Although the news today has been dominated by the tragic events in London, we have been planning to announce some changes here at DCist. Today we are sad to announce something you may have already heard: DCist co-editor Mike Grass will be leaving DCist. He’ll be editing and developing the local pages of the Post’s Express. Mike will also be leaving his job at Roll Call, where he’s been since January 2003. Although we here…

Since DCist’s resident gastronaut Kanishka Gangopadhyay is off to St. Louis this week for work-related business, he delegated the weekly task of food commentary and critique to someone with an un-trained, un-sophisticated palette. After all, he wouldn’t want someone one-upping him, would he? Much like last week, Capitol Hill seems to have cornered the market for food-related news. Barracks Row Dine Around: Barracks Row, the newly-renovated and ever-so-hip stretch of Eighth Street SE, is celebrating…

D.C.’s Chinatown is sometimes referred to as Chinablock. Once a multi-block neighborhood, Chinatown’s identity has been slowly eaten away by the booming Seventh Street corridor and what some refer to as “neighborhood imperialism” from Penn Quarter’s pushers. Although, we don’t think that adding Chinese characters to signage at Hooters, Chipotle and Fado’s has done much to stop Chinatown’s erosion, there is still a good selection of Chinese restaurants and stores along H Street east of…

Instead of finding fault in the metrobus system, we’ve found something to smile about. This Craigslist post from a 24 year-old male seeks advice on how to pick up attractive females on the D1/Glover Park rush hour bus. I just have to say that riding the D1 bus each morning wakes me up better than a cup of coffee. The bus is hopping with hot women. The trouble is how to approach them about drinks…

A reader in Tom Siestema’s weekly restaurant chat alerts us to the surprising fact that SER Corp., also known as Galileo Restaurant, Laboratorio Del Galileo and Osteria Del Galileo, filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 16. For those not obsessed with Italian food in the District, Galileo is the cream of the crop, a highly-regarded and popular establishment that’s been serving a well-heeled clientele for years. (It was one of then-President George H.W. Bush’s favorite spots…