It is Time for The Definitive List of DC Business Names with an & in their name

by Prince Of Petworth March 29, 2016 at 10:05 am 86 Comments

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News and comments about Yard & Toast coming to Shaw has necessitated a definitive list for District businesses with an & in their name. Who are we missing?

Ivy & Coney
Buffalo & Bergen
Elephant & Castle
Jug & Table
Fire & Sage
Salt & Pepper
Fig & Olive
Stanton & Greene
Meats & Foods
The Pub & The People
Crane & Turtle
Cotton & Reed Distillery
H&pizza
Mason & Rook
Salt & Sundry

Bread & Salt
Horace & Dickie’s
Lost & Found
Dram & Grain
Cloak & Dagger
Star & Shamrock
Kramerbooks & Afterwords
Tap & Parlour
Politics & Prose
Bakers & Baristas

Busboys and Poets
Quarter+Glory

And way ahead of their time… Mille & Als. RIP

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Bread & Salt (in Tenleytown)
- Prince Of Petworth
  
  Nice! Adding it.
skj84

Closed: J&G Steakhouse
- skj84
  
  Bread & Chocolate, Politics & Prose.
  - skj84
    
    Busboys & Poets! Damn. There goes my productive workday. Now all I’m going to do is think of & businesses in the area.
    - Anonymous
      
      Doesn’t count. It’s “Busboys and Poets”
      Check out their website and marketing materials.
      .
      Politics & Prose seems to go back and forth between using the ampersand. They’re having a grammatical identity crisis!
Anonymous

Ampersand & Ampersand
- Traveler
  
  LOL
Andie302

Pineapple and Pearls is coming!
Chris

Buffalo & Bergen
- Chris
  
  oops you beat me to it
nope*

Hawn n Dove
- nope*
  
  *Hawk
Linc Park SE

Horace & Dickies
mmm

Birch & Barley
JP

All the &pizzas, not only H&
- anon50
  
  how are you supposed to pronounce the name of this place? “And Pizza?” great pizza, horrible name
  - justinbc
    
    Yes, And Pizza.
[rrrrr]

Salt & Sundry
- [rrrrr]
  
  Also Frank & Oak has a store by the Shay I believe.
ledroit

Smoke & Barrel
TJ

Oohh’s & Aahh’s
MCR

Pineapple & Pearls
A&D (bar in shaw)
Birch & Barely
Josh

Franklin & Bash
Jess

And another oldie, McCormick & Schmicks
mmm

Lost & Found
samanda_bynes

how dare ya forget about the mastapiece: MANNY & OLGA’S
justinbc

Fox and Hounds
- justinbc
  
  Water & Wall (in Arlington)
- justinbc
  
  Meats & Foods
  Villain & Saint, and Barrel and Crow (bethesda)
  Barrel & Bushel (McLean)
Philippe Lecheval

The worst offenders are the ones that pair two surnames that have a loose connection to the business or its owners, at best.
badavarascal

Hugh & Crye
- wmm
  
  +1
textdoc

Are we making a distinction for spelled-out “and”s vs. ampersands? I’m not sure that all of the above businesses are actually using ampersands.
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I think it would be good to have a list of both, broken down into an “and” group and an “ampersand” group. :)
- Prince Of Petworth
  
  I prefer ampersands but will accept spelled out and ‘+’ too
  - ***
    
    I don’t know. I once worked with a company who was VERY upset if you called them name & name NOT name + name.
- JP
  
  I’m in branding and copyediting by trade and wholeheartedly agree.
  - JP
    
    I agree with textdoc, that is. We can’t count them all the same.
    - textdoc
      
      And is the ampersand more hipster than the “and”? Or are they equally hipster?
      - skj84
        
        I think the ampersand ups the hipster level.
      - ***
        
        It’s the emoji of conjunctions
      - OP Anon
        
        The use of a “+” is peak yupster. Thanks, Weiden+Kennedy.
HW14

Cloak & Dagger
&nonymous

Kramerbooks & Afterwords
Nick

H&R Block
- eggs
  
  +1000 haha
- DupontDC
  
  I just busted out laughing at my desk.
***

not DC specific (since it is a chain) but: Room & Board
- HW14
  
  Same goes for H&M
  - justinbc
    
    and Abercrombie & Fitch, Smith & Wesson, and countless others.
  - anonymouse_dianne
    
    Dean & Deluca
HW14

Wok N Roll
AMDCer

Hudson & Crane
Kramerbooks & Afterwords
Katherine

Star & Shamrock
HW14

And Beige
Hudson & Crane
HW14

Tap & Parlour
- SJ
  
  Which is closing in a few days as the rest of the Bohemian Caverns building.
Herewegoagain

AT&T
Kingman Park

Busboys and Poets/Politics & Prose
- Kingman Park
  
  Bub and Pop’s
  - Kingman Park
    
    Fig & Olive (& salmonella :))
    - skj84
      
      hehehe
jd

Frank & Oak
jd

Baked & Wired
AMDCer

Stitch & Rivet
and my favorite that doesn’t quite fit the criteria – Jolt ‘N Bolt
anon

Not a business, per se, but Food & Friends.
Traveler

In my experience, names with & tend to get all garbled in internet language. It must be super annoying…
- justinbc
  
  Haha, yeah, trying to Google it without changing to “and” will result in whatever the first word is, then cutting off anything that follows.
John

Hall & Oates
justinbc

Todd Kliman wrote a pretty good piece on this last fall when Pineapple and Pearls announced its name. (apparently they could not use Pineapple & Pearls for legal reasons)
Pixie

Bakers & Baristas
v

Acacia Bistro & Wine Bar
Avenue Cafe & Lounge
Finn & Porter
Occidental Grill & Seafood
Tsar of Truxton

Here are a few:
Buck’s fishing & camping
DISH+drinks
Teddy & the Bully Bar
BBBB

Well, if we’re talking business and not just restaurants…
Crowell & Moring
Alston & Bird
Caplin & Drysdale
Steptoe & Johnson
Covington & Burling
Arnold & Porter
:)
TaylorJ

Is church and state still open?
- justinbc
  
  Surprisingly, yes.
Tennesse Chicken

For the record it is Crisp Kitchen + Bar not &. Just saying…
AC

Rock & Roll Hotel DC
anon

Murray & Paul’s Restaurant (cheap greasy spoon in brookland)
justinbc

Alice + Olivia
Lou Lemon

Kit & Ace
Hukiyoyo

Gallagher & Graham
J Street

Kit
- J Street
  
  Kit and Ace. With a horrible excuse for an ampersand.
add

Crumbs & Whiskers
BokBok

Crisp & Juicy (Tenley)

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