Been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery (8th and F streets) lately? The Courtyard Café has a new menu, including a quiche of the week, illy […]

Less than a year after placing the Portrait Building (701 8th Street) on the market, Dutch investor Wereldhave NV sold the eight-story, Class A office building to Clarion Partners for […]

Mark your calendars and get ready for the DowntownDC BID’s State of Downtown public forum, taking place from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 26, at the Newseum […]

Take The Challenge—the DC Smarter Business Challenge, that is—by Friday, March 29! Here’s the deal: On February 20, Mayor Vincent Gray launched the Sustainable DC Plan, which lays out a […]

Earlier this month, we provided an overview of major events taking place during this year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival, running from Wednesday, March 20, through Sunday, April 14. What follows […]

Zipcar (403 8th Street) will expand its presence in 15 locations in eight D.C. neighborhoods next month, increasing its fleet by 44 cars through March 15. The car sharing company […]

Kudos to the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (900 Massachusetts Avenue) for graciously extending a helping hand to Downtown’s homeless population. While the 163-year-old church has a history of […]

Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Very Best Restaurants list appears in the February 2013 edition, and 10 Downtown restaurants, or 20 percent of the region’s total, made the cut—including four ranking in the […]

According to Washingtonian magazine, the D.C. area has “seen new cocktail lounges, old-school arcades, and food-focused bars join an already impressive roster of neighborhood joints, swanky hangouts, and kinetic dance floors.” But […]