Author Andrew W

It looks like a new spot is coming to the Mad Momo’s space at 3605 14th Street NW. The Himalayan/American restaurant closed a few months ago and we haven’t heard much since the owners said they were looking for something else to take the space. Since then there hasn’t been much action there, until the…

The city’s pool season is underway, and I got a nice surprise when I went to Banneker Pool at Georgia and Euclid on Sunday: there’s now a little snack bar and a few canopies for shade. The snack bar is run by the folks from the Georgia Ave. Frozen-Yo location and has pre-packed froyo, Nathan’s…

If you like the Museum of Unnatural History, the funny gift shop that serves as a storefront and fundraiser for the 826DC tutoring center on the Civic Plaza, you had better go there soon. The Post reports that 826DC will be moving across Park Road to the mezzanine of the Tivoli Theatre. 826DC says it’s…

A few months ago we heard about Fidel Castro’s visit to Columbia Heights in 1959, where he hung out in Meridian Hill Park (see above). He was staying at what was then the Cuban Embassy to the US at 2630 16th Street NW, right across from the park. However, since the US and Cuba ended formal…

Upshur Street NW is about to get more busy: Timber Pizza Co., a mobile pizzeria, will be opening a brick-and-mortar location at 809 Upshur Street NW. The little one-story building formerly housed the Christ Our Redeemer AME Episcopal Church. They make Neapolitan-ish pizza according to the Post (which looks pretty delicious), and have good reviews on…

This sounds pretty awesome: a company called the Whisk(e)y Library is hosting a Scottish whisky (not whiskey) tasting at the Pinch. Here’s more info! On Saturday, June 20th at 4pm, The Whisk(e)y Library will be hosting a whisky tasting event at The Pinch (3548 14th Street NW). Guests will be treated to 5 single malt…

¡Más margaritas! Taqueria Habanero, the popular Mexican spot a few doors down from the Red Derby, has applied for a liquor license. PoP spotted the signs in the window. I’ve been there a few times and always really enjoyed it — tasty tacos with awesome house-made tortillas, plus enchiladas, tortas and other traditional Mexican fare.…

Today, for some reason, is National Donut Day. and Zombie Coffee and Donuts on Irving Street is in the spirit with a couple of deals: if you mention National Donut Day you get a free donut, and my friend says a worker there told him another: if you buy one dozen donuts, you get another…

If you like trying new kinds of food, check out Kalye, a Filipino street food pop-up at EatsPlace, the restaurant incubator and “pop-uppery” at 3607 Georgia Ave NW. The food sounds really interesting and unusual — dishes include chicken feet, balut (fertilized duck egg,) grilled cubes of pork blood, barbequed pork ears an a lot…

Last year I wrote about the first In It Together Fest, a music and arts festival at DIY (do it yourself) venues around town, including a few in Columbia Heights and surrounding hoods. The festival benefits a few local nonprofits like Collective Action for Safe Spaces which fights street harassment, We Are Family, which works…