
3000 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to Arnold and Rebecca for sending the Mika’s opening update across from the zoo: (more…)

3000 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to Arnold and Rebecca for sending the Mika’s opening update across from the zoo: (more…)

2653 Connecticut Ave, NW previously home to Petit Plats
Whoa. I was shocked to see this blue cannabis placard posted out front of Petit Monde in Woodley Park: (more…)

4340 Connecticut Ave, NW at Yuma, previously home to Acacia Bistro
The liquor license placard for Dog Haus Biergarten says:
“New Retailer’s Class “C” Restaurant with a Seating Capacity of 48 and a Total Occupancy Load of 65. (more…)

1733 Columbia Road, NW
Thanks to John for sending Casa Lebrato‘s replacement – Colombia Market.
Mr and Mrs Lee said a final farewell here in September 2025.

5335 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thanks to ZC for the Friendship Heights Trader Joe’s Update:
“I spoke with a TJ employee who had stocked the Friendship Heights TJs this morning. He said that they were waiting on the Certificate of Occupancy to open and suggested it would be after Thanksgiving. He also said they still do not have their Alcohol License. Here is to more waiting.”
Stay tuned.

“Dear PoPville,
Reporting live from Trinidad, I’m really bummed to share that even the new orange, clearly marked “food compost” bins from DC’s composting program get stolen. Our bin lasted in our alley for exactly one night. (more…)

2600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Been meaning to share this monster end of an era. It looks like 1957 frozen in time: (more…)

“Dear PoPville,
This morning in Adams Morgan I saw a woman sitting in the bus stop with a walker slide to the ground seemingly unconscious and twitching. None of the people waiting for the bus had any Narcan and so my friend and I went into Medstar Urgent Care, just feet away, to see if they had any on hand or could help assess the situation. The women behind the desk didn’t get up and said that they didn’t have any Narcan and there was nothing they could do other than call 911. Someone suggested we try the One Medical up the block (on Calvert) and the difference was night and day: the receptionist immediately dug through her own bag to procure some Narcan and an actual doctor, who had come into the waiting room to presumably meet a patient, grabbed a pair of gloves and left the office ready to help.
Thankfully, (more…)

4500 Wisconsin Ave, NW
That was fast. And so concludes the Container Store’s tenure in Tenleytown: (more…)

3321 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to JP for sending the photo above from 3321 Bistro, now Taco Cantina Mexican Grill: (more…)