A new ordering app is trying to make its mark.

Chatty Cathys Warren Rojas of Northern Virginia Magazine was on Rockwell this week shilling his new chat, Grill Warren. Do we not have enough food chats/chogs/Q&As in this town? I guess it’s an alternative if you can’t get your question answered by one of the three Ts, but this is getting a little out of hand. Or maybe DCist is behind the curve on this one, and we should be starting our own chat. But…

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it’s a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-a-verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we’ve all been up to. After cooling down from a hot weekend of many badass Sunset Junction Street Fair photo dispatches, LAist asked…

Red Sage Gets Along Little Doggies One of the restaurants who helped usher in the redevelopment of D.C.’s downtown, Red Sage, will close its doors next Thursday. Tom tells us that, despite serving 20,000 people a month (that’s over 160 four tops a night), high rents in the area are driving the proprietor away. How bad is it when you’re outgentrifying the gentrifiers? Though it’s not the best restaurant in town, Red Sage has always…

When DCist was in Georgetown this past weekend strangers on three occasions came up and asked where they could find the “new burger joint” or “Five Brothers.” What they were looking for was Five Guys, the Arlington-based burger chain that is in an aggressive expansion right now, pushing into North Carolina, Delaware and now the District. Five Guys’ spot in Chinatown opened earlier this year, and office workers downtown have been making lunchtime runs for…