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The Dorchester Market, the once well-stocked bodega in the basement of the Dorchester House apartments at 2480 16th Street NW in Adams Morgan, will be no more come week's end. Residents of the building and the local area who frequent the shop may have noticed the recent precipitous drop in the restocking of goods: the gradually emptying freezer case, the large blank spots on the shelves, and finally, a couple of weeks ago, the disappearance of every magazine & newspaper from the counter newsstand. Those who guessed it couldn't bode well were right: last week, two-for-one specials started popping up, and then a simple, "Going out of business. Everything must go," sign on the doors indicated that the end was indeed nigh.

After a few false starts, it's finally official — we just received a press release from Ellwood Thompson's CEO Ryan Youngman, who said a deal was signed at about 2 p.m. today for a location in the DC USA shopping center.

The Columbia Heights News forum is buzzing today with the rumor that Ellwood Thompson's, an organic supermarket based in Richmond, has finally signed a deal for a location in the DCUSA shopping center at 14th and Irving Streets NW in Columbia Heights. The store has been in talks for many months about the location.