Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood

Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield

  • About Us
    • About Forest Hills Connection
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Donate & Subscribe
  • Classifieds
  • News
    • ANC 3F
    • Business
      • Business in Brief
      • Out to Eat
      • Shop & Eat Local
    • Getting Around
    • Main Street
    • Neighborhood in the News
    • Opinion
    • Parks and Streams
    • Real Estate
    • UDC
  • Style
    • Food
    • History
    • Meet the Neighbors
    • Neighbors Recommend
    • Services
    • Things To Do
  • Home Front
    • High-Rise Life
    • In the Garden
    • In the Kitchen
  • Backyard Nature
    • Local Wildlife
    • Wildlife Photos
  • Kids & Pets
    • At School
    • At Play
    • Kids Write
    • Pets
  • Calendar

Business in Brief: Spotlight on women in wine; Add these restaurants and Connecticut Ave. spruce ups to your to-do list

March 18, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

Women + wine = win: Women are making strides in winemaking but they remain relative rarities in the industry. Two Santa Clara University professors wrote in their 2020 book, Women Winemakers, that women lead winemaking operations at just 10 percent of California’s more than 4,000 wineries, and own just 4 percent of them.

Even so, Little Red Fox (5035 Connecticut Avenue) noted this month that the majority of the wines it carries are woman-owned.

Women 🤝 Wine. Super proud that a majority of the wines we stock are woman-owned (including these 6 new wines) in our majority woman run & staffed store. 💪❤️🍷 pic.twitter.com/nnllsG0ATL

— Little Red Fox (@littleredfoxdc) March 5, 2021

And Uptown Market (4465 Connecticut) has been featuring three woman-made wines in its March wine club box.

Advertisement

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Uptown Market (@uptownmarketdc)

Add these lists to our to-do list: Muchas Gracias (5029 Connecticut) tops Eater DC’s list of places to grab a burrito.

And when we saw this list from Washingtonian of the “61 Neighborhood Restaurants That Make the DC Area a Better Place to Eat – and Live,” it became a dining-out bucket list.

Advertisement

Those 61 restaurants include Comet Ping Pong (5037 Connecticut). Before Covid-19, Comet was a popular neighborhood gathering place. “We hope those days return soon,” Washingtonian says, “but in the meantime, the spot has a well-run carryout operation.”

Cactus Cantina, Medium Rare and Parthenon, “Chevy Chase DC’s timeless Greek restaurant and lounge,” also make the Washingtonian list. Which local spots would you have included?

Coming soon: Cracked Eggery, a food truck that’s been a fixture at the Cleveland Park farmers market, is opening a bricks-and-mortar location at 3420 Connecticut this spring.

Making progress:

There’s no signage up yet at Steak ‘n Egg’s future location (right next to their current spot). But there is a lot of progress on work at the site. @steak_n_egg #Tenleytown pic.twitter.com/2HNAJFFEem

— Tenleytown & Around (@Tenleytown411) March 15, 2021

Streatery spruced up: “Last Saturday, VNMS Executive Director Gloria Garcia, Rosemary Bistro Café owner and Chef Fred Darricarrere, and a local volunteer painted the concrete Jersey barriers surrounding the Streatery at I’m Eddie Cano and Rosemary Bistro Café (5010 and 5014 Connecticut) neon white, making the barriers more visible, safe and attractive.”

And: “Master Gardener Kathy Sykes – with the help of a local volunteer, planted colorful spring flowers in the Streatery’s tree box and added flower boxes along the top of the newly painted wall. Even more flowers and decorative pots were added outside of the small businesses in Wakefield.”

Read more in this week’s VNMS newsletter about Van Ness Main Street’s efforts last weekend, and about opportunities over the next four weekends to spruce up the Avenue.

Forest Hills Connection is a project of Van Ness Main Street.

Forest Hills Connection is produced by volunteers, and supported by you. We appreciate your support – financial and otherwise. Here’s how to donate.

Filed Under: Business in Brief, News, Out to eat, Shop & Eat Local

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About Forest Hills Connection

  • Who we are
  • How to advertise
  • How to donate
  • How to submit a story idea
  • Contact us
  • Tweets by foresthillsnews

    Subscribe to Our Blog

    Receive an email alert whenever we publish a new article.

    Subscribe to our newsletter

    Arrives in your inbox around mid-month.


    Newsletter Archive         

    Connect With Us!

    Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on RSS

    Local Links

    • Schools, Services and More
    • Restaurants

    Latest Comments

    • Gloria on This weekend, plant more flowers on Connecticut Ave. then learn more about their environmental benefits
    • Green Eyeshades on Washington Post reports on the Connecticut Ave. reversible lanes; Deadlines for comments on the DDOT study
    • Christine Stoessel on Washington Post reports on the Connecticut Ave. reversible lanes; Deadlines for comments on the DDOT study
    • Nicholas Lardy on ANC 3F April 20 agenda: Connecticut Ave. bike lanes; Grants for public art additions and invasive species removal
    • George Warner on Washington Post reports on the Connecticut Ave. reversible lanes; Deadlines for comments on the DDOT study

    Archives

    About Forest Hills Connection | FHC + VNMS | Who We Are | Contributors
    Submissions Policy | Contact | Advertise | Donate
    © Forest Hills Connection | Site by: VanStudios