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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 […]
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 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 […]
by Katherine Saltzman Last week, we noted a few Valentine’s specials at Thai Pad, Acacia Bistro, Sfoglina and I’m Eddie Cano. Here are more ways to show your love to your Valentine – and to your favorite local businesses – on this holiday and any day. Calvert Woodley Fine Wines & Spirits Calvert Woodley says […]
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, […]
by Katherine Saltzman and Forest Hills Connection Shopping The weekend of December 15th and 16th will be the Ibhana Boutique pop-up’s last of 2018 (and we hope it will return in 2019). It’s holding a 50 percent off blowout sale on both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 4340 Connecticut. And Olde City […]
by Katherine Saltzman Van Ness/Forest Hills The pop-up game is strong here. There’s the Van Ness Holiday Pop-Up Shop, which will return to 4340 Connecticut Avenue over the next two weekends. On the weekend of December 15-16, holiday pop-up vendor Olde City Farm will be back at that spot, selling holiday greenery. And the Ibhana […]
Longtime Forest Hills Connection readers know how much our editor Marlene loves to walk, and how much we love local businesses. In 2012, Marlene combined the two into a “shop-local workout,” a guide to walking off Thanksgiving dinner and getting the holiday shopping done at the same time. Since the 2017 update, we’ve lost Terasol […]
Supporting local businesses and makers doesn’t get much easier than this. Van Ness Main Street is bringing more than 15 Made-in-DC vendors to us – for its third annual Van Ness Holiday Pop-Up Shop. They’ll be setting up shop at 4340 Connecticut Avenue on the three weekends after Thanksgiving: November 24th and 25th, December 1st […]
