Food & Wine
Downtown Stunner: La Grande Boucherie
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Georgetown Main Street Lauds Local Businesses
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Business Ins & Outs: M.M. LaFleur, Sézane, Wingo’s; Big Wheel Bikes
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Giuseppe Cecchi, Watergate Developer and IDI Group Founder, Dies at 93
Books
‘Hair Force One’: Intimate Yet Respectful
Main Street Hosts First Big Event, ‘I Do’
June 25, 2018
•Selecting a wedding theme for its first big promotion, held June 23, seemed a natural for the new Georgetown Main Street organization. At least 30 businesses participated.
Washington Harbour to Sell for $415 Million
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Global Holdings Group, an investment company with ties to a prominent Israeli family, reportedly has a contract with the current South Korean owners to buy the 562,105-square-foot Georgetown complex.
Tipped-Employee Initiative Passes. Now What?
June 21, 2018
•Initiative 77, making it District law to guarantee every full-time employee a minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2025, passed 55 percent to 45 percent. An online petition is being circulated to “Continue the fight – bring 77 to City Council!”
Helios Laser Center Shines
June 20, 2018
•Helios Laser Center, a brand-new, state-of-the-art practice, has opened at 4900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 320, in Friendship Heights. The center is owned and operated by Suzy French, a nurse […]
Business Ins & Outs June 20, 2018
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By Stephanie Green and Robert Devaney In: The Dough Jar The Dough Jar is a sweet shop that thinks outside the ice cream cone and cupcake. The store sells fun-sized […]
Up on the Roof: Rosewood Celebrates Summer
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With its panoramic views, plush sofas and beautiful landscaping, the Rooftop at Rosewood Washington, D.C., has become a cozy haven for those “in the know.” This summer, the Rooftop — […]
Andres Helps O’Connell Celebrate 40 Years
June 18, 2018
•The Georgetowner takes this opportunity to heartily congratulate Patrick O’Connell on the 40th anniversary of the beloved Inn at Little Washington and welcome José Andrés to Georgetown.
Vote No on Initiative 77
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The Georgetowner has listened to the arguments on both sides of the tipped employee minimum wage issue and believes strongly that Initiative 77 should be defeated.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Takes Over Georgetown, D.C.
June 14, 2018
•With classic cars from the 1970s and 1980s parked along P Street and Wisconsin Avenue — as well as having a nearby reconstituted Commander Salamander — Georgetown was, like … totally ’80s.
WAMU Reboots DCist
June 11, 2018
•A relaunch party for the hyperlocal news site will take place this Thursday, June 14, at Blind Whino, featuring DJ Beauty and the Beatz, drinks, food trucks, games and custom screenprinted posters from Soul & Ink.