251 Florida Ave, NW

And a very happy Friday prior to a three day weekend to all!! My goodness this is great news for Truxton Circle/Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park and fellow drinkers throughout the District of Columbia. When Truxton Inn announced their closure last June folks were understandable bummed. Fortunately, the best possible scenario has come true for the neighborhood – a proper neighborhood bar is coming to be called Gold Clover Bar. I sat down last night for a brief chat with John Solomon and Neil Morgan of Solly’s (obviously.) (more…)



1700 1st Street, NW at R Street

From Big Bear:

“We’re in the process of investing in Big Bear again, and we’re reaching out to see if people wanted to be involved.

We’re running a few new projects that include: investing in our farmers market, expanding our food supplemental assistance programs, building a new event space in our cellar (next to the wood-oven kitchen), and building the infrastructure for our rooftop garden. (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

Found on the side of the road in Bloomingdale around 1st and W NW. No idea why there would be horse food around here but it’s such a weird find in the middle of the city. Made my friend and I burst out laughing. It’s also completely full.”



North Capitol And Quincy/R Street, NW photo by Lauren

From DC Fire and EMS: “Update on 3 alarm fire in 1600 block of North Capitol St: the fire is under control. Our units will remain in place to conduct a fire watch. There were no injuries and no displacements

Thanks to all who shared photos with us starting around 8pm Friday: (more…)



1648 North Capitol Street, NW courtesy The Pub and the People

From an email:

“First, last year’s Krampus Pop-Up is BACK this year in our cellar speakeasy, The Side Door. It’s a fun spin on the well-worn holiday pop-up. Everybody knows Santa, who rewards good little children with presents, but have you heard of Santa’s counterpart, Krampus, who punishes the naughty kids? In a cellar speakeasy after dark, it’s fun to be a little naughty, so we thought we’d give Krampus his due and design our holiday pop-up around him for a change! (It’s still visually a holiday theme, of course.) Here’s a sample of the new and improved holiday cocktail menu (which in total is 18 cocktails): (more…)


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