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Marvelous Market Introduces Beer and Wine on the Patio

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Eastern Market

Big news from THIH’s Outdoor Boozing bureau – as of last week, Marvelous Market Capitol Hill is serving beer and wine for consumption on premises.  This means that one of the best patios on the Hill just got that much better!Not only are customers now able to consume beer and wine on premises, but the [...]

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Ben’s Chili Bowl Previews H St Location

April 20th, 2012 · No Comments · H Street

At its Wednesday night meeting this week, ANC 6A’s Economic Development and Zoning Committee saw early plans for a new Ben’s Chili Bowl at 1001 H Street, NE (formerly George’s Place).  The concept is like a combination Ben’s and Next Door, with the traditional Chili Bowl on the ground floor and a restaurant/bar upstairs, plus [...]

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First Bite: Boundary Road

April 18th, 2012 · No Comments · H Street

Guest contributor Micky is a Capitol Hill resident and foodie who writes restaurant reviews of the DC area and beyond.   This post also appeared on her blog What Micky Eats… Boundary Road, along H St NE, has garnered a lot of attention recently with a visit by POTUS in early March 2012. Serving seasonal American cuisine, [...]

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Hill Bound: Hank’s Oyster Bar

April 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Eastern Market

Vietnamese style eatery Ba Bay closed its doors back in November, and it looks like Hank’s Oyster Bar will be taking its place just in time for summer. This is sheer music to the ears of this Massachusetts native! The 3rd installment of Hank’s will be located at 633 Pennsylvania Ave SE, right near the [...]

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Bunny Ears Optional: Easter Brunch on the Hill

April 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Barracks Row, Eastern Market, H Street

I love chocolate and decorating Easter eggs so it goes without saying I’m having a great week. But I’ve never been someone who gets too excited about Easter dinner, which is why I normally subsist on a diet of Cadbury eggs on Easter Sunday. But Easter Brunch? That’s something I can definitely look forward to. [...]

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Nosy Neighbors

March 29th, 2012 · No Comments · DC

A regular roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers. In Shaw has a roundup on the status (or lack thereof) of a few local hotspots, including Bistro Bohem and Shaw Tavern. Borderstan reminds us to be polite to tourists mesmerized by cherry trees (I’m on board, as long as they don’t block the [...]

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Hill Guide to St. Patrick’s Day

March 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

by Heather Cipu This weekend marks a monumental event, or at least a fairly exciting one for many.  St. Patrick’s Day will land on a Saturday. While not a legal holiday, the fact that this year’s Irish celebrations will take place on Saturday means we can all pretend like it is one…with day drinking!  (Not [...]

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Nosy Neighbors

March 14th, 2012 · No Comments · DC

A regular roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers. The Location has a photo of the discovery last month of the perfectly preserved sewer created to cover the old Washington City Canal, forming today’s Constitution Avenue. The Georgetown Metropolitan has been going through the American Community Survey results and presenting some of the [...]

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TONIGHT: Join Capitol Lounge & DC Brau Brewing Company for FE“BRAU”ARY

February 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South

Join the Capitol Lounge and DC Brau Brewing Company TONIGHT for a beer tasting to benefit Brainfood, which happens to be one of my favorite local charities.  Brainfood is a non-profit youth development organization that uses food and cooking to teach life skills to DC teenagers. At Capitol Lounge, from 6pm until 9pm, you can [...]

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It’s Hip to be Square, Foursquare that is

February 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Barracks Row, Eastern Market, H Street

Facebook? Been there. Twitter? Check. Foursquare? Um, what’s that again? For those of you who aren’t familiar (no, not you, those other non-tech savvy people among us) Foursquare is a location based social networking app. Basically you can check in and see where your friends and people nearby are. You earn points for checking in, [...]

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