The DC Health Department reports four cases of Zika—at least one victim was a pregnant woman.

The additions come amid concerns surrounding the Zika virus.

Hands down the most cromulent article the Washington Post has ever published.

Shaw’s Back Alley Waffles made national news this week when it accused online coupon giant Groupon of driving it out of business. But the restaurant’s problems ran deeper than that—it lacked the necessary permits to serve food.

If you’re a barber in the District, you have to be licensed and regulated by a city board. But if you’re a tattoo artist or piercer, you’re in the clear — currently, the District remains one of the last places in the country in which tattooing and piercing are wholly unregulated. That looks like it will soon change, but how dramatic the change will be is yet to be determined.

While the majority of the District’s likely medical marijuana cultivation centers are clustered in Ward 5, the 17 applicants for licenses to run the five dispensaries that will provide marijuana to qualifying patients are spread all over town — so much so that only Ward 7 missed out on a location.

WTOP’s Adam Tuss was up in Montgomery County this morning, tweeting up a storm about a hearing on the proposed Purple Line, the light rail line which would connect Bethesda and New Carrolton by linking existing Metro infrastructure. There were some interesting revelations (not the least of which that the project’s projected cost has now ballooned to $1.6 billion), but we were dismayed at the news that a section of the line near Rosemary Hills…

Photo by afagen The downtown location of Gifford’s Ice Cream (555 11th Street NW) hopes to reopen in about a week, following a temporary closure ordered by the D.C. Dept. of Health. As PQLiving first reported, the ice cream shop was forced to close May 12 after the health department determined that its operating license had lapsed. An inspection report shows that the store also lacked a certified on-site food manager, a requirement for…

The Safeway on Rhode Island Ave. NE reopened late Thursday, after a follow-up health department inspection deemed the store in compliance and all issues related to its vermin infestation corrected. The store had been temporarily shuttered on Wednesday evening after a routine inspection discovered evidence of rodents. For those of you curious about the specifics of the vermin issue that led the Department of Health to close the store, notes on the inspection report, which…

View Safeway closed due to vermin in a larger map The D.C. Department of Health ordered the temporary closure of the Safeway located at 514 Rhode Island Ave. NE on Wednesday due to a vermin infestation, officials said. A call to the store confirmed that it remains closed this morning. The store “will reopen once all issues have been corrected,” said DOH spokesperson Dena Iverson in an email. Nearby resident Mandi Wolfes stopped by the…