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This photo, courtesy of U Street Girl, at least shows that the staff of Solly’s is still in a good mood amidst the aftermath terrible taxi cab accident that knocked out one side of the bar’s building. The blog’s author talked to owner John “Solly” Solomon last night during the bar’s first night after the accident — he said, “Well, no one got hurt, so you just gotta laugh about it.” Good on you,…

An arrest is pending for the driver who crashed his cab into Solly’s Tavern last night, an accident that caused several minor injuries and opened up a wall in the U Street corner bar. According to a police report, Afework Berhane, a 42-year-old driver from Northwest, faces arrest for operating a car with a suspended driver’s license and for hacking (operating a taxi) without a license. Berhane could not give a statement to police…