Nice scoop from Fritz Hahn: the empty basement space at 1115 U Street NW, formerly occupied by Cue Bar, will be taken over by an all-star group of local nightlife veterans and transformed into a dance club dubbed the U Street Music Hall. Among the owners are ubiquitous local DJs Will Eastman and Jesse Tittsworth, Eric Hilton and Farid Ali of Eighteenth Street Lounge, and Marvin chef James Hilton. Nice to hear that the space, which has been the site of many a failed bar venture and been sitting empty for over a year, will see some new life. There definitely seems like there’s room for something like this on U Street, as well. As Eastman noted when he spoke to Hahn, some kinds of dance nights don’t fit in at either the Black Cat or the 9:30 Club, so this project could potentially fill that void.