by Marlene Berlin On Tuesdays in the summer, you’ll often find me at New Morning Farm’s market at Sheridan School (36th Street and Alton Place. And one recent Tuesday, I thought I’d pick up something my daughter, son-in-law and almost two-and-a-half-year-old grandson might like. (I’ll also admit that Mom and Dad were afterthoughts.) So I […]
UDC Van Ness farmers market opens April 19 with a new urban farmer in the vendor lineup
This Saturday, the UDC Van Ness farmers market returns for an extended season with many familiar vendors and some new faces. The newcomers include Quinta Jackson Burns, a 2012 UDC law school grad who began her urban farming journey during the pandemic. UDC says Burns is the first participant of UDC’s Beginning Farmer Program to […]
Food waste collection is now a year-round fixture on Saturdays in Van Ness
The UDC Van Ness farmers market does not operate year-round, but its food waste drop-off stand now does. The Department of Public Works has bins and staff outside the UDC Student Center on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Another change you might have missed is that the sites accept more than vegetable scraps. […]
Business in Brief: Rosedale, a farm-to-table restaurant, opens in Van Ness; New restaurant “Hall of Fame” inductees
by Marlene Berlin and Forest Hills Connection Why did Bombay Club and Rasika founder Ashok Bajaj choose Van Ness for his latest restaurant? In part, his friendship with the baker across the street. Bajaj and Bread Furst owner Mark Furstenberg have been friends and collaborators for decades. And it was Furstenberg who told him the […]
UDC sets April 27 opening date for its Van Ness farmers market
UDC’s farmers market, a partnership with National Latino Farmers and Ranchers, is opening for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27th. You’ll find the market outside of the UDC Student Center from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday until November 16th. Vendors are invited to submit their applications through close of business on March […]
Here are the opening dates for the UDC, Sheridan and other local farmers markets
It’s the other most wonderful time of the year: When the local farmers markets return for a new season, and share their bounties of fresh produce, prepared foods, and so much more. UDC Van Ness market The UDC Van Ness farmers market reopens on April 29th, and its vendors will set up shop on Saturdays […]
From Piggly Wiggly to the Van Ness Safeway to Wegmans: Holiday food shopping past and present
Where are you buying the food for your holiday table? Bread Furst, I’m Eddie Cano, Muchas Gracias and Little Red Fox were among the local businesses taking pre-orders for heat-and-eat Thanksgiving dishes and desserts, and they’ll have special offerings for the December holidays, too. This year, Wegmans joined Giant Food, Whole Foods and the Chevy […]
The UDC Van Ness farmers market is back. Here’s who will be there every Saturday through November.
Updated 4/28/2022 with the list of confirmed vendors, and new hours of operation. It’s fate. It has to be. Last weekend we pulled the last of our tamales stash from the freezer. And not just any tamales. These were Doña Rosa tamales, from the 2021 UDC Van Ness farmers market. We were glad because we […]
Business in Brief: Italian Bar update; Van Ness Main Street planning spring market, summer movie nights; Uptown Theater readying a return?
Help kickstart a new business Italian Bar (5008 Connecticut Avenue), the gelato and espresso-selling venture from the I’m Eddie Cano people, has had to push back its planned opening date. “We’ve been tied up in permitting with DCRA and it’s set our opening date back several months which is costly,” Carolyn and Massimo Papetti recently […]
Farmers markets return to UDC and Sheridan School
New Morning Farm market and the UDC Van Ness farmers market are both opening for the 2021 season on Saturday, May 1st. Also back for the season: the markets’ social distancing rules and mandatory mask wearing. The New Morning Farm market at Sheridan School (36th Street and Alton Place) will be taking online preorders again […]