The reason for the now viral bare shelves is complicated, as is solving the problem.

When there was no note, a Trinidad woman turned to the tapes.

When D.C. CAB opened thirty years ago this week, you could see the movie in eighteen area movie theaters. None of those theaters are still operating. Is this the curse of D.C. CAB?

Under a set of proposed rules approved by the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, pharmacies won’t be able to sell beer or wine unless they start offering a lot more food for sale.

Yesterday morning, we reported on an attempted robbery outside the CVS at 6514 Georgia Avenue NW in Brightwood which devolved into a shootout. Police now have confirmed that one of the robbers in the group has died, while two others have been arrested.

Last month, news broke that Cathedral Pharmacy, a retail fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW, was facing a murky future due to a contract dispute with its medication distributor CVS Caremark. In response, Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh has requested that the city’s Attorney General investigate whether or not the dispute represents unfair trade practices and a violation of District antitrust law.

Some depressing news in today’s Washington Post — the future of Cathedral Pharmacy, which has been a fixture along Connecticut Avenue NW for over 80 years, is looking rather grim, due to a recent audit which will likely lead to CVS pulling its prescription contract with the pharmacy.

Photo by spiggycat The intersection of 7th and H Streets NW in Chinatown has to be one of the best retail spots in the entire city in terms of foot traffic, yet the boarded up windows at the large building on the northeast corner remain, over two years since the CVS that used to live in the ground floor closed. Back then, we were told to expect a renovated CVS in 2010, but as…

Metro formally announced today that SmarTrip users can add value to their cards at select CVS and Giant Food stores. Last year, WMATA made SmarTrip cards more widely available for sale at CVS and Giant, but now customers can also choose to add money to their cards at both chains while they check out. Many CVS stores actually began offering customers the ability to reload their SmarTrip cards back in April, while Giant has…

Photos by Sommer Mathis In a city where the HIV/AIDS infection rate has reached epidemic proportions, is it OK for drug stores to keep their condoms under lock and key, theoretically discouraging skittish shoppers, especially teens, from purchasing them? That was among the many messages a group of protesters discussed in Dupont Circle this afternoon. About 50 people representing a coalition of organizations and activists that includes the National Organization of Women, the Latino…