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Sad news from Upshur Street: Crane & Turtle, the tasty Japanese restaurant from the Room 11 family of restaurants and shops, will be closing April 24. According to a press release, the head chef and pastry chef, who are married, are moving to New York and since they were a key part of the restaurant,…

It’s a running joke in our neighborhood: the Metro escalators aren’t working. It’s mostly been anecdotal though, every time you go, they’re turned off, broken or closed for repair. People have to carry big suitcases up and down, or just trudge their tired bodies up and down after a long day. I even created a…

A friend spotted a nice new sign for the shopping center where The Midlands and Walls of Books are. The Midlands is the new beer garden coming to 3333 Georgia from the Kangaroo Boxing Club folks this spring, while Walls of Books is already open. It’s a pretty great looking sign, and I like how…

Here’s a great way to help cancer research, and all you have to do is eat or drink at Slash Run! Local resident Brittany Kademian has organized a fundraiser at the Petworth restaurant for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a research and treatment nonprofit. The deal is simple: go today between 5pm and midnight and they’ll…

If you’re like me, you have fond memories from graduating high school: prom, the cap and gown, the graduation ceremony, getting your diploma, and maybe even a senior trip where you celebrate the end of high school with your friends and see something new. The Columbia Heights Educational Campus at 14th and Irving, which includes…

Looks like the new Jamaican restaurant coming to the old Getaway space at 14th and Meridian is almost ready to open. A reader sends in that she spoke with workers there and they’re planning to open the first week of March. They’re going to use both floors, like the Getaway (and Social before them) and…

Interview and photos by Alex Rego Meet Romeo. At the corner of Kenyon Street and Georgia Avenue NW sits humble and historic Morgan’s Seafood. And outside Morgan’s Seafood sits Romeo Morgan; greeting each and every passerby. “It’s easier to say HELLO than it is to say HELL-NO,” Romeo touts. We sat down over a bowl…

This sounds like fun: the Community Wellness Alliance, a health nonprofit, has organized a pet festival on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 2-4 pm. There will be a pet costume contest, which sounds hilarious, plus other giveaways. Check it out!

If you’d like there to be a 14th Street express bus, like the ones on 16th and Georgia, here’s your chance to advocate for it. WMATA is holding a community meeting on Feb. 18th, and it would be a great place to advocate for it Longtime readers of this blog know that I’m a big…