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Business in Brief: A check on incoming (and possibly incoming) Van Ness businesses; AllCare opens; Gopuff Van Ness holds art contest

May 15, 2023 by FHC 4 Comments

Progress report on UDC’s incoming retail tenants: While checking out the May 6th “Around the World” embassy events at the UDC Student Center, we checked on the buildout of the […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Featured, Main Street, News, Shop & Eat Local, UDC, Van Ness

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Business in Brief: Bread Furst II; American City Diner’s next act; “Save the Walking Lane”

April 18, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

This is not the briefest of “Business in Brief” updates, but there’s a lot going on! Baguettes times deux: On April 11th, we spotted a Bread Furst tweet with this […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, News, Out to eat, Shop & Eat Local, Van Ness

Business in Brief: Little Red Fox cookbook; Hillwood perfume; Uptown Theater revival effort

March 23, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

Kickstart a comic (cook)book: Mourning the loss of Little Red Fox? Three months after the Forest Hills bakery and cafe closed, LRF founders and comic book enthusiasts Matt and Jena […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Out to eat, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Van Ness

Restaurants of Van Ness/Forest Hills: A list

March 15, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, a neighbor went for a walk. He got some exercise. And Forest Hills Connection got our first local restaurant listings. In 2013, Connection contributor David Bardin created the […]

Filed Under: Business, Featured, Food, Forest Hills, News, Out to eat, Shop & Eat Local, Van Ness

Business in Brief: Call Your Mother opens in Forest Hills, Days Inn is renovating, 100 years of the Avalon

February 6, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

At 7 a.m. last Friday, a new Call Your Mother deli opened at 5035 Connecticut Avenue. On Saturday, the crowds descended. Customers were not waiting long. An employee periodically came […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Chevy Chase, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Shop & Eat Local, Van Ness

The Van Ness Burger King is really and truly gone. And at Call Your Mother’s new Forest Hills location, there’s one question customers shouldn’t ask.

January 4, 2023 by FHC 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Business, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Out to eat, Shop & Eat Local, Van Ness

Little Red Fox and Sugar Fox have closed. ‘This is not a business decision’

December 7, 2022 by FHC 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Business, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Shop & Eat Local

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The “Shop-Local Workout,” Holiday 2022 edition

November 25, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Business, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, Forest Hills, Hillwood Museum, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Things To Do, Van Ness

Business in Brief: City Paper’s “Best of D.C. 2022;” Main Street activities

November 21, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, Main Street, News, Shop & Eat Local

What you will find at Van Ness Main Street’s 7th annual holiday pop-up market on Dec. 10

November 14, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Main Street, News, Shop & Eat Local, Things To Do, Van Ness

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