If you remember, neighborhood mainstay Fish in the Hood at 3601 Georgia Ave NW had a devastating fire in April and started a crowdfunding campaign a few months later. And now it looks like they’ve made a lot of progress, the place is looking great inside and out. I walked by the other day and…

This is pretty interesting: local resident Ben Mindes is working on an election monitoring project for local elections. You can volunteer, and volunteers will receive a stipend and t-shirt. Here’s more from Ben: New Initiative to Monitor the D.C. Elections in November This November, there is new way for Columbia Heights residents to participate…

Chicken time! A bit ago we saw that The Heights Taproom, formerly just The Heights, was getting replaced with Choong Man Draft House, a branch of a local Korean chicken chain. And now it’s open! A buddy snapped this photo the other day and sent it along. So far there aren’t any Yelp reviews (or…

Whoa, this is pretty cool. Comedian and actor Tom Arnold’s new show, The Hunt for the Trump Tapes, filmed an episode at the Looking Glass Lounge, and it’s airing tonight at 10:30pm on Viceland. They’ll be showing it at Looking Glass then as well. The show follows Arnold as he tries to find other tapes…

This sounds fun: this Saturday there’s a neighborhood-wide yard sale, with multiple yard sales around the neighborhood plus one to benefit Tubman School (poster above), and there’s a concert afterwards at the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza. The map is here at the bottom of the page, there are a few sales along Monroe plus one on…

Superstars in the building! Basketball star Lebron James and rapper and actor Drake were spotted at Immortal Beloved, a salon at 14th and T yesterday. Reporter Robert Costa spotted the pair and was told they were shooting Lebron’s HBO show The Shop, which is about barber shops. The Barber of Hell’s Bottom shares the same…

This is pretty great news: Park View DC reports that Marrakech is coming to 3632 Georgia Avenue NW, the space that has formerly been Walter’s, Park View Patio and the Blue Banana. It will also be next door to an Ethiopian restaurant coming to the former Gena’s salon seen above. It’s possible this is the…

This came out of nowhere: The Heights Taproom at 14th and Kenyon is now a Korean spot called Choong Man Chicken Draft House. Choong Man is a local chain of Korean chicken spots with locations on H Street NE, Fairfax, Centreville and Baltimore. (Confusingly there are two websites for Choong Man with different info, but they…

Bar time! Park View DC reports that a new tavern has applied for a liquor license at 3549 14th Street NW. The name seems to be not chosen yet and I can’t find much more about it, but the contact on the permit, Adanech Gebremeskel, is also mentioned in association with a place called Allure…

Here’s a great way to meet your neighbors and help keep our area clean: Georgia Avenue Thrive has scheduled its next cleanup for this coming Saturday. Here’s more. Hi friends, neighbors and community leaders — Georgia Avenue Thrive will hold its next cleanup at 10 a.m., Sat. Sept. 1 at the corner of Warder Street and Park Road.Our wonderful neighbor Jason…