Wagshal’s delicatessen is planning a face lift as it celebrates 90 years in Spring Valley. Owner Bill Fuchs hopes to offer al fresco dining on a refurbished patio behind the deli on Yuma Street. Fuchs envisions an attractive year-round seating area, with resurfaced concrete, plantings, and a glass enclosure with sliding panels that retract during temperate months.
Read moreRecently, local resident and business owner Pleasance Silicki was featured in UrbanFamily, a new online parenting magazine created by the team behind UrbanSitter, a website that connects parents with trusted babysitters used by others in their personal networks. The profile of Pleasance, originally published here, was a wonderful peak inside the journey and philosophy of a woman many in our neighborhood have come
Read moreDespite the protestations of the store manager last week, it looks like the Tenleytown RadioShack will indeed be closing up shop. As reported by NBC4 this evening, the store is among more than two dozen locations in the DC metro area that will close following the electronics retailer filing for bankruptcy Thursday evening. A call to store elicited no additional
Read moreThe demise of Tenleytown’s RadioShack has been slightly exaggerated. Recent social media posts claimed that the electronics retailer was closing its doors for good, but a quick trip to the store this morning confirmed that it will remain open – albeit with a few changes.
Read moreThe beginning of 2015 meant the closing of a chapter for local non-profit The Children’s Art Studio. After seven years in Tenleytown, the beloved art space closed its doors on December 31.
Read moreMassage Envy won’t be opening its first DC location in Tenleytown after all – at least not in 2015.
Read moreTenleytown residents may soon have a new place to unwind from the stress of everyday life. Massage Envy Spa plans to open a franchise location at 4620 Wisconsin Avenue.
Read moreNew information about a planned mixed-use development at the Tenleytown Safeway emerged during the October 10 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 3E meeting. At the request of Safeway, which wanted more time to complete a Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposal before appearing at a public meeting, a formal presentation was pulled from the official agenda. However Chairman Jon Bender shared highlights
Read moreANC3E Chairman Jonathan Bender released the draft agenda for the August meeting, which will be held next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Tenleytown Room I of the Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase Pavilion. It’s an ambitious slate of issues for a single meeting. Discussion of the potential creation of a “business district improvement organization” falls at the end of the schedule. Hopefully
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