Business Ins & Outs: Staud, On Running, Springbone

April 21, 2025

In: Staud on M Women’s clothing store Staud opened at 3025 M St. NW, formerly the place for Outdoor Voices. Did someone write, “Using shopping as a method of healing”? […]

Rick Hindin, Co-founder of Britches of Georgetowne and GBA, Dies at 82

March 27, 2025

Britches of Georgetowne co-founder Richard Hindin — known around Washington, D.C., for the iconic Georgetown clothing store as well as for Adworks, Chicken Out Rotisserie, Hinsilblon Laboratories and the causal […]

Business Ins & Outs: Citibank, My Little Chamomile, J.Crew, Alfie’s

March 24, 2025

In: Citibank, Next to Martin’s The Georgetown Citibank Center at 1258 Wisconsin Ave. NW is set for a soft opening on March 26, followed by a grand opening in May. […]

BID Bids Farewell to Longtime CEO Joe Sternlieb 

March 6, 2025

Georgetowners were aware for months that Joe Sternlieb, the well known CEO and top spokesperson for Georgetown’s very active Business Improvement District (GBID), was leaving his position as CEO-president of […]

New Leaders for Citizens Assoc., Georgetown BID

March 3, 2025

It is a time of change all around — including the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Georgetown Business Improvement District. CAG Names Amy Titus President, Gerald Musarra Vice President […]

Business Ins & Outs: Google, Brasero Atlántico, Two Nine, Huckberry

February 24, 2025

Spring is coming — and also coming are top-flight retailers, restaurants and businesses to Georgetown that show its continuing and increasing allure. Coming: Google Store on M A bricks-and-mortar Google […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alara, Octobre Éditions, Arc’teryx, Ateliers Jacob

January 27, 2025

In: Hakan Ilhan’s Alara on Feb. 5  The long-shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space has metamorphosized into Alara, a Mediterranean-focused restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” in Turkish, Alara will […]

Business Ins & Outs 2024 

January 13, 2025

The following is a summary of Business Ins and Outs for 2024. In   Tesla Electrifies M St.    Last month, the nation’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer opened a 4,500-square-foot showroom at […]

Business Ins & Outs: Tesla Is On; Wawa Is Off

December 9, 2024

In: Tesla Electrifies M St.  The nation’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer opened a 4,500-square-foot showroom at 3307 M St. NW, having relocated from CityCenterDC. Tesla moved — curiously enough — […]

Business Ins & Outs: Tilley’s, Alara, Lululemon

December 2, 2024

In: Tilley’s Pet Supplies Tilley’s Pet Supplies, owned by Drew and Megan Robitaille, opened a second location in Georgetown at 3216 O St. NW on Nov. 26. Named after one […]