The empty storefront at 3407 Connecticut Avenue, into which a diner could open. Photo by dullshick.

After a few months where we wondered if any business could maintain an open storefront in Cleveland Park, it looks like two of the most quizzically empty spaces in the neighborhood have plans to be filled. Posters to the neighborhood’s ubiquitous listserv have passed on the information that the space at Connecticut Avenue and Porter Street which formerly held a 7-11 could house an urgent care office. (Urgent care next to the new Walgreens? Convenient!). Meanwhile, the former McDonalds at 3407 Connecticut — which has literally been empty for years — could potentially become a diner. A fun place to get some awesome breakfast before or after a weekend matinee at the Uptown sounds utterly delightful.

Of course, it just wouldn’t be Cleveland Park without everything being a humongous ordeal. The board of directors at the Monterey condo building, located above the former 7-11, are looking into legal options to prevent the Urgent Care office from opening. And the diner plans to have a bar, so I’m sure that there will be plenty of the usual “don’t turn Connecticut Avenue into 18th Street” ridiculousness. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: A member of the Monterey Condominium Association Board took to the listserv on Monday evening, stating that the board had “not taken any position regarding prospective tenants for” the former 7-11 space, but that the board has “a process in place” to review what is going in on the ground floor.