Georgetown - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:17:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Georgetown - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Fine-Dining Reverie Returns to Georgetown After Devastating Fire https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/11/fine-dining-reverie-returns-to-georgetown-after-devastating-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fine-dining-reverie-returns-to-georgetown-after-devastating-fire https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/11/fine-dining-reverie-returns-to-georgetown-after-devastating-fire/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:55:30 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1675296 Reverie. 3201 Cherry Hill Lane, NW. Chef Johnny Spero woke up to a flurry of missed calls and texts in the middle of one night in August of 2022. A fire had broken out at his Georgetown fine-dining restaurant Reverie. Spero rushed to the scene to find shattered glass, water-soaked floors, and every inch of […]

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C. Boyden Gray’s House is on the market for $13.5 Million https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/08/c-boyden-grays-house-gets-an-updated-price-of-13-5-million/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=c-boyden-grays-house-gets-an-updated-price-of-13-5-million https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/08/c-boyden-grays-house-gets-an-updated-price-of-13-5-million/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1678308 C. Boyden Gray’s house in Georgetown is on the market for $13.5 million. The listing agents are Jamie Peva, Nancy Taylor Bubes and Lenore Rubino of Washington Fine Properties. Known as the Robert P. Dodge House, the circa 1850 residence is named after its first owner, an important merchant and shipper who was a consulting […]

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The Battle to Keep Georgetown’s Transformers Statues From Rolling Out Isn’t Over https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/28/the-battle-to-keep-georgetowns-transformers-statues-from-rolling-out-isnt-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-battle-to-keep-georgetowns-transformers-statues-from-rolling-out-isnt-over https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/28/the-battle-to-keep-georgetowns-transformers-statues-from-rolling-out-isnt-over/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:06:32 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1677438 On a quiet stretch of street in Georgetown, with the Rosslyn skyline looming in the background, sits DC’s unlikeliest and perhaps most controversial landmark: Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The two statues, depicting the iconic Transformers characters, flank the door of a Georgetown University neuroscientist’s home. And beyond attracting tourists and kids eager for a picture, […]

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Historic Georgetown Mansion Lists for Nearly $16 million https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/22/historic-georgetown-mansion-lists-for-nearly-16-million/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=historic-georgetown-mansion-lists-for-nearly-16-million https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/22/historic-georgetown-mansion-lists-for-nearly-16-million/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:45:09 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1677013 A late-18th-century Georgetown mansion that was built by a Revolutionary War hero and later served as the guest house for White House visitors while Blair House was under renovation is on the market for $15,995,000. Kim Gibson and Eileen McGrath of Washington Fine Properties are the listing agents.   One of the few freestanding, late-18th-century houses […]

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B&N Is Returning to Georgetown. What Other Spots Should Come Back? https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/05/barnes-and-noble-is-returning-to-georgetown-what-other-spots-should-come-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barnes-and-noble-is-returning-to-georgetown-what-other-spots-should-come-back https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/05/barnes-and-noble-is-returning-to-georgetown-what-other-spots-should-come-back/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:29:55 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1675156 After shuttering in 2011, the Georgetown Barnes & Noble outpost is now set to return. Which other long-gone spots would we love to see back in the neighborhood?   The Biograph This beloved art-house movie theater (above) operated in a former car dealership until 1996, when it became a CVS.   Booked Up A DC […]

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An Approachable, Affordable French Bistro Finally Arrives in Georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/an-approachable-affordable-french-bistro-finally-arrives-in-georgetown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-approachable-affordable-french-bistro-finally-arrives-in-georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/01/25/an-approachable-affordable-french-bistro-finally-arrives-in-georgetown/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:11:15 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1674010 La Bonne Vache, 3265 Prospect St., NW. Here is a—likely incomplete—list of the trendy-yet-classic French bistros that have opened in and around DC so far in the roaring 2020s: Lutèce, Bistro du Jour, La Bise, L’Avant Garde, Josephine, Petite Cerise, Cafe Colline, and as of today, Pastis. That’s on top of old standbys like Le […]

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Georgetown University Has an Adorable New Bulldog Mascot https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/12/01/georgetown-university-has-an-adorable-new-bulldog-mascot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=georgetown-university-has-an-adorable-new-bulldog-mascot https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/12/01/georgetown-university-has-an-adorable-new-bulldog-mascot/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:06:40 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1665893 Try to imagine a “Hoya” and not much comes to mind. But there’s one symbol of Georgetown University who’s very real and very huggable: Jack the Bulldog.  Now a brand new Jack is coming to the campus: a four-month-old bulldog puppy who will fill the void left behind by the last Jack, who died unexpectedly […]

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Kim Kardashian’s Skims Plans to Open a Store in Georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/14/kim-kardashians-skims-plans-to-open-a-store-in-georgetown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kim-kardashians-skims-plans-to-open-a-store-in-georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/14/kim-kardashians-skims-plans-to-open-a-store-in-georgetown/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:53:06 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1663955 Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and underwear line Skims plans to open a shop in Georgetown. The Washington Business Journal reported last week that the company filed plans with DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board to take over the building at 3300 M Street, Northwest, which formerly housed Intermix. Currently, the brand is sold domestically online at SKIMS.com, […]

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Neighborhood Guide: 20 Things to Do in Georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/13/neighborhood-guide-things-to-do-in-georgetown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neighborhood-guide-things-to-do-in-georgetown https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/13/neighborhood-guide-things-to-do-in-georgetown/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:16:13 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1660542 While Georgetown has long been a tony and significant DC neighborhood—it dates to 1751 and was the city’s first designated historic district—it’s hardly staid, attracting tons of buzzy restaurants, chichi cocktail bars, and big-name retailers. Here’s what’s new, and what’s happening, along its picturesque streets.   EAT AND DRINK Kyojin location_on 3315-B Cady’s Alley, NW […]

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Madeleine Albright’s Georgetown Home Is for Sale for $4 Million https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/10/13/madeleine-albrights-georgetown-home-is-for-sale-for-4-million/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=madeleine-albrights-georgetown-home-is-for-sale-for-4-million https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/10/13/madeleine-albrights-georgetown-home-is-for-sale-for-4-million/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:46:56 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1657855 Calling all foreign policy-meets-real estate fans: the late former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s home is for sale. The large Georgetown townhouse, which has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, and 4,749 square feet, is being listed for $4 million by Michael Rankin and Logan MacKethan of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty. Albright, who died last year, purchased […]

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