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Mar 30, 2005

Billy Goat Tavern Coming to D.C.

Our friends at Chicagoist point out that the Billy Goat Tavern, that Chicago institution parodied in Saturday Night Live’s “Olympia Restaurant” sketches in the 70s, is planning on coming to D.C. This news may have many Chicagoans a little miffed, as the Billy Goat is a unique Chicago experiences akin to walking the Magnificent Mile or catching a game at Wrigley. Moving the restaurant to another time zone seems an odd decision for a restaurant…

Oct 14, 2004

Downtown Destination Shopping

Bigger retail could be coming to the District’s downtown area adding to the robust resurgence in shopping along some of the central city’s main corridors. With Seventh and H streets the new epicenter for downtown shopping (the newly opened Benetton, Urban Outfitters, Ann Taylor Loft, et al) and Hechts and H&M over toward Metro Center, the Post took a look at the status of the rebirth of downtown Washington’s shopping. Some critics might say that…

 
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