Business Ins & Out: Greco, Catbird, Argent, M.M. LaFleur, Ornare

January 16, 2024

In: Fast Casual Greco Opens  The first Greco location in Washington, D.C, opened on Jan. 15 in Georgetown at 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW. “Owners Demetri Tsolakis and Stefanos Oungrinis are […]

Restaurateur Tony Cibel — 1937 to 2024

January 8, 2024

Restaurateur Tony Cibel — best known in Georgetown for Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place and Nick’s Riverside Grill at Washington Harbour — died Jan. 4 at the age of 86. […]

Business: Coming in 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 […]

Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed

January 4, 2024

As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]

Business Ins & Outs 2023

January 2, 2024

In —  Sara’s Market Resurrected on Q Vivien Tsang and John Michael Kushner, co-owners of Dent Place Market, reopened Sara’s Market at 3008 Q St. NW which closed its doors last […]

Retail Therapy for the Gray Days Ahead

December 27, 2023

I don’t shop. I like to say I am looking for visual stimulation. Happily, there are now two new options in Georgetown within a few storefronts of each other with […]

Barnes & Noble Will Return to Georgetown

December 20, 2023

It seems like a Christmas miracle. The wished-for return of bookseller Barnes & Noble was on many residents’ list. Next year, this wish will come true. It will also herald […]

Business Ins & Outs: Robin’s Gallery, Poppy’s Mural, Pure Sweat + Float Studio

December 18, 2023

In: Sutliff’s Pop-up Becomes Robin’s Gallery Artist Robin Sutliff — who has exhibited at L’Enfant Gallery at Wisconsin and P for years — has become the proud proprietor of Robin’s […]

Happy Holidays! Our Gift to Georgetown: A Map of Where to Shop, Eat, Stay and Play 

, December 6, 2023

Meet Our Map Researcher, Vivien Dobrescu         Our map researcher, Vivien Dobrescu, walked every block of every street in Georgetown, detailing every place and recording what was there, vacant storefronts […]

Georgetown Is Hot to Shop  


Last week, WTOP News ran an upbeat story, headlined “Georgetown sees solid year despite retail, restaurant shuttering in DC,” and concluded “2023 has been a solid year for one of […]