Wash DC: Area around Ben's Chilli Bowl
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sf...would have taken Metro, but our two other stops that day were not metro accessible. Yes...expensive for chili, but not for the experience. I have spent more and received less pleasure for it. No complaints here. Life is good.
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Parking shouldn't bee too tough. If you can't find anything on U Street at a meter, just drive around a few of the nearby small streets, and you should be able to find something since it will be in the middle of the day. kayd is so right about the signs though. Parking fines have been a hallowed source of revenue in DC for a long time! But even though most streets are restricted for residents, they mostly allow non-residents to park for an hour or two. The neighborhood is fine.
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No, what I mean is, the signs indicate that cars without resident stickers can only park for an hour, or maybe two hours. I'm pretty sure that there really aren't any areas where non-residents aren't allowed to park at all. But if you go over the time limit they will ticket you for sure.
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Residential parking in DC permits cars without a residential sticker to park for up to two hours. Is it possible you were in violation of one of the many other parking restrictions? Of course DC is notorious for issuing unjustified tickets.
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We parked two blocks up on a side street. We didn't see any signs but wondered if it were residential only. We walked a block and there was a meter maid on a segway. Polly asked her and the mm said there might have been a sign on the corner. She said they she would not ticket us but couldn't promise that someone else wouldn't. The parking garage was under reno and we had driven around looking for a parking spot. We took a calculated risk. We lost. I offered to split the cost of the ticket with Polly. It was expensive parking but in the afternoon on a very hot day (almost 90 degrees in April) it was pretty much worth it. That's not a recommendation for others to do the same thing.