The UDC Van Ness farmers market’s May 2nd return was a soft opening of sorts – shorter hours, fewer vendors. The May 9th market sees the return of the usual […]
UPDATED: The UDC Van Ness farmers market reopens for the season on Saturday
Updated throughout with market hours on opening day and beyond, and physical distancing instructions for shoppers. The UDC Van Ness Farmers Market is back at a new location – in […]
Van Ness and Forest Hills Covid-19 business directory
This directory has moved. Here’s where we’re now keeping track (and trying hard to keep things up to date). In partnership with Van Ness Main Street, we are continually updating […]
Business in Brief: Coronavirus updates; Soft openings at Buckaroos; Real opening at Surfside
by Will Fowler “Everyone wants things to go back to normal as quickly as possible so we can resume talking about fun stuff like wine and cheese,” said Calvert Woodley […]
Van Ness/Forest Hills restaurants try to put customers’ minds at ease in uneasy time
Little Red Fox, Sfoglina and other local businesses are taking precautions to protect their staff and their customers. How can we protect them? Some of DC’s biggest restaurateurs predicted in […]
New Morning Farm Market is on hiatus until June – with one exception or two
We received an update from New Morning Farm on March 19th. It is planning a pilot “pop up” food delivery for Saturday, April 4th, and if successful, they will do […]
Market Finds: A popular winter squash is a summer harvest
A month ago, we learned how the farmers market that comes to Sheridan School every Saturday (and some Tuesdays) from June through March manages to produce spring and summer greens […]
UDC’s Firebird Millennium Café now open at temporary 4250 Connecticut location
We knew it as Perkins, for the food service company running the joint. But the UDC eatery temporarily making its home at 4250 Connecticut Avenue is called Firebird Millennium Café. […]
Business in Brief: What’s opening, what’s closing and what’s happening at local shops and eateries
Opening The owner of Comet Ping Pong (5037 Connecticut Avenue) and Buck’s Fishing and Camping (5031 Connecticut) is planning to open a family-friendly, fast-casual Southwestern eatery in January at the […]
Market Finds: Winter greens grown in ‘tunnels’
by Marlene Berlin While shopping recently at the New Morning Farm market at Sheridan School, I overheard them describe growing greens in a “tunnel.” My vision of an underground bunker […]