Get to know Flavor Garden and its founder: Her restaurant specializes in “fun food” such as funnel cakes. She created many of her seasoning blends to coax her mother to […]
Business in Brief: Dog Haus and The Whale Tea in Van Ness; UDC Chick-fil-A targets fall opening; Sriracha shortage hits home
Two small but growing chains have found homes on Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness. Dog Haus, a hot dog and burger restaurant and bar, is leasing the space at 4340 […]
Business in Brief: A check on incoming (and possibly incoming) Van Ness businesses; AllCare opens; Gopuff Van Ness holds art contest
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 […]
Business in Brief: Bread Furst II; American City Diner’s next act; “Save the Walking Lane”
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 […]
Business in Brief: Little Red Fox cookbook; Hillwood perfume; Uptown Theater revival effort
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 […]
How the “uninformed” purchase of a harpsichord launched a successful concert series
by Carolyn Winter Did you know that Northwest DC is home to a flourishing harpsichord concert scene? A scene that draws star-studded names of the harpsichord world: Jean Rondeau, Justin […]
Main Street updates: Spring plantings and summer movies in Van Ness; new leadership in Tenleytown; puppets professional leads Chevy Chase org
Van Ness Main Street is gearing up for another season of spring pollinator plantings along Connecticut Avenue. Starting on Saturday, March 25th, certified Master Gardener Kathy Sykes will once again […]
Business in Brief: Call Your Mother opens in Forest Hills, Days Inn is renovating, 100 years of the Avalon
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 […]
Business in Brief: Laid-off Burger King workers got no warning; Bagels galore; MOM’s Van Ness “Coming 2023”
Little Red Fox and Burger King are gone. And their departures are a study in contrasts. The owners of Little Red Fox and Sugar Fox announced their intentions several days before […]
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 […]