Business Ins & Outs 2022: L’Avant-Garde, Hobo, Whole Foods; Berliner, Amazon Books, CB2
• January 9, 2023

Welcome: L’Avant-Garde, Yellow, Showfields, Hobo, Glossier, Bitty & Beau’s, Fountain Inn and others. Farewell: Berliner, Officina, Fluevog, Pie Sisters, Petite Soeur, Sara’s, CB2 and others. It was a busy year for Georgetown […]

Business Ins & Outs: Lutèce Gets Top Praise; Empty 7-Eleven, Sara’s to Get New Tenants 
• September 26, 2022

Congrats! New York Times Praises Lutèce A terrific culinary shout-out — and well deserved for owner Zubair Popal and family — for the bistro at 1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Last week, […]

On My Blocks of Independence: Growing Up at 30th & P in Georgetown
• June 23, 2022

On my blocks of independence… buying gum… neighbors helping neighbors… saying goodbye to local havens and hello to new owners… Growing up near 30th and P Street NW, my first […]

7-Eleven Closure Makes News Locally and Globally
• May 12, 2022

Who knew such hyperlocal news as the closing of the 7-Eleven on P Street in Georgetown would make the national television news more than 7,000 miles away? The May 9th […]

7-Eleven on P St. to Close May 15  
• May 9, 2022

Well, there’s no thank you heaven, and soon there’ll be no 7-Eleven in Georgetown. The 7-Eleven convenience store at 2617 P St. NW — a favorite of residents, visitors and […]

Business Ins & Outs: Afghania; 7-Eleven, Ledo, Charcoal Town
• August 30, 2021

In: Afghan Restaurant Planned Taking over the former space of Don Lobo’s Mexican Grill which closed May 31, 2020, after 16 years, Afghania will be another restaurant by Omar Masroor […]

ANC’s Rick Murphy Catches a Thief
• August 5, 2019

Murphy helped stop a shoplifter who was leaving the 7-Eleven at P Street and Wisconsin Avenue, near Murphy’s home, on July 31 at about 7:30 a.m., carrying unpaid merchandise.

Suspicious Package Closes 7-Eleven
• July 7, 2019

The 7-Eleven convenience store at 2617 P St. NW was closed for three hours on Saturday afternoon, July 6. Two envelopes received by U.S. Mail appeared to be leaking a powdery substance.