What Chutzpah: Call Your Mother Deli May Close Due to Zoning Technicality 
• June 13, 2024

This article was updated on June 14. A dispute about the continuance of a popular bagel shop in the famous bright pink building on the corner of O and 35th […]

Opinion: The Coming D.C. Financial Crisis 
• October 3, 2022

Editor’s note: From time to time The Georgetowner selects to run guest columns on issues of concern to our readers. We have decided to run this opinion piece by Jack […]

Dep. Mayor Falcicchio Has Full Tray of Development Ideas 
• April 13, 2022

John Falcicchio, the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, is just the opposite of what one might think of as a remote, top city bureaucrat with many titles and […]

Bowser’s ‘Fair Shot’ $19.5 Billion Budget Adds Cops, 2 Schools
• March 21, 2022

The fiscal 2023 budget proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser at a D.C. Council meeting March 18 hits $19.5 billion, a historic high. That is 10 percent higher than the revised […]

Downtowner News: Metro Ridership Up, D.C. Gov’t In!
• July 12, 2021

D.C. Government Employees Back in Office  As of today, D.C. Government employees are back in their offices. They’ll be greeted with lots of welcome back perks including free food, Pilates classes and festive […]

Bowser Taps $4 Million to Help Winterize Streateries
• September 21, 2020

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a new Streatery Winter Ready Grant program to assist restaurants as they winterize their outdoor dining areas and maintain outdoor dining operations through the colder months.

Partial Reopening for Art, Toy and Book Shops
• May 18, 2020

Under D.C.’s Educational and Academic Retail Shops (EARS) pilot program, certain nonessential businesses can get waivers to offer pickup and curbside service through June 8.

ANC Wednesday: Car Break-Ins, Small Cell Tech, New Restaurants
• September 3, 2018

At the meeting, the advisory neighborhood commission plans to adopt a resolution regarding several restaurant alteration and signage projects on the Old Georgetown Board’s agenda.