The lead artist behind the Robeson mural, Cory Lee Stowers of ART B.L.O.C, says this isn’t the first time someone has sprayed over his team’s work and they have plans to repair it.
The all-outdoor Chesapeake Crab Shack comes from the team behind Duke’s Grocery and Gogi Yogi.
The pandemic cancelled U St.’s funk in 2020. This year there’s a pared-down, mostly-virtual festival.
The man was hit early yesterday morning and died from his injuries today.
But you have to pay for coffee, food, and meeting rooms.
Like ravenous dogs preying on fresh meat, local bloggers have pounced on the news that local organic grocer Yes! Organic Market will be coming to the Union Row building project, located at 14th and V streets NW. In a press release from Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham, the 5,000 square foot market is scheduled to open in Spring of 2008, offering residents, “natural foods as part of a unique shopping experience.” Despite the ominous approach…
We couldn’t help but notice these odd signs popping up on the windows of businesses all along the U Street Corridor in the last month. “This Business is Being Monitored by the U Street Sheriff’s Department” sounds a bit like a smart-alecky joke. Obviously the District has no sheriff’s department at all, let alone one that only serves U Street. So what exactly are these signs? We could imagine a business version of “Beware of…
Written by DCist contributor Vince Wadhwani, of BuyIndie.net The reality of big chains and online retailers is that for many small businesses, competing against them is extremely difficult — especially when it comes to prices. One local clothing store has found a successful approach in focusing on novelty — by providing clothing items that you won’t see your neighbor wearing the next week. “I try to re-merchandise the shop at least once a week; It’s…
By DCist Contributor Morgan Hungerford. DC is not a city of sample sales and trunk shows, so when we have one fashion-related event worthy of attendance it is Very Exciting; when we have two it is a Big Deal. And three? Well, you lucky, things, let’s just say you’d better take advantage. Tonight is the Third Thursday MidCity Shopper Social; shop the U Street Corridor and 14th Street for special deals at Junction. Wild Women…
Whether you welcome or oppose the velvet-gloved hand of gentrification, a potentially off-putting effect of urban renewal is the rise in attitude that often accompanies a rise in property value. The local bloggers at Hollywood for Ugly People recently recounted an unpleasant run-in with the doorman at the Chi-Cha Lounge, a U Street bar: “Sorry man. I can’t let you in wearing those sneakers,” the scrawny “bouncer” said to us. “What? Are you kidding me?”…
