Montmartre, Vous Êtes Mon Petit Napoleon

It seems that the battle is on. Weeks after the closing of La Colline and the simultaneous news that Dupont Circle’s Johnny’s Half Shell would be taking over, another Hill business is moving in to secure the soon-to-be empty Half Shell space. Montmartre, the fantastic French bistro by Eastern Market, is expanding its territory. We’d like to think that it’s a win for the Hill and a slap in the face for Dupont, but — unlike Napoleon’s efforts to secure land — it’s really just a big win for everyone.

While Montmartre’s expansion is great news alone, it’s even sweeter because just a few hours ago, we Hillizens thought we were actually losing one of the few “good” restaurants in our neighborhood to the unwashed 20036’ers. Duncan Spencer’s item in today’s The Hill led us to believe we were going to be forced to start an insurgence campaign on behalf of the neighborhood. Thankfully it didn’t come to that, since DonRockwell.com members were on the case. It turns out The Hill didn’t double check with the restaurant to actually find out the real story. Way to get us all worked up, though.