Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: New juice bar open. Canal Day returns this weekend.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, I'm checking out another photo from the DC Historical Society. It was taken just west of the Old Aqueduct abutment. While much of the scene is at least similar to what you'd see today, the obvious difference is that there's a goddam freight train passing by.That's because what we now know as the Capital Crescent Trail was for a long time a railroad spur known as the Georgetown Branch.

Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of 9/11 Georgetowner Carol Joynt merged her background as a journalist with her then livelihood as a pub-owner and started the Q & A Cafe. For years the interview show was filmed right within the hallowed walls of that pub, Nathans. After an unforgiving landlord eventually sent the restaurant packing, Joynt eventually settled in at the George Town Club and kept going.

Hello and welcome to your October northwest Georgetown ANC update! If there’s a theme to this month’s report, it’s progress! Volta Park The first quantum of progress we accomplished recently is with Volta Park. This past month the city finally installed a whole bunch of new “big belly” trash cans in the park: This came primarily from the diligent efforts of (and financial contributions from) the Friends of Volta Park.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Mt. Zion Church marks its 210th year. More on that Hulu show that was filmed in Georgetown.

The DC Council is finally moving forward on a proposal that would potentially increase the reliability of parking enforcement in neighborhoods like Georgetown. The bill, the Strategic Parking Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2026, would create a new reimbursable detail program for DPW ticket enforcement officers. This would allow organizations like Georgetown University and the Georgetown BID to pay for additional targeted ticket enforcement in designated areas.

After years of a major overflowing trash problem (and, consequentially, a rat problem) the Department of Public Works installed new trash bins at Volta Park. This was accomplished in partnership with the Friends of Volta Park. Unlike the previous open top trash bins, these new bins are fully enclosed and open with a pedal at the bottom. They are as rat-proof as a trash bin can be.

ANC 2E- September 28, 2026 AgendaDownload The ANC will be meeting for our October session next Monday night. The draft agenda is above. Some topics we'll discuss include: dockless scooters, the proposed pot shop I mentioned yesterday, and AirBnb rule enforcement. So it should be a lively discussion! See you there.

Last June I reported that there was a new permit application for a retail cannabis shop at 1658 33rd St. This confused me because there is another licensed cannabis shop at 1641 Wisconsin Ave. Cannabis retail shops are not allowed to open within 400 feet of another licensed cannabis shop. And by a quick look at Google Maps, it's pretty clear the buildings are well under 400 feet apart:

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, I'm swinging down to the waterfront. The photo, from the DC Historical Society archives, shows "a group of fishermen" at a boathouse on the water, across from Analostan Island (the old name for Roosevelt Island). The photo is dated to 1921. There's not much more I can add, really. The scene is fairly ramshackle, which is what the waterfront was like for most of its existence.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Friends of Rose Park holding their gala at the Alsop House. Nice review of the new Alfie's restaurant.

New architectural plans are in this month for Old Georgetown Board review. As is usually the case that also includes plans that include new stores. This month it's two stores I haven't reported on previously. The first, above, is Adriana Hoyos (not Hoyas) at 3328 M St. It's an expensive furniture store that will fit in perfectly at Cady's Alley, where it's going (or perhaps has already open?)

A Hulu show will be shooting some scenes around Georgetown next week. The crew's rep won't say exactly what show it is, but based on the few things they did say (Hulu show shooting its third and last season) I can confidently say it's Paradise. The scene will be shooting a car driving around west Georgetown. There's even a map:

A new doggy daycare/dog training location is apparently coming to 1723 Wisconsin Ave. The facility appears to be called Glover Bark, and from the signage will offer traiing, boarding, and doggy daycare. The sign lists a website connected with Scott Dancer, a Glover Park-based dog walker and trainer. That, of course, brings up one funny angle in all of this: Is this the first time something located in Georgetown is trading on the Glover Park name?

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Georgetown's Art All Night is this Saturday night. The Four Seasons bar got a revamp at a very Four Seasons price of $1.5 million.

The forthcoming Book Hill Park renovations will begin next week and will cause the park to be temporarily closed starting Monday. The final presentation describing the renovation is below, but in short the work will restore the steps and benches, add lighting for safety and bring a new water spout down to the bottom of the hill. It's nice to see a renovation come together so quickly.

Sure the United States of America finally reached the passé age of 250 this year. Bo-ring! Your neighborhood reached the much classier age of 275 this year. Time to celebrate! The Citizens Association of Georgetown is throwing a party to mark the occasion September 17th at the City Tavern. That's an incredibly fitting location for such a party, as the City Tavern is itself 230 years old and served an important role in Georgetown during the first years of the new District of Columbia.

