ANXO plans to expand their Kennedy Street location with full kitchen, more seating

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ANXO plans to expand their Kennedy Street location with full kitchen, more seating

ANXO cidery announced that they are planning on shutting down their flagship location in Truxton Circle because of a 15-month struggle to find common ground with their landlord. While being heartbroken to have to close their Florida Avenue location — ANXO opened over 5 years ago at that spot — they have grown from a small restaurant and cidery to an international distributor of their house-made ciders.

The silver-lining of this news is that ANXO plans on expanding their Brightwood Park location at 711 Kennedy St NW.

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Flor Del Soul makes flowers grow at Femme Fatale DC

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Flor Del Soul makes flowers grow at Femme Fatale DC

Working years as a Federal Contractor for the Children’s Bureau, Karissa Ruano worked tirelessly to better the lives of families and children. While she loved the job, working in the child welfare field can be exhausting. It was this fatigue that propelled Karissa to explore her creative side through a part time job at the Petworth flower shop She Loves Me. From there, she ended up accidentally starting her own, now successful business, Flor Del Soul.

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Good news for lovers of Lulabelle's Sweet Shop, Cheesemonster, and local grocery shopping

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Good news for lovers of Lulabelle's Sweet Shop, Cheesemonster, and local grocery shopping

Lulabelle’s Sweet Shop, the ever-popular ice cream destination on Upshur Street, is set to reopen for in-store shopping on Tuesday, June 8th. When COVID-19 restrictions hit, Lulabelle’s pivoted to offering grocery shopping and other necessities. The line down the block every Saturday told the story of residents who wanted easy access to quality foods, including ice cream and bagels.

Now the sweet shop is reopening on June 8th, but now with new options including grocery shopping, Cheesemonster platters, deli meats from Cinder BBQ and JDM Sandwiches, and more.

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Celebrate Pride month on 14th Street this weekend with a ton of local specials

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Celebrate Pride month on 14th Street this weekend with a ton of local specials

Uptown Main Street, Solar Solution, and a dozen uptown small businesses will celebrate Pride Month with the Wear Your Pride Block Party on Saturday, June 5 from 11am - 4:30pm starting at at 4700 14th Street NW.

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New condos finally coming to 8th & Upshur after years of false starts

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New condos finally coming to 8th & Upshur after years of false starts

The corner house at 4127 8th Street NW has been the topic of debate and discussion for years. Sitting on a large corner lot along Upshur and 8th Streets, it was a beautiful detached single family home built in 1915.

It’s now set to be six condos offering 2 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom units.

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A shooting, a collision and a teenager killed

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A shooting, a collision and a teenager killed

I was sitting up in my home office around 11:50am on Friday when I heard a loud crash, and thought, “Wow, that sounds more severe than a fender bender.” So I ran downstairs and out the front door, looked down the block and saw a small white Honda Civic crashed head-on into my neighbor’s SUV. “Oh man.”

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Win free tickets to Bourbon & Bluegrass with Lincoln's Cottage!

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Win free tickets to Bourbon & Bluegrass with Lincoln's Cottage!

Bourbon and Bluegrass is an annual preservation fundraiser and celebration of great American music and cocktails to help safeguard Abraham Lincoln’s beloved summer home right here in Petworth. The performance is virtual and will be livestreamed from President Lincoln’s Cottage where it will be performed live for the veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home who have been sequestered the past year.

Enter for a chance to win free tickets!

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New West school building will open this fall and will be DC’s first "Net-Zero" school

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New West school building will open this fall and will be DC’s first "Net-Zero" school

After a multi-year, community-led effort to modernize West Elementary school at 1335 Farragut Street NW, the new building’s doors will open to students this fall as students return to the classrooms in person.

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After years with no HVAC, in the midst of a pandemic, Powell parents have reached their boiling point

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After years with no HVAC, in the midst of a pandemic, Powell parents have reached their boiling point

As District schools finish their second pandemic year, and parents cautiously anticipate a return to normalcy next fall, families at Powell Elementary School are girding for a fight. The school’s HVAC system, which has been broken for the entirety of the COVID pandemic — even as some kids returned to in-person learning — is still inoperable. Parents and the school Principal are afraid it may not be fixed by the fall, forcing unvaccinated children to resume school in boiling hot classrooms without proper air circulation.

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Found at the library: One woman’s remembrance of growing up in 1920s Petworth

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Found at the library: One woman’s remembrance of growing up in 1920s Petworth

Out of curiosity, I recently started digging around the DC Library Archives for stuff about the Petworth neighborhood and came across a small book published in 1995, “Growing Up in Petworth in Washington DC 1919-1950.” Written by Margaret MacGill at the age of 76, she recalls the story of her family and childhood in her family house at 528 Taylor St NW. She writes in the book that the home’s location “must have seemed like the end of the world to be moving that far out from downtown.”

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Getting a Main Street designation can help Petworth businesses

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Getting a Main Street designation can help Petworth businesses

There’s been a push to create a Main Street for the Petworth area to help small businesses along the Georgia Avenue corridor. This effort requires both community support and DC Council support.

Learn more and sign a petition or learn how to testify in support of the designation to help small business in Petworth.

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Golden Flour Bakery brings delicious gluten-free and traditional treats to Kennedy Street

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Golden Flour Bakery brings delicious gluten-free and traditional treats to Kennedy Street

While the bakery isn’t open yet, it’s slated to open doors later this Spring/early Summer. Owner Nieshia Williams plans to open each morning at 5:00am selling hot coffee, fresh scones and muffins. She chose Kennedy Street because she believes “every neighborhood should have the opportunity to have fresh food using superior ingredients.”

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Roosevelt pool entry construction continues, opening date TBD

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Roosevelt pool entry construction continues, opening date TBD

Construction is almost complete at the new pool entry at Roosevelt High School.

Petworth News reached out to DCPS who confirmed that work on the entrance is scheduled to be completed by the end of May.

However, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Parks of Recreation, they currently have no plans to open to the public.

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Roses and flowers bloom with Spring around Petworth

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Roses and flowers bloom with Spring around Petworth

May always means Roses, and this year is no different. I’m not sure I’ve walked a single block without seeing at least one in the last week. It’s easy to see why the State flower of DC was chosen to be a rose! White, yellow and all shades of red are on display for the next few weeks.

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