Author Andrew W

This sounds like a fun literary event: Upshur Street Books and Petworth Citizen have organized a 30-hour marathon reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses for Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce’s life. Along with the reading, there will be good and drink and Irish whiskey, which makes sense. The event is mostly at Third Floor, the event space upstairs from Slim’s…

It’s been a while since I’ve done an installment of Beer Run, my series looking at the beer selections for local corner stores — mostly because I haven’t seen too many new ones. However, there’s a new at 3443 14th Street NW, Dubai Market, and I’m glad I stopped in. They have a big selection…

The facade a few months ago Little Coco’s, the Italian restaurant from the folks behind El Chucho, is coming in early to mid July pending any permit delays, according to owner Jackie Greenbaum. They also recently posted they’re hiring on their various social media channels. The restaurant is coming to 3907 14th Street in the…

It’s pool time! The popular Banneker and Upshur Pools are now open on weekends only, noon-6pm, but starting June 18th they’ll be open every day but one. In the case of Banneker, at 2500 Georgia, they’re closed Thursdays, while Upshur, at 4300 Arkansas, is closed Mondays. During the week, both are open 11am-8pm, while Banneker…

This is pretty cool. The old Murry’s supermarket building at 3400 Georgia Avenue NW is being filled withThe Perch, a mushroom and vegetable farm from the owners of Good Sense Farm and Apiary, who run a mushroom and honey operation located in Maryland. The Post has the whole story — Good Sense owner Zachari Curtis has wanted a…

I love hearing about corner stores improving, and a reader just sent in a tip that the Park Market at 13th and Park has taken down their bulletproof glass and remodeled a little bit. I stopped by and it definitely looks nicer and more inviting, plus it seems like there’s a bigger beer and wine…

Last Sunday I stopped by Celebrate Petworth, that neighborhood’s festival on Upshur Street, and it was a lot of fun. One thing I noticed was that Timber Pizza Co., the wood-fired pizza joint that’s been a pop-up at the former Blind Dog Cafe and elsewhere around town, was almost finished 809 Upshur. Timber had an…

Some news for southern Columbia Heights: La Colombe Torrefaction, the fancy coffee shop and roasting company from Philly with a few DC locations and a bar from the folks behind Bedrock Billiards will be opening in the Manhattan Laundry development near 14th and Florida. BadWolfDC reports La Colombe is opening by the end of June at…