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This is a scary story: a friend of a friend was riding a Capital Bikeshare down 13th Street Monday morning around 8:30am — and then he woke up in an ambulance after a crash. The police report filed about the incident says he was apparently hit by a car and found around 13th and…

Good news for fans of Ethiopian food, and hopefully a tenant for a long-vacant space: there’s an Ethiopian restaurant coming to 3630 Georgia Avenue NW, the storefront between DC Reynolds and what used to be Walter’s Sports Bar. The space had been Gena’s Beauty Salon but it’s been vacant for some time. I saw a…

If you’re interested in vegan or Jamaican food, there’s a new option: Sweet Sosumba at 3501 Georgia Avenue NW. This space was formerly an Ethiopian market. The place only has one Yelp review so far but it’s glowing, and I found an old fundraising page from the owner with more info: My name is Loi…

A reader just sent me this — Panera on Irving is closing. I liked it pretty well, but it never seemed too crowded. I’d be interested in seeing what’s coming next. There are a lot of changes afoot at DCUSA, I’ll write a post about that shortly. This is directly across the street from the…

Anthony Bourdain, the beloved chef and writer, visited many places around the world through his career with No Reservations, Parts Unknown, A Cook’s Tour, The Layover and more — and in 2009, he came to DC for No Reservations, where among other things he visited Ben’s Chili Bowl, the Maine Avenue fish market, and hung…

If you like food fresh from the farm, you now have two options for the Columbia Heights Farmers Market: they’re open on the Civic Plaza on Wednesdays from 4pm-7pm and Saturdays from 9am-1pm. The Civic Plaza is the triangular plaza where 14th, Kenyon and Park meet. The market, if you haven’t been before, has a…

Looks like another spot is soon to open on the 14th Street strip where the Red Derby, Lyman’s, Mezcalero and Taqueria Habanero are: Little Havana, a Cuban spot from the owner of Mezcalero and El Sol in Shaw. I walked by the other day and it looks like they are making progress, and Eater has…

The annual Fourth of July celebration at the Old Soldiers Home is happening again, and it’s a good time. The campus (officially the Armed Forces Retirement Home) is just east of Rock Creek Church Road NW and Park View and a good spot to watch the fireworks on the Mall, as it’s on a big…

Not specifically Columbia Heights-related, but good news for anyone interested in local news: DCist, the long-running news site that was shut down last year by its new owner, is back! WAMU, a local NPR station, bought the site and rehired the previous editors and much of the staff. The site covers local news, music, arts, local…