Green Issue included a great article by Michael Pollan (famous omnivore and defender of food) called “Why Bother?” Pollan takes on the question of why we, [...]

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Playlist of the Week – June 27th

So it’s Thursday…today’s playlist has our favorite electro tracks from the past couple weeks, so enjoy and get ready for the weekend.
Busy P ft. Murs – To Protect and Entertain (Crookers Remix)

Rye Rye – Wassup (Crookers Remix)

Girl Talk – Play Your Part Pt. 2

Cut Copy – Lights & Music

Hot Chip – Ready For the Floor [...]

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Exclusive Friends + Family List, June 10th Playlist

Sweetgreen is excited to introduce our exclusive friends & family list for summer 2008! We originally planned this for the Georgetown University campus summer community, but we’ve decided to open it up for our loyal blog readers to show our appreciation for all of you who’ve been coming to the site. Please send your name [...]

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06.04.08 Playlist of the Week

Midnight Juggernauts – Road to Recovery

MGMT – Electric Feel (Justice Remix)

Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating

RATATAT – Falcon Jab

Chromeo – Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Free the Robots – Jazzhole

The Kills – Cheap and Cheerful (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Zoot Woman – We Won’t Break

M.I.A. – Jimmy

Lil’ Wayne ft. Jay Z – Mr. Carter

ACDC – Thunderstruck (Crookers Remix)

CSS – Let’s Make [...]

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