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 as an events advisor last spring. Coll was a published novelist when she joined the team, and she told Washingtonian that she had promised the […]
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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, reported Washingtonian on the July 13th opening day, practically lives above the Van Ness Giant. You’ve been asking: And yes, MOM’s Organic Market still plans […]
ANC 3F July 19 agenda: A deputy mayor and a Soapstone update
And a quick note on our neighbors in ANC 3E. The Tenleytown/Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission’s July 20th meeting agenda includes updates on two redevelopment projects of local interest: Mazza Gallerie and the Maggiano’s site. Both are being reimagined for mixed uses. Here’s the ANC 3E agenda. And as of this writing, the Zoom link […]
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 for business. Acacia Acacia Food & Wine was Acacia Bistro when Uzay Turker opened the restaurant at 4340 Connecticut Avenue in 2009. On Thursday, June […]
DDOT and NPS are planning a Military Road bike and pedestrian trail, and Tenleytown transportation improvements
The information on the public meetings below is now dated. However, the feedback form on Tenleytown traffic safety improvements remains active through June 10th. Ward 3 Vision live tweeted that meeting: Live tweeting @DDOTDC meeting about area around TT Metro station – still time to join here https://t.co/nFJ44uWqP5 pic.twitter.com/HBgGo45wx2 — Ward3Vision (@Ward3Vision) May 24, 2022 […]
Business in Brief: Italian Bar opens; Details about Flavor Garden; Rosemary Bistro gets Washington Post raves
Italian Bar’s opening day is at hand: Friday the 13th might forever be Italian Bar’s lucky day. Its owners announced on Friday, May 13th that its sign had arrived, and was gracing the storefront at 5007 Connecticut Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italian Bar DC (@italianbardc) But more importantly, so […]
Business in Brief: The I’m Eddie Cano people plan a pizzeria, and for indie movie theaters, it’s “No Time to Die”
The I’m Eddie Cano family continues to grow, slowly: In January, Massimo and Carolyn Papetti revealed plans for a Roman-style pizzeria in Glover Park. And at this point, it might be a spring opening for that new restaurant, and for Italian Bar. The Papettis’ original opening timeline for the coffee and gelato bar two doors […]
Upcoming events: Housing history in Cleveland Park, future development in Chevy Chase, and adding housing to your own property
Thursday, January 20th at 7:30 p.m.: The first in a series of virtual conversations hosted by Cleveland Park Smart Growth on the neighborhood’s housing affordability challenges and potential solutions. It focuses on Cleveland Park’s history of exclusion and how current civic engagement practices can perpetuate exclusion in high-income neighborhoods. See the schedule for the other […]
Business in Brief II: Politics and Prose is DC’s first unionized bookstore; Italian Bar meets Kickstarter goal; Buy Mark Furstenberg’s cookbooks
All the neighborhood business news that broke on Monday after we posted Business in Brief I: Politics and Prose is a union shop now And it’s the first bookstore in the District to unionize. Politics and Prose and UCFW Local 400 jointly announced their agreement on the scope of the collective bargaining unit. And this […]
Business in Brief: Italian Bar update; Van Ness Main Street planning spring market, summer movie nights; Uptown Theater readying a return?
Help kickstart a new business Italian Bar (5008 Connecticut Avenue), the gelato and espresso-selling venture from the I’m Eddie Cano people, has had to push back its planned opening date. “We’ve been tied up in permitting with DCRA and it’s set our opening date back several months which is costly,” Carolyn and Massimo Papetti recently […]