Business Ins & Outs: Billy Hicks, Rails, Ice Cream Jubilee, Booeymonger

February 5, 2024

In: Rails, Clothing from L.A. Another retailer of West Coast apparel for women and men has set up shop in Georgetown at 3239 M St. NW. “Founded in 2008 by […]

Hot Brands, Like Tesla, Keep Georgetown Hot

January 25, 2024

Last month, the widely read news was that Barnes & Noble will return to Georgetown, which it left in 2011. Amazingly, the United States’s largest national bookstore chain will return […]

Business: Coming in 2024

January 8, 2024

Restaurants and retail shops set to open in Georgetown in 2024 are giving the town a happy new year — things are looking up.  Barnes & Noble  Gone from Georgetown […]

Business Ins & Outs: Greco, Mèo Maison, Tatte, Skims

November 13, 2023

In: Greco Ready to Open in &pizza-Au Pied de Cochon Building Next month, an authentic Greek fast casual restaurant will open at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Dumbarton Street — […]

‘Georgetown Glow’ Returns to Light up the Nights

November 6, 2023

Time to bundle up and pack that thermos of hot chocolate.  As winter darkness returns, the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) has plans to spark “Merriment in Georgetown” with the […]

Renovated Safeway Opens With Party, Cheerleaders         

September 18, 2023

There is nothing like going to your regular grocery store that you’ve shopped at for decades and finding balloons, cameras, VIP speakers, performing members of the Washington Commanders cheerleading team, cake, […]

Business Ins & Outs: Ike Behar; Blank Street Coffee, Baker’s Daughter


In: Blank Street Coffee On Prospect St. Blank Street Coffee at 3241 Prospect St. NW — next door to Van Leeuven Ice Cream — opened on Sept. 16. “With a limited, quality […]

Martin’s Tavern: Cheers to 90 Years   

September 11, 2023

When someone or something marks 90 years, you take notice. When this 90-year-old place is full of history and legends, you know there are stories to be told. When this […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alo, Diptyque, Pasha Castle; Filomena at 40

May 30, 2023

In: Alo Yoga to Open June 9 The popular yoga clothing and accessory company Alo has taken over the prime Georgetown retail space previously occupied by Banana Republic at the […]

Georgetown’s Unique and Tranquil Chinese Tea House Closes

January 30, 2023

The minute you closed the door at Ching Ching Cha, the Chinese tea house and shop, near the C&O Canal at 1063 Wisconsin Ave. NW, leaving behind the noisy cars […]