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If you’ve been to the Columbia Heights Metro lately, you’ve probably noticed how loud the west escalator is: it screeches like crazy, and to me sounds like a colony of bats or some horror movie music. TBD links to a video of how noisy it is, and they note you can actually hear it outside…
Yesterday I wrote about the restaurant Social, which is closed, supposedly temporarily. The City Paper has an update on the case: a strange story from another restauranteur who is looking for a new location and was curious about the space. The restaurateur said he found the space locked up tight. He started to walk around…

Yesterday the news broke that Social, the restaurant and bar at 14th and Meridian, was closed “indefinitely.” Today, their website says “Social is closed temporarily while we address organizational changes. We look forward to serving our patrons and the community again soon.” DCist reported yesterday the closure was due to taxes and ownership issues. It…
Photo from the Post Pizza delivery, Chinese delivery, burger delivery? Yup, you can order delivery burgers in our neighborhood. Desperado’s, the newish spot on U Street that replaced Polly’s (RIP) apparently delivers to the whole neighborhood: I tested a bunch of addresses as far north as the Red Derby and they all seemed to be…