The Devil’s Fork was located at 1616 Rhode Island Ave, NW which is now home to CSIS’s HQ.
Back in the day you coulda got a room at the Gramercy Inn for 36 bucks a night. And today you can buy an old bar of soap from the Gramercy Inn for about $13 on Amazon.
I’ve been meaning to kick off this series but keep forgetting about it. God bless the week between Christmas and New Years which seems to move at a glacial pace. So for fellow D.C. restaurant/history nerds – have I got a treat for you! My in-laws rock and got me an amazing birthday gift a couple years ago – a mounted set up of all their old D.C. restaurant matchboxes (they moved to the area in the mid-60s and are avid restaurant goers.)
Obviously we must start this series with the legendary Duke Zeibert’s.