Child’s Play has a new owner: Or, in their words, a new chief happiness officer. “As you may have heard, we recently sold Child’s Play Toys & Books,” Simmie Kerman, […]
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Real estate updates from ANC 3F’s Sept. meeting: UDC retail “starting to fill in,” and developer Jair Lynch has Days Inn property under contract
ANC 3F had a jam-packed agenda at its September 20th meeting, which you can watch in full here: Topics included commercial real estate on Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness, specifically […]
Uptown Market to close permanently on Oct. 2, three years after opening
Uptown Market will open to customers for the last time on Sunday, October 2nd. The market and cafe posted this message on its Facebook page on September 24th: With very […]
ANC 3F is telling ABRA it’s opposed to a medical marijuana dispensary at 4215 Connecticut Avenue because there’s already someone there
ANC 3F commissioners voted on August 18th to oppose an application to open a medical marijuana dispensary at 4215 Connecticut Avenue, on the grounds that the site is already occupied […]
Business in Brief: A Politics and Prose employee writes a novel… about running a bookstore
They do say to write what you know…: And author Susan Coll knows bookstores. She worked at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut) from 2011 to 2016, and rejoined the store […]
The medical marijuana dispensary planned for 4215 Connecticut surprised the store’s current occupant
Plans for a medical cannabis dispensary in Van Ness have been a source of bewilderment for the owner and employees of the proposed location’s current tenant, Pill Plus Pharmacy. According […]
DC’s next medical cannabis dispensary could be in Ward 3, and Van Ness is one of the proposed locations
The Van Ness storefront that is currently home to Pill Plus Pharmacy is one of many potential sites for a new medical marijuana dispensary to be located in either Ward […]
Business in Brief: Wegman’s opening; MOM’s Van Ness still happening; 40 years of Calvert Woodley
Wegmans opening draws a crowd: Some of our neighbors were the first in line – or among the first – for the opening of DC’s first Wegmans. One of them, […]
Acacia Food & Wine closing; Flavor Garden now open
Acacia Food & Wine is closing at the end of June after 13 years in Van Ness. And directly across Yuma Street, Flavor Garden Restaurant & Bar has just opened […]
Meet the makers who will be at the first Van Ness Main Street summer pop-up market on June 25
Artists, artisans and makers will be popping up at Van Ness Main Street’s first summer pop-up market on Saturday, June 25th. They’ll be setting up shop outside of 4340 Connecticut […]