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Sugar Fox, the new bakery and ice cream shop from the folks at Little Red Fox, is opening this weekend. The hours posted so far are Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 9 p.m. Your assignment: Try it out and report back to us ASAP! Straight from the press release: Sugar Fox 5027 Connecticut Ave Northwest, […]
Bread Furst isn’t the only local lunch spot to undergo a recent renovation. The Hillwood Museum has spent the past few weeks renovating its café. And it officially opens Friday, March 15th as the Merriweather Café. The new space comes with a new menu – the details of which are reserved for the reopening. The […]
I’m Eddie Cano, an Italian restaurant, opened its doors across the street from Politics and Prose in fall of last year. The owners are now seeking the city’s approval for a sidewalk café. One step in the process is getting a permit for use of the sidewalk, a public space. DDOT sent ANC 3F the […]
by Katherine Saltzman Target in Tenleytown Target is opening a Cleveland Park store in April, so this news came as a surprise: Target will also be moving into the former Best Buy location in Tenleytown. The Washington Business Journal was the first to report that Target has signed a 10-year lease with six 5-year extension […]
UPDATE (already!): Thai Pad said on Instagram last night that it would reopen today. It can be unsettling to walk up to a local establishment to find a note on the door. Those notes can be bad news. In this case, the note posted on Thai Pad’s door is about a week-long closure, from Sunday, […]
by Katherine Saltzman Awards season is in full swing And it’s not just about the Oscars. A Cleveland Park business owner and chef has a chance to win the “Next Sous Vide Tastemaker” competition. Chef K.N. Vinod of Indique is a national finalist for his Kerala Shepherd’s Pie, a lamb dish flavored with coriander, cardamom, […]
After nearly 8 years in Forest Hills, Jake’s American Grille (5018 Connecticut Avenue) closed its doors for good on Sunday, January 20th. But before doing so, the restaurant invited the community to a weekend wake. Jake’s wake was fun and now we say goodbye! We are so thankful to our wonderful regulars! pic.twitter.com/CD8hKvtCsF — Jake's […]
Early 2019 is the target for the new ice cream and cake shop from the Little Red Fox team. It will be called “Sugar Fox.” It will look something like this. Sugar Fox will be just down the block from Little Red Fox, which just celebrated five years at 5035 Connecticut Avenue.
As of this week, Little Red Fox has been open for business at 5035 Connecticut Avenue for five years. The business has thrived in ways its owners, Matt and Jena Carr, never imagined. When we opened Little Red Fox at the end of 2013, our goal was to bring a little piece of the Portland, […]
by Katherine Saltzman and Forest Hills Connection Comings and goings in Tenleytown The Tenleytown Best Buy was once a Sears. The long-gone Hechinger home improvement chain moved in next. And before Best Buy signed the lease in the early 2000s, the Washington Post says the building’s owners considered a “car dealership, a data center, a […]