The prodigal son has returned: Dolcezza gelateria is coming home to Georgetown. Signs up at 1300 Wisconsin Ave. now announce the store's return scheduled for this winter. (Sorry for the poor photo with the car blocking the shot.) Dolcezza was founded in Georgetown in 2004 and operated at 1560 Wisconsin Ave. for many years. Even as the store opened other locations, it continued to actually make the gelato in the basement of its original location.

So I took my annual August break from the Georgetown Metropolitan, and it sure seems that I missed a ton of stuff! Here is my attempt to summarize all the notable openings and closing in Georgetown since late July: Donsak Thai — 3251 Prospect St. (former Mai Thai space). Soft opening in August. Bombas — 1400 Wisconsin Ave. (the former Dolce Vita).

Hello and welcome to your September Northwest Georgetown ANC update! I hope you had a great summer. Or I should say I hope you are having a great summer, since it will be in the high 90s this week! ANC Meeting We are holding our September ANC meeting tomorrow night (Monday). It will be at the usual time and place (6:30 PM at Visitation, with a Zoom option).

This week marks the beginning of August, and with it my annual break. Here is my paean to the eight month, see you in September!: August is here. And it is perhaps the greatest time of year for Georgetown. Sure, this month is tagged with the “dog days” of summer gibe. And the heat of July is still a houseguest with its feet comfortably sprawled on our couch, with its bags not remotely packed upstairs.

How could the opening of a massive stadium on the other side of DC eventually transform Georgetown? The answer is gold. Gold Line, the be precise. But we need to start with the stadium. Like all publicly financed stadiums sold to a gullible public by guileful billionaires, the new Commanders stadium hasn't even broke ground before it's become clear it was a massive bait-and-switch.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, I'm exploring a striking photo of lower Georgetown. The photo comes from the DC Historical Society and is dated to 1905. The description of the photo states that it's of M St. looking north. Or rather it says "M(?) St." looking north. I was drawn to it for a couple reasons. The steepness of the hill made me wonder if it was the old 36th St., which once traveled down a sharp hill to M St.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown! I'm back from my week off. Here's the latest: Sadly Pizzeria Paradiso is closing its Georgetown location this Sunday after 24 years; Much less big news, but the Pressed Juice Bar at Prospect and Wisconsin closed recently. The condos in the former West Heat Plant are set to open to residents this year.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Don't be alarmed by the blasting sounds you might hear soon:it's part of a DC Water project. New president starts at GU. I'm heading off to the beach later this week, so I'll be taking a break from the site for a week or so. See you in late July!

Last month in my constituent newsletter, I reported on the application of a new licensed pot shop at 1658 33rd St. (in the Coco Health Spa space). I questioned how a permit could be issued for that location since it was within 400 feet of an existing licensed cannabis dealer (Capital Connect, on Wisconsin Ave.) I'm happy to report that following my inquiries to ABCA, the placard (i.e.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: That juice bar at N and Wisconsin seems to have shut down. Here are some more comings and goings, including a new tenant of the old Third Edition space. Remember, trash/recycling shifts to Saturday this week, despite the fact it is the Fourth of July.

Hello, and welcome to the July Northwest Georgetown ANC Update! Disruptive DC Water Construction Coming Lead poisoning is no joke. It can seriously harm your brain development and impact your life permanently. Some have made the persuasive case that lead poisoning explains the explosion of crime across the world in the latter part of the 20th century (and its eradication explains the subsequent fall in crime at the end of the century).

If your trashcan has an approximately rat-sized hole on its lid I will give you a single guess at how it got there. This is a serious problem because rats love trash. They literally eat it up. So when your trash can has this hole in it, it is like a flashing neon OPEN sign to rats telling them that a 24 hour diner is here for the patronizing.

Last week DC Democrats made a fairly dramatic swing to the left across the board in their primary election. As the DC primary is the de facto general election for most of the important political seats in the city, these results are in effect the final results. But did Georgetown follow that trend? (There's a funny rule called Betteridge's Law…

As reported in the Georgetowner, Cady's Alley's long standing heart, Kafe Leopold, closed yesterday. The local favorite was open for 21 years. As Anthony Lanier has recounted many times before, as he was developing Cady's Alley, he couldn't convince a restauranteur to take a chance on the space. So he simply decided to do it himself, so he teamed with Paul Guzzardo to recreate the Austrian cafe's of his homeland.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Why Halcyon House, the non-profit, is leaving Halcyon House, the house. ANC Report from our last meeting. As you may have heard, Robert White won the Democratic nomination for DC Delegate, meaning that Brooke Pinto will remain our Councilmember.

A boot store is apparently taking over the former Sprinkles store front at 3015 M st., according to plans filed with the Old Georgetown Board. The store is Thursday Boots. Presumably they're also good for Friday through Wednesday. And in keeping with the theme of yesterday's article: this is a DTC store that is now branching out with a handful of locations in hip locales.

