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Uptown Market isn’t the only new business coming to Van Ness soon. In a Facebook post, Van Ness Main Street said: “The news is out! Management confirms an early fall opening for Viet Chopsticks (of VA) at 4304 Conn Ave, here in Van Ness. We’ll keep you updated on the latest news and opening dates. […]
Van Ness How many of the vendors at the Van Ness farmers market (Saturdays through November at 4340 Connecticut Avenue) can say they’ve been on Good Morning America? At least three. Frères Branchiaux – Brothers Gill in French – is three young brothers in the candle-making business. Collin, Ryan and Austin Gill started their business […]
It’s an eleven-day closure for maintenance at Thai Pad (4481 Connecticut Avenue). The restaurant is planning to reopen Friday. (Though it could be a quicker refresh, like the one last February. By the time we reported that temporary closure – Thai Pad reopened!) Speaking of refreshes: That’s what Little Red Fox (5035 Connecticut) is calling […]
“Construction is moving right along, the doors are open almost every day and folks are welcome to take a peek at our progress,” reports Lauren Durkee, Uptown Market’s marketing manager. Uptown Market is still aiming for a late August opening. And it is currently hiring. Uptown needs cashiers, prep cooks, baristas, bartenders, pizza makers and […]
by Marlene Berlin “We failed to celebrate our anniversary last month,” Mark Furstenberg wrote in June about the five years Bread Furst has been whipping up delectable aromas and baked goods at 4434 Connecticut Avenue. Well Mark, we’ve got you beat in the procrastination department. But it’s never too late to acknowledge what a difference […]
by Katherine Saltzman and Forest Hills Connection Closed – but not forever Within days of the fire that gutted St. Arnold’s and The Abbey (3433 Connecticut Avenue) in late June, its owners said they had already started the process of rebuilding. And they are approaching the ordeal with grace and humor. (“The kitchen is ‘toast,’” […]
Uptown Market, the market and restaurant planning an August opening in Park Van Ness, is in the process of negotiating a voluntary agreement with ANC 3F to sell and serve alcoholic beverages in its store, bar and café areas. It is standard procedure for eating establishments that sell alcohol to work out an agreement with […]
by Marlene Berlin I am not a shopper. I have never even been to the Target in Columbia Heights. But I am curious by nature, and that curiosity once took me to a far-flung Wegmans store so I could see what the one going in at the former Fannie Mae headquarters might offer us. So […]
Update: See below for more on Uptown Market’s planned offerings. by Marlene Berlin The people bringing Uptown Market to 4465 Connecticut Avenue introduced themselves to the crowd at the April 26th Van Ness Main Street annual meeting with the announcement that they intend to open the store in August. Santi Zabaleta (owner) and Lauren Durkee […]
by Katherine Saltzman and Forest Hills Connection Van Ness/Forest Hills This Fox has a sweet tooth: Have you visited Little Red Fox’s sweet cousin yet? Sugar Fox (5027 Connecticut Avenue) got a lot of press upon its opening in mid-March. Read more about it in Washingtonian and Eater DC. These are a few of our […]
