Author Andrew W

You may remember Social, the bar and restaurant at 14th and Meridian which closed in mysterious circumstances a few months ago. They’re gone, but the new tenant is called The Getaway, a 1970s Hollywood-themed place: i.e. Steven McQueen and Paul Newman. They had their soft opening on May 27 and they opened yesterday. Here’s their…

Just in time for the hot weather, I called the Department of Parks and Recreation and they confirmed that city pools open at noon tomorrow. The closest one to our area is the Banneker pool at Georgia and Euclid, and it’s pretty fun. Here’s the DPR pools website. UPDATE: The pools are open to noon…

PoP has the news that a new taqueria called Mama Chuy DC is coming to 2620 Georgia Avenue NW (south of Fairmont) where the Philadelphia Water Ice Factory used to be. They’ll have 32 seats total with 16 on a patio and their Tumblr has lots more info: a brother and sister are opening it,…

This is only tangentially Columbia Heights-related, but I thought it was worth writing about anyway. Ellwood Thompson’s, the Richmond-based organic supermarket that told us numerous times they were about to move into DCUSA, and then didn’t, is apparently in talks to move into Rockville Town Center. Apparently the store previously had a second location in…

Dan Searing, co-owner and former head bartender of Room 11, has a new book out about alcoholic punch. Searing, who also used to work at Temperance Hall (which became the Looking Glass Lounge) gathered a following for his Punch Club gartherings where he and friends would make different kinds of punches, some new and some…