Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
We’re not going downtown to work, or shop, or dine like we did prior to the pandemic. So one downtown restaurant is coming to us. In January, Little Sesame is opening a rotisserie chicken pop-up at Sugar Fox (5027 Connecticut Avenue). The pop-up already has a takeout and delivery menu, which includes a whole or […]
by Will Fowler Suprabha Beckjord has been operating her Cleveland Park gift and card shop Transcendence-Perfection-Bliss of the Beyond for nearly 40 years. Her shop has grown into one of the most popular stops for gifts on the Connecticut Avenue corridor. Now it’s one of the many small businesses getting slammed by the pandemic. At […]
Commercial corridors in this area and throughout the District are decked out in holiday lights and festive displays this month, some in connection with local Main Streets. The lights serve as a beacon to attract customers to small and local businesses, and as a beacon of hope for better times to come. And of course, […]
You could call it a Forest Hills Connection holiday tradition. In December 2012, Marlene Berlin combined her love of walking and her enthusiasm for supporting small businesses into our original walking and shopping guide to Van Ness, Forest Hills, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Cleveland Park. That morphed into the “Shop-Local Workout,” our annual Thanksgiving week […]
Van Ness/Forest Hills This celebration calls for cheesesteaks: When Philadelphia put Joe Biden over the top in Pennsylvania, Washington celebrated… by ordering cheesesteaks. Jimmy’s Philly Steaks, the ghost restaurant from I’m Eddie Cano, tells Forest Hills Connection that it sold out of the sandwiches on Friday, November 6th. And on Saturday, November 7th, when the […]
People love taking photos of their food. We’ve known that since the dawn of social media. Last month, under the tutelage of Washington Photo Safari’s David Luria, a group of students learned how to do it like the pros. The models were plates of food prepared by Rosemary Bistro Cafe. Luria tells Forest Hills Connection […]
You’ve ventured out at last for some patio dining. Your server brings out a culinary masterpiece that begs to be photographed. But the resulting image is too dark, too blurry, or otherwise doesn’t do the subject justice. Washington Photo Safari (WPS) and new restaurant Rosemary Bistro Café want to help. The two Forest Hills-based businesses […]
Van Ness Main Street is now the main street program of Forest Hills, too. “Our vibrancy and community just doubled!” VNMS Executive Director Gloria Garcia announced in a recent newsletter. “Our formal request to expand our main street’s border to Nebraska Ave has been approved by DC’s Department of Small and Local Business Development.” Van […]
There’s a new restaurant at 5014 Connecticut Avenue. Yes, that’s I’m Eddie Cano’s address. And the almost two-year-old restaurant isn’t going anywhere. Nantucket Clam Shack is a new “ghost restaurant” concept from I’m Eddie Cano’s owners. Ghost restaurants, or ghost kitchens, sprang into existence shortly after delivery apps did, and have grown more prevalent in […]
by Will Fowler When businesses say “Black Lives Matter” Little Red Fox, Calvert Woodley Fine Wines and Spirits and other local businesses have made public statements in support of the Black Lives Matter protests. On June 5, Little Red Fox donated 10 percent of sales to the D.C. American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s time for […]
