Police arrested a suspect in a March 11 shooting at the IHOP in Columbia Heights neighborhood in which the victim was the subject of anti-gay harassment, Mayor Gray and D.C. Police Chief Lanier announced Monday. more ›

Nearly 700 people marched through the streets last night in response to recent violent crimes targeting gay and transgender victims. The march garnered the attention of D.C. Council members and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. more ›

Galvanized by recent anti-gay hate crimes, several hundred activists are planning to a rally and march tonight in support of the victims. About 600 people so far have signed up on the event's Facebook page. more ›

The Metropolitan Police Department said at a press conference Thursday evening it is making headway in investigations of three recent violent crimes in which two victims were gay men and another was a transgender woman. more ›

The shooting of a man at the Columbia Heights IHOP early Sunday and an assault on an individual Monday in Park View are being investigated as anti-gay hate crimes. But an assault Monday on a transgender woman is not currently being investigated as a hate crime. more ›

D.C. police are still looking for two people in connection to an early morning shooting at the Columbia Heights IHOP on Sunday that left a man injured, writes WJLA. more ›

Drop everything and start thinking about that boysenberry syrup. Tomorrow is National Pancake Day, so forget your lunch appointment and break out the extra roomy jeans, because IHOP will be serving up free short stacks. more ›

For those bummed out by another NFL season that left the Redskins as pathetic as ever and those hated New York Giants in the Super Bowl, maybe some free ice cream will help. more ›

Vince Gray's counter-proposal to Mayor Adrian Fenty's plan to clear a $188 million budget deficit certainly had some interesting highlights, as we outlined earlier this morning: furloughs for D.C. government employees, a restorations of funds to the Healthy Schools Initiative, streetcar money remaining untouched and much more. But one aspect of the budget amendments had us more curious than the rest -- what initially appeared to be a permanent property tax abatement for the International House of Pancakes franchise, located at 1523 Alabama Avenue SE. But as it turns out, that isn't the case. more ›

A crowd of approximately 100 people were hungry this morning. Hungry for pancakes. A line snaked around the entrance to the new IHOP restaurant in Columbia Heights this morning, the promise of free pancakes for those with the patience to wait out the ribbon-cutting ceremony. more ›

During the lead-up to the holidays, there are usually a number of tasty giveaways and BOGO offers to be had around town -- and this year is no exception. more ›

The long-awaited IHOP, located inside the DCUSA development in Columbia Heights, has officially opened for business. (And yes, we do believe that the easy availability of pancakes at any hour is one of the few acceptable reasons to use all caps in a tweet.) more ›

Morning DC. Looks like we're in for another beautiful fall day - pretty perfect for ye old Tweed Ride, which will roll through DC this afternoon. If you want to join in donning your Sunday best, there's still time to register. more ›

International House of Pancakes is in talks to open a restaurant in the DCUSA development in Columbia Heights, according to the Washington Business Journal. We've witnessed a lot of debate and handwringing in the past about the relative classiness of businesses going in to DCUSA, but surely everyone can agree on Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity. more ›

Macarons at Michel Patisserie more ›