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Apr 06, 2023

New Downtown D.C. Food Hall Called The Square Will Feature Famous Local Chefs

The food hall, led by chefs Rubén García and Richie Brandenburg, will open in June.  

Dec 07, 2016

First Look: Eatsa’s Quick, Affordable Quinoa Bowls Land on K Street

The San Francisco-based chain is famous for its automated ordering system, but it has everything else that fast casual seeking Washingtonians want, too.

Sep 21, 2016

Free Java At Compass Coffee’s New Farragut Square Location Today

The chain’s fourth outpost is located at 1776 Eye St NW.

Sep 25, 2013

PETA Will Deploy Semi-Nude Women In Python Body Paint To Farragut Square Tomorrow

Women dressed as pythons in nothing more than body paint will be “slithering” around Farragut Square tomorrow. Thanks, PETA.

Jun 12, 2012

Man Who Crashed Jeep Into Office Building Wanted Attention From the FBI

The driver who caused quite the stir Friday night when he plowed his sport utility vehicle into the ground floor of a Connecticut Avenue NW office building said he did it to attract the attention of the FBI.

Jun 10, 2012

SUV Driver Who Drove Into Building Had Domestic Troubles

More information has been released about the driver who smashed a stolen SUV into a downtown building Friday night.

Aug 08, 2011

Business 101: Don’t Forget Your Due Diligence

The problem: you are an organization selling a product that you’d like more people to purchase — in this case, lottery tickets.

Jul 12, 2011

Lucky Lottery Mobile Not So Mobile After All

Tough news for those of you who were hoping to do a little bit of gambling while you wandered outside to pick up a truck lunch this afternoon: the D.C. Lottery’s Lucky Lottery Mobile, slated to have its first run at Farragut Square today, has some “technical difficulties” and won’t be appearing as scheduled.

Jul 08, 2011

D.C. Lottery, “Inspired” By Food Trucks, Going Mobile

Have you ever been out to lunch at one of the various food trucks which roam around the city and thought that the one thing which would make your midday meal complete is a scratch-off lottery ticket? Yeah, me neither. But that’s not stopping the D.C. Lottery from hopping on the mobile retail bandwagon.

May 19, 2009

Small Car Fire By Farragut Square

We got several tips about a car catching fire on 17th Street NW near K, right by Farragut Square a little while ago. Reader Brett Andriesen was kind enough to send in this image from his phone – looks like the fire department already has the situation under control. Hope that wasn’t your green SUV (looks like an Explorer maybe?)….

 
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