Author Andrew W

As you may have noticed these past few weeks, there’s a ton of new stuff coming in — the PORC food truck’s restaurant, the El Floridiano food truck’s restaurant and bakery, El Chucho’s Mexican food, The Pinch American restaurant, Mad Momo’s Sikkimese food, Coffy Cafe creperie, DC Reynolds bar and restaurant, and on and on. To make it…

If you’re interested in working at the soon to be renovated Howard Theatre, which will host performances, a restaurant, and an education center, check out their job fair on Friday. It’s from 11am to 1pm at 623 Florida Avenue NW. DCist has a lot more on the theatre, which was opened in 1910 and was called…

Last week I stopped into Coffy Cafe, the new creperie and coffee shop at 3310 14th Street NW, across from the Tivoli. And I was impressed. The place is big and bright, bigger than you’d think from outside, with a very clean, modern look. There were a lot of places to sit, a lot of…

Be careful walking in Columbia Heights. DCist reports, via TBD, that four different intersections in Columbia Heights are among the most dangerous in the city, what DDOT is calling “the most dangerous intersections for pedestrian crashes over the past 3 years.” The intersections in our neighborhood are 14th and Park, 14th and Irving, and 14th…

It’s always great to see Columbia Heights’ budding artistic scene in action. Coming up March 10th and 11th is a play from Paso Nuevo, GALA Hispanic Theatre’s youth group, about financial literacy. It’s been presented at schools around the city. In addition, the group’s band has released a music CD about financial literacy — learning…