The decorative street lights that have hung over Adams Morgan for the last decade are coming down as part of a broader makeover of the nightlife destination. more ›

One of the values of Eastern Market is that it's car-free -- the stretch of Seventh Street in front of the historic north and south halls is closed off to vehicles on the weekend, when most visitors descend upon the market. Could Wisconsin Avenue go the same way? more ›

A neighborhood's name is part of its identity. Adoption of it, or aversion to it, can say a lot about where a place is going -- and where it came from. Today, we’ll look at the genesis of "Adams Morgan." more ›

The mariachi band matched the somber mood today at Unity Market in Adams Morgan, playing songs of love and loss as customers lined up to eat their favorite Latin American specialties for the last time. more ›

Today's crime roundup includes a change to MPD's Operation Adams Morgan, a serial butt slasher, a carjacker, an abductor, and an alleged murderer. more ›

Last month, we reported on an incident in Adams Morgan where two cyclists, Ian Barry and Saul Leiken, were involved in a late-night collision with a driver at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. Police have now arrested the man who allegedly hit Barry. more ›

When local food vendors bring a little bit of character to an otherwise bland city park, you'd think the community would rejoice, right? Wrong. more ›

How can anyone expect that they can cause a raucous or start a fight in a public space and not be caught on tape. Police officers aren't exempt from this rule either. Another YouTube video, uploaded over the holiday weekend, shows an unidentified man and a uniformed D.C. police officer taunting each other until the incident escalates into a fight. more ›

I never paid The Potter's House much mind as a place to dine until I noticed a banner outside and some leaflets left around the neighborhood advertising a new Saturday brunch buffet. All you can eat from a modest selection breakfast items and other savories for $12.95, and featuring a rotating international selection each week. more ›

It's, sadly, a far too common scenario in the District: a cyclist is riding home late at night through a busy intersection, when a car attempts a quick turn and hits them. Usually, though, the driver and cyclist don't proceed to get into a physical altercation which ends with another biker on the bad end of a concussion. more ›

It was a rough weekend for former D.C. alcohol control board chair Charles Brodsky -- first, he resigned from his position on Friday, then he was arrested on Saturday. more ›

Jack Rose in Adams Morgan has been a long time coming. And it won't be long before we can enjoy the delicious collection of pre-Prohibition liquors, the food of Chef Michael Hartzer, the tasty cocktails of Rachel Sergi, and the strong beer program being developed by Brian Kruglak. Think of it as a fancier take on Owner Bill Thomas's Bourbon, but with a focus on scotch. Though no official opening date has been set, a recent visit to the construction site shows that it shouldn't be too long before they're open for business. more ›

Have you seen this woman? Several people around the District are searching for Emily Hershenson, who went missing last night. more ›

Last September, the District Department of Transportation announced that it would undertake a large-scale redesign of the streetscape of a half-mile stretch of 18th Street between Florida Avenue and Columbia Road in Adams Morgan, including the elimination of diagonal on-street parking and the installation of improved crosswalks, more trees and sidewalk bulbouts at key intersections. But while the end product of the work will be a boon for pedestrians, many wondered whether business along the corridor would suffer, as some retailers had during similar projects along P Street NW and H Street NE. So, is that the case? more ›

Deon Thornton, a 21-year-old who lives on the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW in Adams Morgan, has pled guilty to fatally stabbing his brother on the evening of February 11. Thornton, who was charged of voluntary manslaughter while armed, admitted that he stabbed his brother several times in the chest after they got into a fight. Police arrested Thornton the day after the incident; he will face up to 30 years in prison upon sentencing. more ›

Wait, are we still doing Downfall parodies? It all seems a little too 2009 for my tastes, but, obviously, I can't begrudge anyone for creatively venting when their favorite bar closes its doors suddenly. [The subtitles in the video are NSFW, so tilt those monitors.] more ›

The Adams Mill Bar & Grill is officially no more. So what will be taking over the desirable retail space near the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW? Rumors had been flying around that the space would be filled by one of two national bread-bowl chains Cosi or Panera Bread -- but TBD's Elahe Izadi reports this afternoon that neither have any plans to move into the neighborhood: Panera is apparently heading to DCUSA in Columbia Heights (news in and of itself, of course), while Cosi is "actively looking for sites in the [D]istrict," but not in the Adams Mill space. It appears as if we're back to square one -- so we thought we'd ask: what would you like to see take over the plot? Let us know in the comments. more ›

Adams Mill Bar & Grill, the mecca for kickball players and college students, is closing today. Tipsters have told DCist that the bar will close for either a Cosi or Panera Bread. more ›

There were two separate stabbings in the District last night. The first stabbing involved two brothers: a man was fatally stabbed by his brother in Adams Morgan last night. The stabbing occurred on the 2200 block of Champlain Street near Kalorama Road. The suspect is at large. The news of the second stabbing is hazy so far, with news coming from only the dcfireems Twitter stream. The D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed reported that two victims were stabbed in the 900 block of 14th Street NW. The victims were in serious condition, but no other details have come since the initial tweets at about 4 a.m. this morning. UPDATE (12:00 p.m.): MPD announced that an arrest has been made in the Adams Morgan stabbing incident. more ›

Are the baguettes at Locolat, flown in from France, actually worth the cost and effort involved in importing them? Our intrepid food critic investigates. more ›

The driver who crashed her Dodge Caliber into the Keren Restaurant in Adams Morgan on September 8 -- an incident which eventually led to the death of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies student Julia Bachleitner -- was indicted by a grand jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal negligence today. more ›

TBD reports that there was an 8 inch water main break in the 2400 block of Ontario Road NW. DC Water estimates the repair will take 6 to 8 hours. Ontario, along with Euclid Street and Kalorama Road (though it doesn't say which blocks of Euclid and Kalorama) are also closed to traffic. However, this writer was just in the area to shop at Harris Teeter and I didn't notice any problems, on Kalorama or Euclid. The 1600 blocks of Euclid and Kalorama are both open. more ›

Walking to my neighborhood grocery store yesterday, it was hard to miss all of the film equipment and crew near the Harris Teeter on Kalorama Road. I made some inquiries and did some Internet searching, but no one knew what was filming. Well, leave it to Prince of Petworth to find out the scoop: seems like Capitals player Alex Ovechkin is filming in in the area. He speculates it could be for a Capital One commercial, as he's done commercials for them before. Any Ovechkin spottings in Adams Morgan? more ›

On October 29, the National Zoo put on Night of the Living Zoo, an evening of rock and roll combined with some harmless Halloween revelry. It sounds like it a rollicking good time -- there were palm readers, fire eaters and illusionists, and DCist was on hand to check out the set performed by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (which we rather enjoyed). But some of the Zoo's neighbors weren't too thrilled about the noise being made at the show, so they took their gripes to the most captive audience they knew of. To the listserv! more ›

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier spent some time chatting with Bruce DePuyt on NewsTalk this morning, and while there was discussion regarding yesterday's U Street shooting and several other hot topics, a good chunk of the conversation centered around Lanier's future under a Vince Gray administration. Lanier took a rather detached stance on the issue. more ›

It's true -- we love Amsterdam Falafelshop. One of the city's more optimal quick/drunk/comfort foods, the Falafelshop a must-stop for any adventure into the dark wilderness that is 18th Street NW on a weekend night. But it looks like we're going to need to learn how to share our pita-stuffed goodness with a lot more people: the restaurant's ownership announced this morning that they are actively looking to franchise. more ›

The public uproar over the shooting of a dog at the Adams Morgan Day festival last weekend doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon. more ›