The much beloved Random Harvest closed up shop earlier this year. And signs on the windows announce what is to follow: East Fork. East Fork is a Asheville, NC-based ceramics shop that specializes in home goods. So in that sense, it's a nice continuation of the legacy of Random Harvest, which also aimed to fill your home with nicely crafted goods.

A stop sign camera has been installed at the intersection of 33rd St. and O St. It appears to capture drivers who drive northbound on 33rd St. I am very glad to see this installed. This intersection has had some egregiously dangerous driving for a long time. For instance, this is a scene I came upon at this intersection in April.

Photo by Adam Fagen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Q&A Cafe has NBC4 local news anchors next week. The CitizenM hotel is set to open this month. GU transitions to its new permanent president at the end of the month.

The Volta Park ball field is finally open. The work ultimately took about ten months, which was extended at least four months due to the discovery of an unanticipated grave. That was on top of years of delays caused by permitting challenges and other logistics. Ultimately it took about five years from the original decision to fund the work back in 2021.

This week for Georgetown Time Machine, I'm checking out another photo from the remarkable Emil A. Press collection at the DC Historical Society. This one shows the burned out shell of Weaver's Hardware following the July 1963 fire. Weaver's and Sons have occupied this building for a long time. A really, really long time. The family has owned and operated a shop here since 1889.

Documents prepared for the monthly OGB meeting are often the first time the public hears about new stores and restaurants coming to Georgetown. This month is no exception, however the amount of news is pretty short. The first is a restaurant coming in to 3287 M St. It's called Flavor Hive. It is a small chain that started in Alexandria from a food truck.

This week on Georgetown Time Machine, I'm checking out a photo from when M St. was a much different place from what it is today. It was way more oriented towards cars, with about half a dozen garages, a few car dealerships, and today's item: an auto-parts store. This store occupied the historic Georgetown Market building. This is a building I've written about many times in the past, but in short: it was a market building constructed by the city of Georgetown in 1865 on a location that had hosted another market since 1795.

Hello and welcome to your June Northwest Georgetown ANC update! What incredible weather we’re (finally) having! Just in time for it to immediately turn to the brutal summer heat with swarms of mosquitos! Alert: Aggressive Late Night Ticketing The community—including the ANC, CAG, the University, and many others—have been pleading with the Department of Public Works (DPW) to restore regular and aggressive parking enforcement to address the huge and persistent problem of people coming to Georgetown and parking all day long with no consequences.

Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Arrest made in the case of the man who threw a beer keg through Georgetown Cupcake's window. More ib the donut shop now open across the street. Reminder: Friends of Volta Park Spring cocktail party on June 4th!

The Citizen M Hotel appears to be nearing completion. And part of finishing up apparently involves adding a new mural to the eastern facade. The mural can be seen above. It depicts part of a crew team as it rows into the sunset (or sunrise) (or ceaselessly into the past). It's a fitting theme for a hotel so close to one (and someday two) rowing boathouse(s).

This week on the pod, I'm joined by my friend and ANC colleague Kishan Putta where we discuss Georgetown's public schools. I also give a rundown on who all the historic school buildings in Georgetown are named after. Listen here or at Apple podcasts or Spotify

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Man throws beer keg through Georgetown Cupcakes window. Across the street from said vandalism, a new donut shop has finally opened called the Salty. In that same general area: a furniture store is taking over the former FedEx Store.

Last week I published a podcast episode on Bike to Work Day. You can listen to it here. It's a bit late as far as guiding you to this year's BTW day, but it's got a bunch of tips for anyone considering trying biking to work out, so give it a listen if that describes you!

Georgetown University is hosting a discussion this Thursday night to discuss the role the Georgetown neighborhood had in shaping DC. The discussion will include Adam Rothman, Professor of American Studies, Mary Katherine Lanzillota, Chair of the Old Georgetown Board, and myself. We will be led in our discussion by Uwe Brandes, Professor of Urban & Regional Planning. The event will take place at the Copley Formal Lounge from 5:30 to 7:00. The event is free and open to the public. More information can be found here. I hope to see you there!

(Image is AI, obvs.) Happy Birthday to Georgetown! Well, happy slightly belated birthday to Georgetown: On Friday the neighborhood/former city officially turned 275 years old! It was on May 15, 1751 that the Maryland colonial legislature passed the following bill: An Act for laying out and erecting a Town on Potowmack River,above the Mouth of Rock Creek in Frederick County.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here's your weekly news round-up: Martin's featured (sort of) on SNL. Last call to participate in Fete de la Musique. Summary of our last ANC meeting.

The annual Bike to Work Day is this Friday. As is usual, the Georgetown BID will be hosting a pit stop at the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Register here if you plan to stop by. Bike to Work Day is a great way to explore biking as an option for your commute. I'm a daily bike commuter myself, but 15 years ago I was not.