Author Andrew W

A while ago we heard that a new bar, Reliable Tavern, was coming to the old hardware store at 3655 Georgia Avenue NW, just south of the Metro. It’s run by Joe Englert, a prolific bar and restaurant owner — he opened Temperance Hall (which became the Looking Glass Lounge) in 2006, as well as…

Target in DCUSA is often popular, with big lines, but a new change might help: they just added a number of self-checkout lanes. The eight lanes, located closest to the door, have a person or two monitoring them, but if they’re anything like CVS or Giant, you’ll be able to get out a lot quicker…

This is odd — on Park Road the other day between Georgia and Sherman I spotted this sign, saying that the yard area is under video surveillance to make sure you pick up after your dog. This is strange for a number of reasons. For one, what are they going to do, review the tape…

If you like fancy coffee or just want to check out Cove, the coworking space in the Tivoli Building, check out their event on Saturday morning with different brewing methods and beans from all over. Sounds cool. Event Title: free breakfast + specialty coffee tasting Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016Time: 10am-12pmLocation: cove Columbia Heights 3343 14th Street NW Link: https://cove.is/events/GE67vIJSZ8Cost: freeDescription: come to cove Columbia Heights…

This sounds awesome — Bar Otsukare, the Japanese whiskey pop-up from local cocktail experts Eddie Kim and Jesse Selvagn, is hosting a sake-focused pop-up this weekend at Crane & Turtle on Upshur. They’re pouring a number of nama sakes, the first sakes made in Japan each spring. The event is called Sake Akachōchin, the word…

La Clinica del Pueblo, a non-profit organization that provides healthcare and social services to immigrants and Latinos in the DC area, is hosting a Barre Bootcamp this weekend as a fundraiser. It’s a cool opportunity to get some exercise and help a local organization. Here’s more info from them. The class is $10, which goes…

This is pretty neat: the other day I saw a new mural for Park View on the former Murry’s Grocery building at Georgia and Morton. The mural, by Victory Dance Creative, is simple but beautiful script of the neighborhood name. Victory Dance does a lot of interesting stuff around the area, including cool neighborhood posters…

The third annual Funk Parade is coming in a few weeks: Saturday, May 7th on U Street. The event, which started as a Kickstarter three years ago, features a fair with vendors, food, music and more, a really fun participatory parade, and a music festival around town in the evening. Their website, Facebook and Facebook…

Local arts space Bloombars will be hosting a tribute event for Prince tonight, from 8pm to 1:30 am. So far there are nine performers for the night, and they’re looking for more musicians and artists to perform. If you’d like to help out, email john@bloombars.com. There’s already almost 400 people interested on the invite and…