The New Deal Café recently completed its fund-raising auction, with over 100 offerings and over $14,000 in income to help them weather this long national nightmare for restaurants, especially the ones featuring entertainment. Music at the New Deal attracts people … Read More
If you’ve ever been to a music performance in Greenbelt where dancing is at all possible, you’ve seen Greenbelt’s Dancing Bill in action. But with his recent move to the Seattle area, you won’t see him dancing again, so here’s … Read More
Starting July 1st, the kitchen at the New Deal Café will be operated by local food entrepreneurs Michael and Leah Moon, so naturally Greenbelters are very curious about them. Here’s a short introduction. Michael grew up in Cleveland and attended … Read More
The New Deal Cafe recently announced the BIG NEWS that starting July 1, a new restaurant contractor will begin operating the dining part of the now-23-year old coop.. (Click here to read the announcement if you missed it.) Bar and stage … Read More
A big thank-you to Maryland Democratic candidate for governor Ben Jealous for spending the afternoon with us at the New Deal Cafe, and to everyone who donated their time and talents to the event. It was terrific. On behalf of … Read More
Greenbelt’s New Deal Cafe now has a monthly e-newsletter and I’m posting them here, too – because the Cafe is our Living Room and Night Spot. Selfishly, it’s very important in my life. So I teamed up with manager Heather Brooks … Read More
Another great video by Andy Zmidzinski, this time to raise money for the New Deal’s much-awaited coffee shop. The pitch is short; the quick tour of Roosevelt Center and the Cafe are great, but for this Cafe regular, the best … Read More
I was one of those Karaoke scoffers, having only seen snippets of it in movies and TV, where the singers are often portrayed as drunks. But when Karaoke recently made its Greenbelt debut – at the New Deal Cafe – … Read More
Here’s what the New Deal Cafe’s front room looked like just two weeks ago at the very beginning of the installation of its brand new kitchen. Despite potential chaos in the kitchen, not to mention making the front room … Read More
There was a big crowd at the New Deal Open Mic night for the first-ever performance in Greenbelt of “Roosevelt Rap.” This telling of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s major life events was written by Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist at the Franklin D. … Read More
I walked into the Cafe on a Tuesday night not knowing what to expect but within seconds became a fan of Lipbone Redding here. The small crowd (Tuesday!) obviously agreed. He’s one singer-songwriter-entertainer with gobs of stage presence.
The monthly Reel and Meal events at the New Deal are one of the reasons I moved to Greenbelt not long ago, having attended several over the last couple of years with friends from my old ‘hood and loved the … Read More
In case you haven’t heard, the New Deal Cafe recently beat out the likes of Wolf Trap, the 9:30 Club and the Birchmere in WTOP’s Best Music Venue contest. Seriously. So how did that happen? That a 70-person-capacity funky local … Read More