Okay, we believe it now. Like a cat with nine lives, the Burger King at 4422 Connecticut Avenue has endured through threat after threat of closure, two of those from […]
It looks like the rock ‘n roll Burger King at Van Ness has closed for good
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial may have lost his Van Ness home. The Burger King at 4422 Connecticut Avenue, distinctive (and some say “legendary”) for its rock ‘n roll and 80s and […]
Chick-fil-A is coming to Van Ness, 7 years after DC nixed its first attempt
In 2016, concerns about car traffic scuttled Chick-fil-A’s plans for a drive-thru location at 4422 Connecticut Avenue. The chain’s second bid to open a Van Ness restaurant is less likely […]
Little Red Fox and Sugar Fox have closed. ‘This is not a business decision’
Less than two weeks after Little Red Fox marked its ninth year in business, its owners are announcing that the cafe and its sister shop Sugar Fox will be serving […]
The “Shop-Local Workout,” Holiday 2022 edition
2022 is the Forest Hills Connection’s 10th anniversary year, and this is the tenth anniversary of our post-Thanksgiving tradition: Marlene Berlin’s “Shop-Local Workout.” The first time our editor-in-chief invited us […]
Business in Brief: City Paper’s “Best of D.C. 2022;” Main Street activities
The people have spoken. And some of our local businesses and institutions are the “Best of D.C.,” according to Washington City Paper readers. Selected as the winners of their respective […]
What you will find at Van Ness Main Street’s 7th annual holiday pop-up market on Dec. 10
The sidewalk outside 4340 Connecticut Avenue will transform into a holiday market with 40-plus vendors on Saturday, December 10th. This is Van Ness Main Street’s seventh Holiday Pop-up featuring local […]
Business in Brief: Child’s Play has a new owner; Remembering Politics and Prose’s chief book buyer; the I’m Eddie Cano group eyes another expansion
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, […]
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 […]