November 2024 Downtowner

November 11, 2024

&pizza in Hot Water Over ‘Berry Knots’ When Marion Berry Knots appeared on the menu of &pizza, all heck broke loose. The marketing campaign for the knots, coated with powdered […]

Pizza, Pups, Football and Cocktails at the New “Dog Daze”

November 6, 2024

The newly opened Dog Daze Social Club is a restaurant, a bar, outdoor garden and place to socialize, watch sports and not feel guilty about leaving your pet at home. […]

Business Ins & Outs: La Chaumière, Alara, Fangyán, Greco

June 29, 2023

Hakan Ilhan to Remake Paolo’s Space The long shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space, most recently High Street Grill, will become Alara, a Turkish restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” […]

Business Ins & Outs: Citibank, Cafe con Bagel; &pizza

May 22, 2023

In: Cafe con Bagel Pablo Salazar finally got to open his coffee and bagel joint at 1332 Wisconsin Ave. NW in the former space for Petite Soeur and, before that, the […]

Shutdown Specials in Georgetown

January 10, 2019

The Georgetown Business Improvement District is promoting a slew of deals as part of its campaign to tell diners, shoppers and visitors that #georgetownisopen during the partial federal shutdown.

Business Ins & Outs July 25, 2018

July 25, 2018

In: 90 Second Pizza In food news, more pizza options are on the way, especially for Georgetowners on the go. 90 Second Pizza has appeared at 1077 Wisconsin Ave. NW, […]

The Latest Dish

December 20, 2017

Ryan Seelbach and Jeff Sunderland, who brought you Takoda in Shaw, will turn the recently closed 1905 (on 9th Street NW) into Cortez, named after the Sea of Cortez on […]

The Latest Dish

July 12, 2017

The menu at Continental Modern Pool Lounge in Rosslyn comes from the inspiration and talent of Marjorie Meek-Bradley of Smoked & Stacked. The connection for this project at the 180-seat […]

Mayor: Hotel Hive ‘Gets’ D.C.

March 22, 2017

Lots of official events with D.C.’s mayor and Council members are perfunctory and, well, official. But some are really fun as well. The March 6 launch of the 83-room Hotel […]

25 Years of Paradise for Pizza Fans

November 9, 2016

The blistered crust bursts out from under bubbling Buffalo mozzarella in a riotous crunch, the perfect yeasty complement to the chewy cheese, garden-fresh basil and chunky housemade tomato sauce it […]