After Melody Records and Penn Camera announced they were closing their doors, now it’s Love Cafe’s turn. Owner Warren Brown tweeted yesterday that the baked good pioneer that has occupied the prime corner location at 15th and U Streets NW since 2003 would close on January 29.

Last Chance for A.V. Sad, we know. Get it before it becomes a half-empty office building. Restaurant Week Starts August 6 There are a few good things about Washington in August. First, it’s so damned hot and soupy that there are about 100 times fewer tourists. Second, Congress leaves town and tons of governmental types take vacation, so town slows down considerably, leaving rush hour slightly less enraging. Third, it’s when the summer version of…

Good morning, Washington. Got Halloween plans? Personally, I’m still trying to come up with a decent last-minute costume idea. My party deadline isn’t until tomorrow, fortunately. For those who’ve got costume parties lined up for tonight, I hope you didn’t make any part of your outfit from papier mache — it looks like it’s going to be a soggy evening. Jemal Acquitted Of Most Charges: The verdict is in, and prominent District developer Douglas Jemal…

Cakelove creator Warren Brown, who has been giving Washingtonians a Sugar Rush for the last four years with his love-’em-or-hate-’em cupcakes and generating controversy with his temperature-sensitive buttercream frosting, is about to embark on a more wholesome enterprise. Warren Brown’s next trick is making energy bars. The tall, slim 35-year-old lawyer turned baker and “fascinating entrepreneur” is an avid runner with a schedule so hectic it makes ours look like cake. He often found himself…

Travel Might Suck Today: A word to the wise — Amtrak and Greyhound might seem like mighty good options in the coming days. As you’ve no doubt heard, British officials report that they have broken up a plot to blow up airplanes flying from London to the U.S., sending both countries into a security frenzy, writes NBC 4. Things are so bad that passengers are now forbidden from carrying any liquids or gels onto…

Saturday Night Live’s recent “Lazy Sunday” short film has given me an intense craving for cupcakes. The ones featured, from New York City’s Magnolia Bakery, brought to mind the following question: where can you find high-quality cupcakes in D.C.? “I don’t think this cupcake thing is at its height,” a bakery owner told New York magazine this past fall. With our northern neighbor’s Buttercup Bakery in the process of franchising nationally and Warren Brown’s outfit…

I Have to Call You Back, It’s On If you’re a DCist regular, you know that we’ve posted once or twice or thrice or more times about Warren Brown and CakeLove. We find ourselves here yet again, with Warren stepping up to washingtonpost.com’s chatters to discuss the local furor that is his refrigerated cake. We thought about live-blogging the chat, but decided that was too meta for us; we’re opting for the post-incident run down…

Of all the touchy topics we write about, one business is consistantly able to stoke the passion of our readers more than any other: Warren Brown’s CakeLove. Our previous posts about the rapidly growing U Street business have sparked heated controversy. Some of you like the cake, others think he’s overpriced or overrated, while still others have decidedly more negative opinions. Our approach is nuanced — while some of us enjoy his products, others have…

Hate to say it, but last night’s Food Network premiere of Sugar Rush, featuring Cakelove’s Warren Brown, gets mixed reviews from us. On one hand, Brown is great to look at and has fun with his interviewees. But on the other hand, he’s like a smiling deer in headlights when it’s just him and the camera. Next time, do a few head rolls and shake out those lanky limbs, Warren. If we had a…

Today’s Post reports that Warren Brown, owner and founder of U St. bakery Cakelove, will be the first D.C. area chef to have his own show on the Food Network. The show will be entitled “Sugar Rush” and is slated to take the 9:30 p.m. slot on Wednesdays starting in October. Brown, a former lawyer who has been called one of America’s most fascinating entrepreneurs, will also be profiled on the Food Network’s “Recipe for…