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Until now, Nabil has run a one-person shop doing everything. When the café is full of people eating and standing in line to order her made-in-person sandwiches, salads, soups, smoothies and desserts, they sometimes must wait a good 15 minutes. Sometimes the used dishes pile up on a side table. I did it for myself and now its success makes me happy.”
Still, I had always wanted to have my own café so I started this. “But the pandemic and university closings hit it hard. “It was instantly successful and fun,” Nabil said with a smile. He had an undergraduate business degree in business, she in mechanical engineering, but somehow, they found they loved the deli business.Ībout ten years ago they opened a smaller deli café with sandwiches, coffee and smoothies on Wisconsin Avenue – Wisey’s. in classical literature at Georgetown and working at the deli part time. They bought it while her husband was studying for his Ph.D. For more than 20 years, she and her husband have owned the popular Wisemiller’s deli next to Georgetown University at 1236 36th St. and talk. Workmen in overalls, ladies who lunch and not just a few well known journalists and politicians come often (columnist George Will says it’s his favorite lunch place by far). A young man in his twenties and an older woman in her 70s often come around 5 p.m. You don’t see many customers hunched over their computers for hours.
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The walls are filled with artwork and the long tables with tall stools against the windows are piled with magazines and newspapers (including The Georgetowner) that everyone picks up and reads, according to Nabil. Colorful benches with pillows are usually filled with customers sitting in the long afternoon sun on most days - talking. Nabil fixed and painted the once abandoned building, added wood furniture, cabinets and an open kitchen with bold yellows, turquoises, greens.
The large curved windows fronting the sidewalk of the narrow building on 29th Street just doors from M Street and across from the busy side entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel, had long attracted Nabil as a site for her dream café, she told The Georgetowner. And so many say they come here because of me! I never expected that!” to eat and talk – talk about everything! They’re from all different backgrounds, workers, young professionals, shop owners and their staffs. “I have so many regular customers who come in mornings to evenings from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nabil spoke enthusiastically, with her usual big smile, as she turned to her grill and flipped a golden butter-toasted sandwich stacked with hot roast beef slices and melted cheese dripping from its sides onto a plate alongside a small bowl of her rich homemade pumpkin lentil soup.
“I never thought my little café would become such a popular neighborhood hangout,” said Suzy Nabil, owner and some would say “the Spirit” of Say Cheese! at 1132 29th St.
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