Penn Camera, one of the last reliable brick-and-mortar camera stores in and around the District, has filed for bankruptcy and has closed five of its eight area stores. more ›

It may have been a huge chain bookstore, but the Barnes & Noble on the corner of Jefferson and M Street NW in Georgetown was long a favorite stop for residents and shoppers looking to flip through a magazine or peruse three floors worth of books. And now it's closed. more ›

Well known for its inexpensive pitchers of beer and a very amphibian interior, the Froggy Bottom Pub will be displaced next year. more ›

In an email sent to constituents last night, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham reported that the U.S. Post Office located at 1915 14th Street NW will be closing on December 31. more ›

Denizens of Mid City, barraged with sad business news over the last few weeks, finally were handed a shred of positivity on Saturday -- Pulp, the much-loved gift and card shop with the iconic purple exterior at 1803 14th Street NW, will not be closing in November. more ›

This weekend is your last chance to pull up a well-worn barstool at a Capitol Hill institution: the Hawk 'n' Dove will close on Sunday. more ›

During a press conference held earlier today outside the Lincoln Theatre, the financially-strapped venue's board of directors unleashed several criticisms. Perhaps the loudest were about Mayor Vince Gray, who they claimed was refusing to take a meeting with them regarding the theater's funding situation. more ›

Representatives from the Lincoln Theatre's board of directors made their case in front of the historic theater this afternoon: without a $500,000 boost in operational funds from the city at the beginning of the 2012 fiscal year, they would likely be forced to close at the end of the year. more ›

UPDATE: It appears there will be an emergency board meeting at the Lincoln tonight at 6 p.m. Graham adds that the situation "looks bleak," though he now tells Tom Sherwood that he didn't specify when the theater would close due to its financial difficulties. more ›

The small business exodus from the 14th Street corridor continues: last night, Borderstan reported that Pulp, the gift and card shop with the iconic purple exterior at 1803 14th Street NW, will be closing on November 23. more ›

In case you missed it in yesterday's Go Home Already, news broke late last night that 14th Street coffee shop Mid City Caffe will be closing its doors on October 1. The shop opened in 2009. more ›

Don't forget, Shaw residents: today is your last chance to pick up groceries at the Giant supermarket at 1414 8th Street NW. The grocery store will be closing its doors today at 6 p.m. more ›

It's been no secret that, at some point, the Giant supermarket at 1414 8th Street NW in Shaw would close -- after all, it's difficult to build a new development which features a brand new, 35,000-square-foot supermarket with an old one standing in the way. Today, the chain confirmed that the grocery would close on September 8 at 6 p.m. more ›

Cleveland Park residents -- and most everyone else who had ever patronized the place -- were deeply disappointed to learn over the weekend that Ireland's Four Fields will be closing its doors on November 5. more ›

If you thought that the U.S. Postal Service was done making cuts to its brick-and-mortar operations, well, you were mistaken: word comes today that the USPS is now considering shutting down around ten percent of its retail outlets nationwide. more ›

The Wall Street Journal has news which will certainly come as no surprise -- Borders bookstore has failed in their attempts to find a buyer and will liquidate all of its stores nationwide. more ›

Apex Nightclub, the 18-and-over dance spot popular with the District's LGBT and college residents, closed its doors last weekend and has been sold. more ›

TenPenh Restaurant serves its last ahi tuna burger and Chinese style smoked lobster today. The restaurant will offer half-price wine with the purchase of an entrée and pour $2 beers all day. more ›

National book chain Borders declared bankruptcy today, and will close about 200 of its branches across the country. The Wall Street Journal has the complete list of Borders which will be closing, including two in the District of Columbia (1801 K Street NW and 5333 Wisconsin Avenue NW) and outlets in Kensington, Largo, Bowie and Woodbridge. Stores at Pentagon City, Baileys Crossroads, Silver Spring and Vienna will remain open. 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 ›

The United States Postal Service has been looking for ways to cut back on costs for, well, years now. But one of the biggest drains on USPS' yearly budget is their brick-and-mortar postal offices, which, with massive cuts in labor and a movement to online services, are often understaffed and underutilized. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the USPS was looking to move on closing thousands of offices -- and Prince of Petworth publishes an email from a reader who overheard that the post office at 14th and T Streets would be "closing in a few months." more ›

According to the Office of Personnel Management's operations status page, employees of federal agencies in the Washington, D.C. area should depart two hours earlier than "their normal departure time" today, January 26. With several forecasts suggesting that the heaviest snowfall will kick in sometime this afternoon, we highly suggest taking advantage of the government's offer, if it applies to you. more ›

Town & Country Lounge, the Mayflower Hotel's historic bar, will be serving its last drinks tonight. The bar, open in 1948, has served drinks and food to everyone from J. Edgar Hoover to Eliot Spitzer to Sam Donaldson. more ›

Today, Sticky Rice agreed to a settlement with the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board which will allow the restaurant to again serve alcohol this Friday, January 7. more ›

It's that sad time of the year when farmers markets start to close down for the winter. While a few farmers markets are open year round, namely the Dupont farmers market and Eastern Market, most shutter after Thanksgiving and reopen (to me, way too late) in the spring. more ›

To update a story which we started following yesterday afternoon: Columbia Heights restaurant Social, which closed its doors yesterday "due to an unexpected set of circumstances," has now called the closing "temporary." According to its Twitter account, the restaurant will be "closed temporarily" to "address organizational changes." "We look forward to serving our patrons and the community again soon," noted the tweet. When we asked Social co-owner AJ Guy about why the restaurant needed to close to address the issues, Guy called it "a temporary adjustment that we are working through," and added that he did not "expect the closing to be long term." Guy refused to elaborate on any additional details. more ›

According to an email sent to those who were on the mailing list to an upcoming art event, popular Columbia Heights restaurant Social appears to have closed its doors this morning. According to a source close to the restaurant, the closing is due to "a dispute regarding taxes and the ownership group." more ›

We received a tip this morning that the Secret Safeway at located at 1800 20th Street NW -- also known as the "Town House" Safeway -- will be closing its doors on August 7. We can now confirm that the store will indeed be shutting its doors on that date, after a manager at the store affirmed the date. The store, tucked away and with minimal signage, was an experiment by the Safeway chain in the 70s to branch into smaller groceries which would appeal to urban apartment dwellers. Of course, there's no shortage of Safeways in the area: the closest one is just down the street at 1701 Corcoran Street NW. But from all accounts, the Secret Safeway, though seemingly pricier than regular Safeways, was a serviceable option for neighborhood residents -- we're sure that there's at least a few of you that will be sorry to see it go. more ›

The owner of pioneering D.C. gay and lesbian bookstore Lambda Rising, Deacon Maccubbin, announced his impending retirement late last year. Since then, messages on the store's Facebook page have estimated a final closing date of Jan. 17, just a couple weeks from now, and 35 years since it first opened. With emotions running high, it's not difficult to understand why employees overseeing the final clearance push weren't thrilled to discover Wednesday that the Connecticut Ave. storefront had been egged overnight. more ›

Many transit-types are plenty concerned about the impending budgetary cuts at Metro -- a struggle afflicting numerous other metropolitan transit agencies, despite surging ridership. But with the leadership of WMATA considering the idea that Metro could make up deficits by cutting rail service off at 10 p.m. on weekdays, it's sure to hit a nerve with casual, infrequent riders, as well as those of us who usually have our eyes on Metro's budget. more ›