Sad but true: the Post has some great coverage of the closing night at Common Share on Friday. The bar, located on 18th Street NW south of the Adams Morgan strip and just north of Florida Avenue, was one of the cheaper places in the city, with beers going for $2. While there are rumors that the bar may reopen elsewhere, possibly the H Street NE strip, we’ll sure miss the inexpensive brew and laid…

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. I’ll admit, it isn’t easy for me to talk about crime in the District with many of my friends, particularly those who live in the suburbs or outside the metro area entirely. In the minds of those who don’t often visit, Washington is still the murder capital of the United States, still caught in crack wars, still a place into which one…

This post by DCist contributor Rawn James, Jr. The goal of DCist’s 5 O’clock Meetings column is simple: We let you know about happy hours that you need to know about so you can make the call when your friends get stuck in the endless “but where should we go?” conversation. This week we visited a happy hour that happens only once a week and offers no food specials, but is still worth the trip…

What is it about historic D.C. firehouses that spark culinary ambition? A pair of in-the-works restaurants aim to address this burning question. As Express recently reported, a pre-World War II firehouse in the Bloomingdale neighborhood is slated to become an eatery called EC-12, whose name references the old Engine Company 12 that used to occupy the building. Architects are currently working on building plans, after which developers will be able to apply for a building…

By fashion contributor Rachel Cothran. Find more of her writing and street photography at her web site Project Beltway. In a city where power tends to dictate fashion, instead of the other way around, we wonder: is it possible to see beyond the suits to find some unique styles in the nation’s capital? Each week we take a glimpse at style in Washington, presenting a literal and figurative snapshot of Washingtonians looking sharp — and…

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood issues. I know that certain, wonderfully stubborn organizations continue to press for an underground tunnel through Tyson’s Corner. It’s a very sensible thing to pursue, and I don’t blame them at all. Still, there are advantages to running your rail above ground, if circumstances permit it. The view, for one thing. Simply by riding the Red Line east three stops out of Union Station, you…

Busy city streets like Columbia Road, Florida Avenue, or Benning Road can sometimes feel like a real-life game of Frogger. With pedestrians crossing at all angles, cyclists zooming past, and drivers dodging delivery trucks, it is a wonder more accidents don’t occur among all the chaos. Perhaps city-dwellers have learned to adapt, staying alert and expecting the unexpected. Maybe they are just lucky. However, as urbanization reaches farther out into the metro area, pedestrian collisions…

While we are happy to see cool bands who play D.C. offer up some of their favorite post-show food spots, as +/- did for Pitchfork this week, we’d like to suggest that there’s more to life than Ben’s Chili Bowl. In fact, much more, in terms of taste and variety. While the institution on U Street was hot long before the “new U” was a part of our vocabulary, and is full of multicultural ambience…

Anyone living within two miles of Dupont Circle couldn’t have missed the police lockdown last night. Starting shortly after 9 p.m., D.C. police cruisers took positions along Connecticut Avenue up to the intersection with Florida Avenue, eventually shutting down all traffic — pedestrian and vehicular — without giving an explanation as to why. Two helicopters loudly hovered overhead, while overly anxious police officers screamed loudly at anyone who dared cross the street (a man walking…

Last Sunday, Michael Grunwald took to the pages of the Post to discuss, and malign, the District’s building height restrictions. His piece is an interesting read, but Grunwald’s analysis of how the restriction has affected the city is fairly spotty, as Mark Jenkins notes in a City Desk post from yesterday. For one thing, it’s difficult to say that height restrictions have created a space crunch in the city, when for so long so much…