Pro tip: Checkout the ceiling at the Busboys and Poets in DC

So I was killing time at the Busboys and Poets on 5th Street in DC last weekend and I noticed something wild. The whole ceiling is covered in these old, hand-painted signs from like the 1920s. There's one for a shoe repair shop that says "Heels Half Price" with a weird cartoon shoe. I counted at least 15 different ads up there, all faded and peeling. It totally caught me off guard because I was just there for a bathroom break and a coffee. Has anyone else spotted hidden stuff like that in random places?

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wendy3913d ago

ryan369 that thing about the pharmacy ceiling being original is pretty interesting. It reminds me of this old pizza place I went to in Philly, Lorenzo's maybe? The whole back wall was this faded mural from the 70s advertising "World's Best Hoagies" with a giant cartoon sub that looked like a train. Place was a total dive but people kept coming back just to look at that wall, same as people probably go to that Busboys for the ceiling.

ryan3696d ago

I read that whole ceiling is original from when it was a pharmacy back in the day.

the_jordan5d ago

whoa that OG pharmacy ceiling survived all those years? wild