“Dear PoPville,
I see you wrote this article about Hill Country BBQ closing down. The Hari Karaoke band always had the place packed on Wednesday nights, and they’re now back playing at Sauf Haus! (more…)
Author: Prince Of Petworth
Ed. Note: If this was you and you are interested, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP.
“Dear PoPville,
We crossed paths just before 7 p.m. on 7/16 in Adams Morgan, near Tryst. You — a gorgeous man with dark features and a faint scar on your neck — stopped me, a tall woman with glasses and blonde-streaked knotless braids, to compliment my hair. Then you told me I was beautiful.
I haven’t stopped thinking about it. I wish I’d turned around and given you my number. (more…)
photo by Jordan Barab
Should you have a memorable metro ride, train or bus, please shoot me an email at [email protected] thanks!
“Dear PoPville,
I was waiting at Metro center at like 10:30pm last Thursday night for the Orange Line train and a guy said something to me. He got right up in my face when I didn’t reply so I finally took out one of my earbuds and said “what?!” He said “You have a spider on your back!!” It was a weird vibe and (more…)
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department is providing an update on the enforcement of the second Juvenile Curfew Zone, which concluded Sunday night.
The Juvenile Curfew Zone went into effect at 8:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. Each night, members of the Third District engaged youth gathered in public areas within the zone and gained voluntary compliance. No violations or arrests occurred during the hours of the Juvenile Curfew Zone.
Groups of juveniles gathered in and around the zone after Extended Curfew hours. A total of 17 curfew stops were made (more…)
“Dear Prince!
If anyone can meditate this dispute it’s you and the popville community.”
The note says: (more…)
photo by Julia
From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“The House Committee on Appropriations marked up and passed the fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill last night, which Norton said includes an outrageous and irresponsible number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, despite their positions as federal officials who do not represent D.C. residents. Significantly, the bill would halve funding for DCTAG, a program established by a 1999 Norton bill. DCTAG makes up the difference for D.C. residents between in-state and out-of-state tuition up to $10,000 at public institutions of higher education in the U.S. (more…)
From So Others Might Eat:
“Dear SOME Community,
We’re reaching out with an urgent request. Amid a nationwide decline in food donations, SOME’s Food Pantry is critically low on essential food items. This pantry provides groceries and household staples to hundreds of D.C. residents every week—and right now, our shelves are nearly bare. (more…)
1700 New Jersey Avenue, NW at R Street
Thanks to James and Kyle for sending from Amy Grill & Graze: “Former BKK, former Maman Joon. They are officially open! (more…)
2805 M Street, NW once home to a ShopHouse…
Thanks all who sent word about Feta Cafe and Bakery closing on M Street. Bibibop Asian Grill is coming to the space: (more…)
photo by Olaf Zerbock
LOTS of Bloomingdale residents have shared the following concerns/allegations:
“To Whom It May Concern,
We are writing as a united community of residents, homeowners, neighbors, and stakeholders in and around the Reservoir District development—where EYA is actively building and marketing homes—as well as in adjacent neighborhoods who have a long-standing stake in this project.
We are alarmed by the developer’s ongoing efforts to dismantle key promises made to the community—promises that were fundamental to the original mixed-use plan, used to gain community support, and central to EYA’s current marketing strategy to buyers.
The master developer, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, is seeking zoning changes that would dramatically reduce the amount of retail and public space, undermine the inclusion of a full-service grocery store, and strip away the very elements that made this development viable and desirable in the first place.
Here is what’s happening in Zoning Case No. 13-14E: (more…)